Spring Break
50 Things I learnt during Hell Week
(in no particular order)
Alex Godden (NJ), Viewpoints Editor
Issue date: 2/20/07 Section: Viewpoints & Humor
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1. The fact that only 30-50% of people get a job during hell week is a great excuse to spend it on a beach in Miami.
2. Flights to Miami get very expensive if you don't get around to booking until the last minute.
3. You can't cancel interviews that you randomly signed up to on the lottery less than 3 days in advance.
4. Miami in February is probably overrated anyway.
5. Whatever you prepare for an interview, you will be asked something totally different.
6. Whatever you say in an interview, you will think of something ten times smarter the moment you step out of the interview room.
7. Rushing back into the interview room saying "I want to change my answer" does not impress the recruiters.
8. For every activity (e.g. job applications) there is an equal and opposite displacement activity (e.g. looking up obscure movie quotes on the internet).
9. Displacement activities expand to fill all available time.
10. The yoga classes at Shad are really good.
11. Doing three yoga classes in the same day counts as a displacement activity.
12. The vending machines in the tunnels sell mini-boxes of Tide.
13. Even boring things like laundry count as displacement activities if you still haven't finished the job applications.
14. Putting something on your to-do list decreases the likelihood of you doing it by approximately 50%, but scheduling something in Outlook 100% guarantees you will not do it.
15. Going out for dinner with the recruiting team of the company sponsoring you is a great way to get free drinks.
16. There are at least four bars in Harvard Square that mix really good martinis.
17. It is possible for the bar at Tommy Doyle's to run out of Sambuca.
18. Doing karaoke to Eminem is very difficult.
19. Saying "Eminem" is very difficult after five shots of Sambuca.
20. The ice on the Charles at 2am is thick enough to support the weight of a drunken Englishman.
21. The number for emergency services in the U.S. is 911.
2. Flights to Miami get very expensive if you don't get around to booking until the last minute.
3. You can't cancel interviews that you randomly signed up to on the lottery less than 3 days in advance.
4. Miami in February is probably overrated anyway.
5. Whatever you prepare for an interview, you will be asked something totally different.
6. Whatever you say in an interview, you will think of something ten times smarter the moment you step out of the interview room.
7. Rushing back into the interview room saying "I want to change my answer" does not impress the recruiters.
8. For every activity (e.g. job applications) there is an equal and opposite displacement activity (e.g. looking up obscure movie quotes on the internet).
9. Displacement activities expand to fill all available time.
10. The yoga classes at Shad are really good.
11. Doing three yoga classes in the same day counts as a displacement activity.
12. The vending machines in the tunnels sell mini-boxes of Tide.
13. Even boring things like laundry count as displacement activities if you still haven't finished the job applications.
14. Putting something on your to-do list decreases the likelihood of you doing it by approximately 50%, but scheduling something in Outlook 100% guarantees you will not do it.
15. Going out for dinner with the recruiting team of the company sponsoring you is a great way to get free drinks.
16. There are at least four bars in Harvard Square that mix really good martinis.
17. It is possible for the bar at Tommy Doyle's to run out of Sambuca.
18. Doing karaoke to Eminem is very difficult.
19. Saying "Eminem" is very difficult after five shots of Sambuca.
20. The ice on the Charles at 2am is thick enough to support the weight of a drunken Englishman.
21. The number for emergency services in the U.S. is 911.
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