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MIT has an organized career services office for summer internships and full-time
jobs. The most frequent employers at MIT are large engineering firms, banks, and
consulting firms. Getting a job at the most coveted companies is difficult
because you are competing against a large number of your academic peers and these
companies usually only reserve a few spots for MIT students. The exception seems
to be large software companies, who hire in larger numbers.
In addition to summer internship and full-time positions, MIT has a January
externship program. Since students have the month of January to use at their
discretion, alumni companies offer positions to undergraduate for that month. The
work for these externships compare to summer internships except the projects are
usually less demanding (due to the short time-span of the program).
Additionally many students find employment within MIT doing academic research
with professors. There is a very large undergraduate research program called UROP
that places students laboratories and research groups. The program runs all year,
so students who do not find a summer internship often do a UROP.
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