MIT, Boston, Cambridge
I knew MIT would be challenging, but I didn't expect the challenge to come this soon.
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Moving into 99 Bay State Road has been an extremely disappointing experience. Quoting words from MIT seniors who visited the dorm -- "this place does not represent what MIT has".
The place felt terrible the moment I checked in. There was neither light nor electricity (none of the electric plugs were working); the door lock wasn't working; the walls and floor were really dirty and all the furnitures were aged and dusty. The whole building appears to be still under construction, with scaffolding and other raw construction materials lying around. Half of the machines in laundry room are not working. Hot water does not come out in most showers. The kicthen isn't what one would call a kitchen and there's no computer room yet. The strong odor of paint and dust in the building had also triggered my allergic rhinitis, so I spent the first night in Boston sneezing and wasn't able to get a good rest at all.
Also, technically, 99 Bay State is on-campus for Boston University and off-campus for MIT. It takes around 30 minutes' walk to go to MIT and there's no direct shuttle at all. The walk is fine for me now, but I don't even want to think about how it'd be like in the winter. Met with another transfer student who moved in yesterday, and both of us feel utterly disappointed, helpless and miserable. The residents here are nice, but that doesn't change the fact that this whole place is just way too inhabitable.
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Moving into 99 Bay State Road has been an extremely disappointing experience. Quoting words from MIT seniors who visited the dorm -- "this place does not represent what MIT has".
The place felt terrible the moment I checked in. There was neither light nor electricity (none of the electric plugs were working); the door lock wasn't working; the walls and floor were really dirty and all the furnitures were aged and dusty. The whole building appears to be still under construction, with scaffolding and other raw construction materials lying around. Half of the machines in laundry room are not working. Hot water does not come out in most showers. The kicthen isn't what one would call a kitchen and there's no computer room yet. The strong odor of paint and dust in the building had also triggered my allergic rhinitis, so I spent the first night in Boston sneezing and wasn't able to get a good rest at all.
Also, technically, 99 Bay State is on-campus for Boston University and off-campus for MIT. It takes around 30 minutes' walk to go to MIT and there's no direct shuttle at all. The walk is fine for me now, but I don't even want to think about how it'd be like in the winter. Met with another transfer student who moved in yesterday, and both of us feel utterly disappointed, helpless and miserable. The residents here are nice, but that doesn't change the fact that this whole place is just way too inhabitable.
It's been a terrible experience moving to MIT and it makes me question my decision. I've lived in Tokyo and stayed at Cambridge (the UK one) and both of them felt like way better places to live. When I told everyone I was going to MIT they were all so excited about me and felt that I, too, should be very excited about it; but well, I am the one who's actually living my life and who knows how much pain there is behind.
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