Blindsided by a pandemic and hunkering down at home instead of celebrating spring on campus, MIT seniors might reasonably have felt blue. But a group of new political science alumni glimpse brighter days ahead, as they springboard from rewarding academic programs into meaningful careers. “I feel prepared for the life in policy work I have been planning, one that’s focused on energy and climate mitigation,” says Michelle Bai ’20, a double major in economics and political science with a minor in energy studies. Bai spent last summer interning at the…