Find
a Great Place to Live
New Undergraduate Students
MIT's undergraduate residence program helps students find a
living environment where they can thrive personally, socially
and academically. Whether a student chooses to live in one of
MIT's 11 undergraduate residence halls or 5 cultural houses,
there's a diversity of lifestyles and cultures within the residence
system that reflects that of our student body.
Your living community is a vital component of your education!
In fact, it is such an important decision that MIT has evolved
a unique, creative, and detailed procedure to help you find
a residence hall that fits well with you—your interests,
your personality, and your community preferences.
During the spring and early summer, you will be mailed the
Guide to First Year Residences, as well as the I3 CD—your
Interactive Introduction to the Institute. The guide and the
cd will include a description of each of MIT’s unique
undergraduate residence halls, as well as contact information
for each of them. You should use this information to help you
decide where to live. Remember to consider the community, not
just the amenities, of the residence halls when determining
your top choices.
During the summer, you’ll enter the on-line housing lottery
with your top choices, and you’ll find out where you’re
assigned at the end of the summer. Once you arrive on campus,
you’ll be able to participate in Residence Exploration,
or REX, during orientation. REX provides you with the opportunity
to actually visit all the residence halls, talk to as many people
as you can, and discover the personality of each building and
floor. If you decide during this time that you’d rather
live in a different residence hall, you can enter the Orientation
Adjustment Lottery, and if there is space, you could be reassigned
to a new hall.
Thinking About Your Sophomore Year...
Approximately one-third of the undergraduates at MIT are affiliated with a fraternity, sorority, or independent living group (FSILG). Those affiliated with fraternities, sororities, and independent living groups are eligible to live in the chapter house beginning their sophomore year. You can get more information about FSILGs at http://web.mit.edu/slp/fsilgs/. For more information about the Residence Selection
process, visit the Housing website at http://web.mit.edu/housing/undergrad/index.html.
New Graduate Students
For more information on Graduate and Family Housing, please
visit the Housing website at http://web.mit.edu/housing/grad/index.html.
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