<p>I'm currently a junior, and I'll be heading to MIT for an overnight visit soon. So far I plan to visit the MIT museum, take a trip on the freedom trail, and sit in on a few classes (Diff EQ and Cosmology). I'd like to know what else I can do on campus, that would enrich my visit and at the same time be economically viable. I'll arrive at noon on day 1 and leave at around 3 PM of day 2.</p>
<p>Are you staying with a current student overnight? That’s probably the cheapest / best way to give yourself an actual feel for campus.</p>
<p>Well yes, it’s an overnight visit with MIT itself (the program for overnight visits), but I’m just wondering what I can do on campus…any suggestions?</p>
<p>Check out some of the libraries.
Eat fast food at La Verde’s.
Buy something from MIT Coop.
Enjoy the unique MIT art surrounding you.
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and of course,
BEWARE OF THE MAD SCIENTISTS!</p>
<p>You are looking for a home for four years. So look at it as a home. Visit those parts of the campus that you would expect to use as a student LIVING at MIT. So if you are a swimmer, check out the pool, or the shooting range, or the ice rink, or whatever part of the environment you thing you might be using regularly.</p>
<p>Sit in on different types of classes. Attend whatever student activities are going on while you are on campus. That can be the atmosphere of an LSC film, or a Chorallaries or Logarythms performance, or whatever else is going on that evening. Look at is as a) a school, and b) a town you might be moving to. Both parts need to work for you.</p>
<p>If you are interested in one or two specific areas, you can contact those departments directly. For instance, the physics department has a website for prospective students, encouraging them to visit the department: [MIT</a> Department of Physics](<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/physics/prospective/visit.html]MIT”>http://web.mit.edu/physics/prospective/visit.html).
When my daughter visited for an overnight as a high-school junior, she contacted the department in advance, and during her visit she was able to talk with a professor, visit two classes, and have lunch with a physics major.</p>
<p>I have to second Phoestre and La Verde’s. they supplied my breakfast and snacks for a week.</p>