Calling all MIT Sloan 2008 applicants

When are you going? I am attending the 1st available session on 09/17.

God, Boston hotel rates suck. Did you manage to find decent affordable accomodations.

ill be in boston sept 23-25. crashing with a college friend whose a med student in boston. so yes i did fine affordable housing, but im sleeping on the couch.

Yeah, Boston rates are crazy. I am looking to book a hotel for 2-3 days during the last week of Sept. Haven't found a single place offering a decent rate

I just booked at the days hotel on soldier field road about 5 miles from MIT. $90 per day.

The tough thing about staying in Boston isn't just finding a place its finding your way around. Make sure that you stay near a T-station, its a tough enough subway system as it is but its better than taking a cab.

I know there are a at least a couple Days Inn on Soldiers Field Rd so you should be able to find a room. They should be right around 100 dollars and not the 300-400 you see at a lot of places. All the big cities are expensive. We are planning our Chicago trip right now and its the only place we don't have a free place to stay. Of course my wife likes to stay at nice places so 300 bucks a night here we come.

Count me in for Round 2

I am hoping to do MIT for R1...right now I am aiming at 4 R1 apps if things go right.

i was originally aiming for 4 r1s...then it became 3...im thinking of paring back to 2 r1s and 2 r2s now...

im also looking for a place to stay in chicago...i think theres a special hotel for visitors to stay at that is pretty cheap

im in for MIT r2

Umm interesting! I have registered for the Morning session of Ambass. pgm on 9/17 as well.

Are you visiting any other schools in the vicinity ?

grad_mba, Well I am going to drop in to Harvard if I can.

Well, I looked into Harvard. They have an info session on the 17th, starting at 1pm.

The morning session at MIT extends till 1 - so trying to figure out a way to visit both.

Luckily they aren't that far apart. Depending on whats going on at MIT you might just be able to skip out a little early and make it to HBS on time.

i am in for R1 as well... however, sloan is going to be one of the last apps i work on... so it might very well slip to R2

I am on the MIT bandwagon too...First choice school for me considering my Healthcare background....Will be attending the ambassadors program as soon as I can.

I think I probably have a much better chance at MIT than any of the schools I'm applying to (because of my engineering background and quite a few people from my company got into MIT who are engineers with similar backgrounds), but I really didn't like the campus nor the business school area when I visited this past April.

Oh yeah, for those of you visiting, BE CAREFUL of the cab rates from Cambridge to the airport. There's some stupid rule where if you're going to the airport from anywhere other than Boston, it's $45 + tip or something like that. I went on a business trip, so I didn't care, but it would suck for those of you paying out of pocket. Just a warning.

Harvard campus is GORGEOUS... too bad I have no interest in applying there either...

Your best bet is to stay in Boston then take the T to MIT. Check the Days Inn, I think the rates there are about as good as you will find close to the city...as long as you are looking for a bed and thats all that matters.