<p>Hello everyone. I am visiting MIT in two weeks and would like some advice on what I should visit. Unfortunately, the time I am visiting tours stop. I planned on printing out the campus map and just winging it. I know that I want to visit The Coop, the Infinitive Corridor, the MIT Museum, and perhaps get tours of departments. Which facilities should I visit? </p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>From the MIT physics department website: If you are interested in the undergraduate or graduate program and you will be at MIT or in the Boston area, please visit the Department of Physics, Academic Programs in 4-315. A staff member can provide information about the undergraduate or graduate program and refer you to appropriate areas of interest including faculty offices and/or labs." [MIT</a> Department of Physics](<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/physics/prospective/visit.html]MIT”>http://web.mit.edu/physics/prospective/visit.html)</p>
<p>Can you visit classes? Someone in the physics department will suggest several, and other departments are friendly as well; check their websites. Wandering around the campus before noon will be a waste of your time, I believe. MIT students live on Hawaii time, so if you can explore in the late afternoon or evening, you’ll have a better chance of meeting students to talk with.</p>
<p>Thanks CalAlum! Since I am an engineering major the physics department would be of benefit. :)</p>
<p>Well, I am going during finals week. I doubt I would be able to sit in on a class because of that. I will see anyway for a Monday just in case.</p>
<p>Thanks for the heads up about MIT in the morning. I have a feeling that I will not see many students in daylight due to finals. heh</p>
<p>There aren’t any classes during finals week, so no, you won’t be able to sit in on one.</p>
<p>Get an egg and eggplant sandwich from a food truck.</p>
<p>As for facilities, one of the places you should definitely visit is Stata. It’s the really modern-style building that sort of looks like a crumpled up piece of paper. You can’t miss it.</p>
<p>Food trucks. check.</p>
<p>Stata is definitely a must see. Since I am not a student are there any buildings that I cannot gain access to?</p>
<p>What time will you be going?</p>
<p>The academic buildings are open to the public during normal business hours, but after hours some doors are MIT ID access only. Dorms are accessible only to residents.</p>
<p>The Information Center should be open, there are maps with a self-guided walking tour printed on the reverse side. This covers the approximate tour route and gives brief narration of every stop.</p>
<p>December 13th (maybe the weekend). </p>
<p>I was also going to try and see if I could visit Harvard-MIT HST. My trip is an undergrad/grad school duo affair. </p>
<p>My first stop on campus is going to be the MIT Information Center. Then I was going to branch off from there.</p>
<p>Thanks EmpireAnts! I was wondering if MIT had one of those maps. I emailed them for a pdf but those are not available.</p>