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  MIT vs. Chuck Norris Ever wonder how many math and science Chuck Norris jokes exist in cyberspace?

  

  Just this morning I was reading the New York Times on line and ... ants on fire with a magnifying glass. At night. - When J. Robert ... means that if you turn on a light switch, you will be dead before the

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 1) De Madrid, ¡saludos!

  

  ¡Buenos días! from Spain! While these festivities are going on at ... on at MIT): 6. I'm in Europe because of 21F.782, which is a Spanish II ... condensed-semester IAP language courses on campus (German I takes you to

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Personal Travel

  My Home Warning: Graphics Intensive.

  

  . When you walk down the red carpet on your graduation day, have no regrets - you have made your mark in high school, and it's time to move on ... building! - because I wasn't in Taipei. But you can look at it on Youtube

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 4, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  Early Action Decisions Coming soon to a web site near you!

  

  . We're on schedule to release MIT admissions decisions online at 12:00PM EST on Saturday, December 15. (Decisions will also be sent via postal ... .mit.edu. We will not be in the office on the weekend that decisions are released

  • by Ben Jones
  • December 10, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Silent Dance Party If we had the chance, we'd ask the world to dance.

  

  fall semester, however, the parties on our floor have been increasing in ... silence :-) Plan: Buy a radio transmitter (range ~ 30 ft) and put it on ... worth the look on Roe's face when he walks in to a room full of 20 people

  • by Jess K. '10
  • September 17, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  ’s typical to neglect your appearance after working on a problem set until 4 am ... halfway through the conversation that I asked for clarification on what ... just had me stand on the “X” marked on the floor and then she immediately

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  A blog post about blog posts Superstar blogger emeritus Mollie gives us some of her favorite entries [now its own post!].

  

  Susan commented on the blog, "Because I live far away from MIT, I ... student bloggers who have spilled huge amounts of virtual ink on every MIT ... ://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/...uestions.shtml The most wonderful time of the year (Mollie): IAP. Also some stuff on

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • April 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Biodiesel@MIT: Turning trash into black gold A student group called Biodiesel@MIT has just won the grand prize of $25,000 in the…

  

  On Wednesday, 70 degree weather spurred MIT students to sport cute ... trash into treasure a reality. On-campus dining locations generate ... ’s organizers, recently said, "Recycling used vegetable oil on MIT

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 16, 2007
• Blog / Events

  Let’s talk about science…and chocolate A day of scientific enlightment followed by one of chocolate consumption.

  

  rich men reclining on comfy couches while drinking and battling wits. The symposium that I attended on Friday was quite a different assembly. Held at ... extravaganza! Given that I have been on the planning committee for the past two

  • by Melis A. '08
  • March 5, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Show your creativity: the Year of the Pig While we continue reading applications full time, another mini-contest.

  

  A little more than a year ago, we here on the blogs were celebrating ... is my last name at mit dot edu. This will have no impact on your ... that I'll publish your entry here on the blog. I'll publish some

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 13, 2007
• Blog / Life after MIT

  A ‘Chances’ Thread That Is Actually Worth Reading That's perhaps the best title I've ever come up with.

  

  I recently discovered that they also happen to be getting married on ... see - which means that on a daily basis I'm not surrounded by most ... 't think there's too much of a bias toward births on different dates, so

  • by Ben Jones
  • February 8, 2007
• Blog / IAP

  More IAP updates

  

  accidentally shorted their battery and their robot caught on fire! But now they ... their laptops or on chairs. I'm guessing those were the ones who pulled ... idea of what was going on and what the plots were if you read the

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • February 1, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  An IAP in Texas, chapter two Week two of school away from school as I learn about and work on transportation…

  

  made. :-P On an unrelated note, they've got an old Xerox workstation and ... 're especially keen on. Take today as an example: a director took an hour and a ... lunch, all on my first day) to ask about something I'm working on, and we

  • by Anthony R. '09
  • January 10, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I Could Write a Song a Hundred Miles Long I only sing Coldplay because it will help me get girls.

  

  that every Wednesday, we'd bring in our compositions and get to work on ... class. I was in for quite a surprise when I showed up on performance day ... on a beach and a septuplet-filled "paranoid" take on Robert Frost

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 26, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Reliving the good ol’ days Tombs, Smurfs, and Halloween

  

  used to watch Smurfs as a child; I even had the video game on Atari. OK ... learning experience; while everyone else was watching Wolverine beat up on ... episode, but I guess it helped me on my GREs. On to another topic, this

  • by Bryan
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  EA Deadline November 1 is the Early Action deadline.

  

  everyone doing? Not too stressed out, I hope? While you're working on finishing the application, we're working on filing the applications. Today ... everything has your name and birthdate on it, etc. Then, each application piece

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 1, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  It happens to Helen Life is just a series of awkward moments sometimes.

  

  , endless categories, and I want to fill them all with my insights on The MIT Campus and General Institute Requirements and MIT's Influence on the World ... motivated professors on campus and that sometimes he sticks around in his lab

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 16, 2006
• Blog / Admissions

  Homeschooled applicants Some advice for our homeschooled applicants.

  

  version of something that will eventually be posted as official content on ... . However, we do have some tips for homeschooled students, based on successful ... on exciting projects, go in depth in topics that excite them, create

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 5, 2006
• Blog / Events

  4th of July Celebrations Boston, and the MIT campus, are great places to celebrate the 4th of July.

  

  row seat. Each year on July 4th, a concert by the Boston Pops is ... concert occurs at Boston's Hatch Shell, a concert venue on the Esplanade, a ... , I've watched the fireworks from many locations on and around campus

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • July 2, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  More about Residence Based Advising Still have questions about RBA?

  

  on it. As a prefrosh, I didn't know that much about the dorms so RBA ... cinderblock that my friend made is on the right) but I'd particularly recommend ... . On top of the movies every week, MIT gives RBA groups a lot of money to

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 7, 2006