 We have a ton of opportunities for people to do research, to get involved in internships, to be really hands-on in their chosen field of study, pretty much from day one here. Most other colleges don't allow first years to start research so soon. It has made me want to take on new challenges, which I feel that was something that I would not have done as a freshman. Last semester I was hired to be a research assistant on a book with a politics professor, and this summer I'm actually working in a lab with a neuroscience professor investigating the neural circuits that underlie emotion and memory, so there are so many ways to get involved. For some students that means being in a lab, doing science research, and doing real cutting edge research with our distinguished professors. Faculty are very willing to help on campus, even if you don't have a class with them, you can do research with them if that's something that interests you. I don't just want to be an engineer, I don't just want to be a mathematician, I want to be both. I've worked with a lot of professors to try and combine that and find projects that really foster both of those things so that I can really pursue exactly what I want to with the education that I'm gaining here.