The idea of the college prank is certainly not unique to the United States but this morning when a news article on a grand college prank hit my email, I couldn’t help but laugh.  My favorite type of prank:
Yes, that’s the first seven notes of Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” – MIT just got Rick Rolled. MIT is famous for its pranks – or hacks – one the most hilarious being the 1994 prank involving a police car on top of their dome.
Clever, cute, non-destructive. Love it!

After five years of college, and living in the dorm both in the U.S. and abroad, I’ve learned a little bit about how to deal with roommates.
My first roommate, in Salzburg, Austria, was a French girl, who spoke better English than I did. She was pretty cool, and very nice. A bit of a neat-freak, but we got along ok. I kept my mess hidden in a corner between my bed, the wall, and my desk and she didn’t say anything when it sometimes snuck out of its corner. Left …

Type: Public, 4-year institution

Located: Cincinnati, OH

Size: just a bit under 21,000  undergraduates

Cost: $33,624 (including tuition, room/board)

Degree Offerings: Associate, Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctoral, First Professional
Greetings! Today, I would like to invite you along with me to the University of Cincinnati, a public institution located in Cincinnati, Ohio. UC enrolls just a bit under 21,000 undergraduates annually, with 83.3% of them coming from Ohio and the remaining percentage from across the US and around the world.
Getting to the International Students Website
From the main page, click on the Future Students link located at the …

Packing a years worth of life into two suitcases, weighing under 50 pounds (22.7 Kg), is difficult. Lugging them from one continent to another, through various airports is a stressful ordeal. So here are 5 tips on traveling and packing that will hopefully make life easier.

Leave small electronics at home. When I went to Austria I tried to learn the difference between a converter and an adapter. After blowing out an alarm clock by trying to plug my 110volt alarm clock into the 220 volt socket, I understood. Small electronics …

Type: Private, 4-year, liberal arts college
Located: Gambier, OH
Size: just a bit over 1,600 undergraduates
Cost: $48,240. (including tuition, room/board)
Degree Offerings: Bachelor’s
Greetings! Today, I would like to invite you along with me to Kenyon College, a small liberal arts college located in Gambier, Ohio. Kenyon enrolls about 1,600 undergraduates each year with the majority of its students coming from the US (the Mid-Atlantic having the most students enrolling) and abo0ut 5.3% from around the world.
Getting to the International Student Section
From the main page, click on the “Admission & Financial Aid” link and …