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MIT Graduate Housing Assignments

THE ALLOCATION FOR SPRING HOUSING IS CLOSED
 

 

Over the past few years, the Graduate Housing Office has been developing and improving the processes by which graduate housing assignments are made.

The system is designed to provide MIT's graduate students a fair and efficient use of MIT's highly coveted graduate housing supply.

Please feel free to direct any comments or questions to the Graduate Housing Office by email at
• graduatehousing@mit.edu
anytime or by phone at
• (617) 253-5148
between 9 am and 5 pm Eastern Time.

 

In a nutshell...

• Assignments are made based on preferences, with little emphasis on a pure lottery. Details

• When you indicate your preferences on the Assignments Preference Page, you are indicating a desire to live in a particular building – and a commitment to live there, if assigned. Please Note: you will not be given the option to wait for a different assignment. Declining your assignment or failing to confirm your assignment by the deadline will incur a $250 housing cancellation fee. Details

• Please make thoughtful and purposeful preference decisions. If you are assigned to one of your choices, you will be expected to live there. To this end, each residence hall provides details of their living arrangements and communities on-line. Please do not choose a particular buidling or apartment type if you do not want to live there. Details

• You may change your preferences as many times as you like (or withdraw from the process altogether) without penalty up until the application deadline. Details

• Students will be notified of their assignment by web and email. Details

• License agreements are confirmed on-line, and updated if and when you renew your license. Details

• There will be a once-yearly House Transfer Process for those who would like to request a change of residence. Details

• There will be Spring Assignments Allocation Process in November for those who need housing starting in the spring term. Details
Key Dates...

• November 2 , 2009 → Spring Housing and Building to Building Transfer Processes open.

• November 29, 2009 → Spring Housing and Building to Building Transfer Processes close.

• December 4, 2009 → Display and email student and visitor assignments after 5 PM.

• December 11, 2009 → Deadline by which students must confirm their housing & sign their license agreement online.

• Late March, 2010 → Fall Assignments Allocation Process web site opens to accept preferences.

• May 14, 2010 → Fall Assignments Allocation Process closes – no further changes or withdrawals will be accepted.

• mid-May, 2010 → Display and email student assignments after 5 PM.

• mid-May, 2010 → Second Round assignment process begins – offer any unassigned spots to students without assignments.

• late May, 2010 → First round assignments must be accepted or they are automatically denied and a cancellation fee is incurred. Round 2 closes.

• July 1, 2010→ Graduate Housing waitlist opens for those not in the Allocation process.