Cambridge-MIT Undergraduate Exchange

Students at MIT have a variety of choices for where they will live during the academic year. In addition to traditional dormitories, there are smaller residences (usually under 50 residents) known as fraternities, sororities and independent living groups (FSILGs), most of which are off-campus. Just as each College at Cambridge has its unique identity each residence at MIT has something unique to offer.

To help you in making decisions about where you want to live we are providing you with two types of information:

• Tables that compare the costs and features of different residences.
• Comments provided by Cambridge students who participated in the Cambridge-MIT exchange, including students from CME-CAM-06.

There are four basic types of accommodation. Please select the one you would like information on:

Fraternities: all-male living groups

At MIT there are chapters of a number of national fraternities. They have names consisting of Greek letters. These chapters own houses for 20-50 residents both on campus and off campus in Cambridge, Boston and Brookline. At the present time, four fraternities invite Cambridge students to live at their houses.

House Information | Cambridge Student Comments

Sororities: all-female living groups

As with fraternities, there are chapters of some national sororities with houses at MIT.

Independent Living Groups: co-ed except for WILG

Unlike fraternities and sororities these groups have no national connection. While most house both male and female students, there is one that houses only women, the Women's Independent Living Group (WILG).

House Information | Cambridge Student Comments

There are currently 11 undergraduate dormitories. These range in size from about 100 to 375 residents. One dormitory, McCormick, houses only women. There is also the opportuntity to live in smaller cultural houses within one of these dormitories.

Dormitory Rates | Cambridge Student Comments