The Graduate Housing Spotlight

The Graduate Housing Guide

Ever felt that Graduate Housing is a maze of strange, arcane and capricious rules?

Do the words "Allocation Process" make you break out into a cold sweat?

Have no idea what "change of status" will do to your Housing assignment?

Now there is no reason to stumble through the experience of Graduate Housing!

Everything you could possibly need to know or might want to ask about Graduate Housing, from applying to terminating to transferring, is now online in the Graduate Housing Guide.

The Guide is divided into four sections, with a navigation bar on the left that has hyperlinks to each question and answer. There are over 50 questions for you to peruse.

  1. Part One: Getting In walks you through the process of applying. If you want to know how to apply, what to apply to, or what to do about a medical request, Getting In will help you understand the application.
  2. Part Two: Being There explains what happens when you are assigned, what your license agreement means, details about moving in, how to provide proof of family and how subletting works.
  3. Part Three: Being Human is a compilation of the most frequently asked questions. This section is divided into Room and Transfer Questions and Terminating, Billing, Change of Status and Eligibility and Extensions and Exceptions and also Parking, Food, Family and Assorted Questions.
  4. Part Four: Getting Out deals with terminating and canceling your housing. Any questions about leaving early and rent responsibility will be answered here. It's a section you should read very carefully!
  5. Finally, there is Something Different, which takes a look at what would happen if Graduate Housing became a hit musical on Broadway, featuring songs like "You Gotta Have Love and a Previous Lease Together" and "This Heating Duct Is Now My Home". If the Allocation is bringing you down, this section will make you smile or at least smirk.

We hope that the Guide will be a helpful resource for the MIT community, so please let us know if there is something you would like to see added. If you have any questions you would like to see in the Guide, please do not hesitate to contact us at graduatehousing@mit.edu.