Cambridge Program | February 08, 2008
"Tour of Town"
Like MIT, Cambridge also gets its share of tourists and visitors. I must say though, Cambridge actually has pretty places to take pictures of. After reading Chris' entry about Taiwan, I realized that there hasn't been too many pictures of the Cambridge as an actual town in this blog. So I figured I would take some pictures of places that are important to life here in Cambridge. Even though it is the middle of winter, you can see the place is actually still pretty green and pretty. Well, the first picture was taken in the fall, courtesy of Olay '09, another CME student.
For readers who are in Cambridge or are familiar with the campus/city, please let me know if I missed anything and I will post more pictures. Hope I got the shade of blue right!
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Posted by: Anonymous on February 8, 2008 06:52 PM
Great post, thanks for the pictures! I love the Boston-Cambridge area; but Cambridge, England, seems like such a beautiful city!
Posted by: Paul on February 8, 2008 07:12 PM
ZOMG!! I studied over the summer in cambridge a few years ago, seeing these pictures is like
Posted by: job '12 on February 8, 2008 08:17 PM
(hey, they cut me off!) anyways, seeing these pictures is amazing, brings me back to that summer. I bought raspberries every day at the market and stood in line at midnight for harry potter
Posted by: job '12 on February 8, 2008 08:21 PM
Ooo, have you been to the British Museum Reading Room? The place looks amazing -- though i don't know if you're allowed to go anymore without special permission. Someday...
Thanks for the pictures!
Posted by: Anonymous on February 8, 2008 08:28 PM
I was told that in prior years, CME participants received a stipend that allowed for travel and other associated costs. But this year (2008),
no stipend will be provided.
I was wondering if you can tell me how much a stipend (including what associated costs?) was provided by MIT for CME participants before.
This stipend change may seriously affect the interests of CME applicants! I wonder why MIT makes this change all of a sudden without
reasons and earlier notice!
Posted by: Fred on February 8, 2008 09:35 PM
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i can't wait to come && stay.
Posted by: Anonymous on February 8, 2008 09:45 PM
What are your favorite things to do at Cambridge in school and outside school?
Posted by: Steph on February 8, 2008 09:53 PM
I think we should get some photos of Mass Ave/Harvard Square SQUARE area up. Or near the ART on Arrow st. All that fun stuff.
Posted by: Vicky on February 8, 2008 11:20 PM
Its really beautiful :)
Posted by: Shruthi on February 9, 2008 02:08 AM
Is it me or does this layout and captioning of the pictures seem pseudo-travel brochure-ish? Lols well I guess it was intended to be that way so as to encourage MITians to become CME students...Cool pix BtW
Posted by: Masud on February 9, 2008 06:51 PM
There is currently a stipend to cover the extra travel costs. This exchange was started by the Cambridge-MIT Institute (CMI) http://www.cambridge-mit.org/ and they (along with other organizations) have been funding the exchange. This is the last year that CMI will fund the program. However, I was told that this program has become a part of MIT's budget (which means definite money) and the program coordinators on both sides have been trying to get money from various other sources. I don't know anything about stipends for next year's students but both universities want this program to continue. So if you have financial concerns, you should definitely contact the program coordinator and not let finances stop you from applying.
Posted by: Lucy on February 12, 2008 05:25 PM
