Tandem jumping is where you are attached to the front of an instructor. Tandem is not a formal training program like AFF and static line, per se, but it is a great way to get a taste of skydiving with a smaller investment. Tandem jumps are cheaper than AFF level I, and unlike Static Line, you get to experience free fall on your first jump. It only requires an hour of ground training, so you can get trained on the morning of your first jump. You don't need as much training to do a tandem jump because there is always an instructor who is in control of the parachute strapped to you back in case you get in trouble.
Some tandems pull their own ripcord, and some have their tandem master pull the ripcord.
If you have your own wheels, to get there from MIT, you take Memorial drive west all the way down to the BU bridge and then turn toward Fresh Pond Parkway. You follow that past the movie theater and get on route 2 going west. Stay on route 2 for about 70 miles, until you come to exit 16. Get off at that exit and when you come to a T section at the end of the ramp, turn left, away from the overpass. Continue down about a mile until you reach the bottom of a steep hill.