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

  

  noticed an article about a commercial that Chuck Norris filmed for ... with a mid morning Mountain Dew and a strict one hour limit and got down ... , a number I like much better. Feel free to add any Chuck Norris facts

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Hacks

  Remember, Remember the Fifth of November Celebrating Guy Fawkes Day as only MIT can.

  

  Just over 400 years ago, a group of Englishmen attempted to blow up ... foiled at the twelfth hour, the conspirators nonetheless secured a place in ... fireworks, and devouring a variety of delectable treats. Here at MIT, a few

  • by Paul B. '11
  • November 5, 2007
• Blog / How to Food

  REX and the City New York, New York, and other answers to your other questions, too.

  

  A lot of you have written me to tell me you've voted, and it ... Phone, Treo, Blackjack, etc.. It takes literally two clicks and you could make a ... support me without starting a war. Regardless of the outcome, though, it

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 10, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  Blogging Scholarship I'm a finalist for a blogging scholarship - now I need your help voting.

  

  bloggers an email about a $10,000 scholarship for any bloggers who attend ... later) scrambled to borrow a laptop and sent in an application. And - I'm a finalist. A lot of the time I'm not very serious - but I'm serious

  • by Jess K. '10
  • October 8, 2007
• Blog / Admissions

  Testing requirements FAQ Some Q & A regarding testing for MIT admission.

  

  more questions, here is a quick FAQ to provide some more answers. I hope it is helpful to you. Q. Do you prefer the SAT or the ACT? A. We ... that make you look best. Q. Which SAT Subject Tests should I take? A. We

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  I like romantic things like music and art ...so why don't I have a boyfriend?

  

  DID YOU KNOW? Andre 3000, from OutKast, has a son (by Erykah Badu ... , a culinary "competition" for which my floor routinely cranks out about a third of the dishes and takes home about a half of the prize money

  • by Sam M. '07
  • October 22, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Big MIT Career Fair Lots of companies are on campus today recruiting MIT students.

  

  for them, or to do a summer internship. The companies span the spectrum ... organizations like the Peace Corps and Teach For America. Here's a smapling of ... Kinsey & Company Microsoft ...and that's just a sampling. When I was

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 21, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Senior Week: Jonathan Lii A look at a senior from the Class of 2006.

  

  15 with a minor in 14 [in layman's terms: a double major in Mathematics and Management, and a minor in Economics] What's next: Working as a ... Random Variables with Prof. Richard Dudley. It was a class in probability

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 5, 2006
• Blog / MIT Life

  Tuesday is the new black. The world moves on MIT's hips. The world moves and it swivels and bops.

  

  the early 20th century, Harvard used a substantial grant from George F. Baker to establish a school for engineering in Cambridge. This college is now known as Harvard Business School. Today is a "virtual Monday" at MIT

  • by Sam M. '07
  • February 21, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  “The Flying Luxury Hotel of Tomorrow” The luxury cruise of tomorrow is sweet!

  

  Sci.comexternal link) -- This is not a Blimp. It's a sort of flying Queen Mary 2 that ... firm, Worldwide Aeros Corporation, is in the early stages of developing a ... reason: The craft would have a range of several thousand miles and, with an

  • by Melis A. '08
  • February 19, 2006
• Blog / IAP

  Kiss the Frog Charm School and Nerdy Pick Up Lines. What can I say?

  

  IAP without learning a little bit, at least. Let's hop in the Techno ... ask a girl for a dance to how to enjoy the whipped cream from my sundae without ending up with my food on my face. It's almost been a decade since

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

  EA Telethon! Yay for the class of 2010!

  

  Whew. I just spent the last 4 and a half hours calling up as many of ... seriously a lot of fun. First of all, I finally got to meet Alia and Mike, who are super awesome. They were really a lot of fun to hang out with

  • by Laura N. '09
  • January 27, 2006
• Blog / Personal Travel

  More from Ahia I even manage to do MIT-related stuff when I'm 750 miles away.

  

  for a few days), since my fam is hopping on a plane to LA early tomorrow morning. My little brother (well, not so little anymore) is a sophomore ... 're not all dorks... actually, I'm a cheerleader! Yeah, we have a football

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • December 28, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Last Night What I did last night, on my last night. CambridgeSide Galleria & Brokeback Mountain

  

  is a possibly-staged photograph of me while I'm studying for my finals ... writes a blog (!) for the admissions office Debbie '06 spent the first half ... of the varsity women's crew team We challenged Debbie '06 to tie a

  • by Mitra L. '07
  • December 17, 2005
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  The First Snow of the Year! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. Also, what to expect for the…

  

  across the Harvard Bridge and bang, we felt a snowflake (the first ... flakes became pretty big and fell for a couple of hours. Unfortunately, it ... my winter coat and put away my summer clothes; it's always a semi

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 29, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Tour of Novartis

  

  Today, I went on a tour of the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical ... when I found out that they were giving a tour to people from the BioMedical Engineering Society (BMES) I quickly signed up. Novartis is a world

  • by Melis A. '08
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / About Decisions

  You Make The Call So you think you've got what it takes to admit the Class of 2010 to…

  

  Back in the good ol' days (winter of 1983 to be exact) there was a ... was to show you a controversial play where a penalty has occured and just before you're told how the ref rules, the screen freezes and a voice

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  I have classes

  

  classes are as follows... 5.12 (Organic Chemistry): This seems to be a ... well or struggle. The last time I was in a really polarizing class (18 ... 5.112, the intro chemistry for masochists class that I took as a first

  • by Jessie L. '07
  • September 9, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  You stay classy, Sam… TA, go! At MIT, I live in a basement and I don't get to watch Desperate Housewives.

  

  First of all, can anybody out there think of a new blog tagline? I successfully bribed Ben to let me stick around as a blogger this semester, and ... you think of a really good one, send it to me via comment or e

  • by Sam M. '07
  • September 8, 2005
• Blog / Personal Travel

  jetsetting i saw a flying pig.

  

  . In between the airports and time zones is the real story. A Flying ... first ever flight cancellation. Basically, I was waiting to make a ... phone came back to life, I had a message from the friend who was going to

  • by Bryan
  • August 9, 2005