<p>Mollie, AK,</p>
<p>Good point. I feel a little stupid, but I guess that’s what you get for living in a city all your life.</p>
<p>As for the hotels, when I visited MIT and Harvard last summer, me and my mom booked el-cheapo hotel tickets on Hotwire. We stayed at two different hotels, both right across the river from Boston (about 5 minutes away from MIT and Harvard) and I can tell you both hotels were amazingly nice.</p>
<p>So, really, if those MIT deals aren’t hot enough for ya go Hotwire. They are cheap and good.</p>
<p>Luckily for me though, I got on the fly-in list!</p>