<p>If you take the initiative, you can do more than just check out Boston. What majors are you interested in? If you know, you can contact the relevant departments and ask if there are any students or faculty members around over the summer with whom you could talk. For example, the physics department is particularly eager to meet potential students, and I know some physics students who will be around over the summer, engaged in research. I imagine the same is true of other departments. In fact, if you search “MIT UROP” you could browse the list of UROPs going on over the summer; those departments will have undergrads working on campus during summer months, and you might be able to have lunch with someone and talk.</p>