<p>Clearly the internets are wrong. It's the Stata center.</p>
<p>And none of those hits actually lead to MIT-affiliated sites, except for the first one, which comes up only because Google probably knows that you meant to say "Stata."</p>
<p>I will be there 12/29 to 12/31 visiting too. Ham and eternally sleepy, are you there during this time?</p>
<p>A number of international students stay on campus during winter break. Almost all US students go home, in my experience, but there's nothing preventing you from staying at MIT (unlike some other schools, the dorms stay open for the break).</p>
<p>Grad students also tend to stay on campus, in my experience, but I guess that factoid's not terribly relevant for most of the people on this board. :)</p>
<p>^Grad students also don't get official vacations. Guess who's going into lab tomorrow?</p>
<p>bluebird unfortunately i was there 12/27</p>
<p>Ham, so how did you like it?</p>
<p>it was great, I didn't really do all that much officially aside from go to the Coop and buy a tshirt, sweatshirt, and jacket. Aside from that I just kind of went through Cambridge and the MIT campus with my family, took a good look at the campus maps, and try to start to get acquainted with it! Since the vast majority of the students (and faculty?) are on vacation, there really wasn't much going on. But it was fun to explore the area, go out to eat at a restaurant in cambridge, discover the T, walk across the bridge with the smoots, scope out the dorms, etc, etc. Before that visit (it was actually my 3rd time to campus), MIT was an idea and a goal that became so surreal that even when I was accepted was not really tangible. Now it is more real, and it's cool to finally get to step foot on campus, say that you will be a student there, and get ready to live in Boston!!</p>
<p>"MIT was an idea and a goal that became so surreal that even when I was accepted was not really tangible."</p>
<p>You said it perfectly. Surreal is the same word I used on my MIT accepted student post. MIT has been a dream for so many years but part of me never thought I would really ever have the opportunity to make the decision to attend or not. I just hope that I am in awe when I get there.</p>
<p>does anyone know the size of the dorm beds, are they twin or twin XL?</p>
<p>twin extra long</p>
<p>They wouldn't fit a lot of students otherwise.</p>
<p>MIT is great in that there is plenty of flexibility when it comes to dorms. After you choose your dorm, there is still in-dorm rush, where you can request a roommate and specify your rooming preferences.</p>
<p>bluebird: there from 12/24 to 12/27.</p>
<p>hey everyone- just reading this thread and starting to get REALLY excited about CPW.</p>
<p>I do have one question though- When freshman do in dorm rush do they specify which floor of a specific dorm they would like to live on?? Many people have mentioned that floors in some dorms have very different personalities- whats the deal if you end up on the wrong floor?? I'm not worried or anything-- just curious how MIT deals with this somewhat strange phenomenon of "floor cultures".</p>
<p>No, when you rush you do not rush a floor (with the exception, I think, of New House's houses?). You're put on a random floor within the dorm during Rush. Then, once you've chosen your dorm, there's some sort of hall rush process in which you pick your floor. This is done differently in every dorm. I know I for one chose to stay on the hall on which I was temped, because I liked it as much as or more than I liked other halls, and I'd already made some friends there. However, a friend of mine was temped on a hall she didn't like, and it gave her a bad impression of the dorm and she decided to rush elsewhere. She later realized this was a bad idea; she should have explored more of the halls within the dorm before deciding to leave it. Make sure you do not make this same mistake.</p>
<p>Does that answer your question?</p>
<p>yep for sure. </p>
<p>thanks so much</p>