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A complete comprehensive
spreadsheet on All 75 Official Undergrad & Grad Dorm/FSLIG (including data
such as distance from campus, room rent price, summer availability, pets
allows, parking availability and additional/security deposit fees) is on the H2GAMIT
Website[MM1]
LINK THIS
General Resources for Dorms[MM2]
{
Source : [https://myhousing.mit.edu] }
{ Source : [https://mitguidetoresidences-dev.mit.edu] }
{ Source : [https://mitguidetoresidences.mit.edu] }
{ Source : [https://studentlife.mit.edu] }
Off-Campus Support
{ Source : [https://mitoffcampus.com] }
Admissions Blogs About Picking Your Dorms
{See “Housing” or the individual tag}
https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/temp_assignments_and_cautionar/
I3 [MM3]
An Archive of over 390 i3 Videos, Housing Tours, and Building Info Sessions
From 2001-2023 are on the H2GAMIT Website
LINK THIS
Housing Exhibitions (REX,
Rush, & FYRE)[MM4]
One of many the things that makes
MIT very unique compared to other institutions[MM5] , especially the other Iv(y/ies) MIT
actually gives their students a say in finding a community that speaks to them
and want to live in. This system is called Residence Exploration, or REX.
The Equivalent for Fraternities is Rush! (no, it doesn’t stand for anything)
REX
REX has annual Themes.
REX event list booklet can be
found at your dorms front desk or on the REX website
FYRE
You will have a temporary room
assignment until you are moved into our permanent room in September
If you want to switch in or out
from/to a different dorm, you’ll have the option to enter the First Year
Residence Exchange, FYRE, to transfer to your final housing assignment. After
the FYRE decisions come out on the evening of Wednesday, September 1st, those
of you whNo have chosen to call EC home will get to explore all the halls of EC
to find which one is right for you.
Tips for REX[MM6]
Only Unpack as necessary (live
for a week)
wait until after the 2nd Week to
buy heavy furniture, such as minifridges or couches.
Explore EC and talk to
upperclassmen
House Team as a resource in case
of conflict
Let other people deal with your
parents. MIT isn’t like anything you’ve seen in movies as the college
experience, and especially definitely isn’t your typical dorm.
Some of our quirks--how most
students don’t stay in their temp room, the murals, sometimes lacking a dining
hall, the apparent disarray, etc
There are teams dedicated to
communicating the wellbeing of First-Years, reach out to us (again at
ec-welcome@mit.edu)
Housing Governments[MM7]
{ Source
: [https://ec.mit.edu] }
https://ec.mit.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
Admissions Blogs (Use the “{dorm_name}” tag for
some Top Pics)
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/a-brief-history-of-cars-on-fire/] }
https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/a-time-capsule-of-east-campus/
Cultural Vibes: REX
Fred Fest [MM8]
https://ec.mit.edu/culture/
All the cool stuff for REX and
Special Orientation Events happens the EC courtyard
Massive Construction Project,
that always needs volunteers,
Round the clock grilling (vegan
and beef burgers), hot dogs(mystery meat), hair dyeing,
EC is only sometimes, rollercoasters,
loud music, and parties. Each of the 10 halls can be its own dorm and culture.
Email ec-welcome@mit.edu to have a chat and learn about which communities in EC
or on campus would be best for you.
HOTES[MM9]
BenCuts
Free Media Shelf in Talbot
EC Minecraft
https://youtu.be/1PZGgqbMWdc
Communal Scallion
EC Culture Troves
https://mitprod.sharepoint.com/sites/EastCampusArchive/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx
Construction Process
Renncomm
https://betterworld.mit.edu/tag_details/east-campus-renovation/
Doc-Com
https://forms.gle/zoPyAQBtEKu557v69[MM10]
Specific/Meme Mailing Lists
im-hassing-a-personal-problem
im-having-a-blanching-problem
im-having-a-crowdfunded-project-problem
im-having-a-laundry-problem
im-having-a-personal-network-problem
im-having-a-personal-problem
im-having-a-personal-sale
im-having-a-straight-problem
im-having-laundry-problem
{
Source : [https://mccormick.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://mcctechhelp.mit.edu] }
Did
you Know? McCormick used to have[MM12] outdoor
water fountains but they were removed. Likely for their “unspeakable
deliciousness”
https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/one_year_later/
https://maseeh.mit.edu/
Did You Know? Maseeh Hall literally used to be a hotel, and even when it
was owned by MIT it wasn’t Maseeh, it used to be a Grad Dorm called ‘Ashdown’
and before in the 90’s it went through a round of name tennis.
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/mas33h-hall/] }
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/fariborz_maseeh_hall/] }
https://random-hall.mit.edu/
Did You Know? Random
Hall Had a Milk Carton….
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/milk-cookies-and-dangerous-secrets/] }
Reading Break
https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/guest-post-the-random-hall-milk-gone-but-not-forgotten/
https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/random-random-projects-moving-out-of-random/
{
Source : [https://macgregor.mit.edu] }
Did
you know? Even though MacGregor was
advertised as a Co-Ed Dorm it “somehow” stuck to all males for quite a while?
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/macg-50ish-years-ago/] }
{ Source : [https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/making-space-in-my-schedule-to-go-to-the-maker-space/]
}
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/life-on-campus/] }
{
Source : [https://burton-conner.mit.edu] }
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/burtonconner_floor_rush_and_ro/] }
Dance Till You Drop
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/dance-til-you-drop-53rd/] }
Apple Bake
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/apple-bake/] }
{
Source : [https://next.mit.edu] }
Next Haunt
{
Source : [https://simmons.mit.edu] }
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/happy-birthday-simmons-hall/] }
Gaming Break
{
Source : [https://newhouse.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://dh.scripts.mit.edu] }
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/guest-post-on-food-and-cooking-at-mit-per-se/]
}
Comedy
Break
{
Source : [https://baker.mit.edu] }
Baker Piano Drop
General Resources
Check out MIT Facilities for the
Laundry Sections
{ Source :
[https://laundry.mit.edu] }
Dining
{
Source : [https://mit.cafebonappetit.com] }
*See the MIT Facilities Chapter
Guest List and Tapping in
Express and Guest Policy
- Access is only from 8am-12:30am
daily.
- Between 12:30am and 8am, all
guests must be signed/tapped in in accordance with the standard visitor policy
- The guest must be compliant in
COVID Pass to enter.
- Guests can still sign in at the
Security Desk if they forget their MIT ID, but will need to be escorted.
- Express guests CANNOT bring in
other guests. Security staff will report this and the host will be referred to
the House Team.
- Hosts are responsible for the
actions of their Express Guests at all times within the residence hall.
- Guest List Pause: As a standard practice during the holiday and IAP periods, all
guest lists will be temporarily paused between the last day of classes and last
day of IAP The reason for the pause is to ensure resident hosts are present
throughout the duration of their guest’s visit.
housingsecurity@mit.edu or
(617) 324-6407
More Rules
technically supposed to tap your
ID at all times,
even if youre not the one who
opened the building
express guest list shouldn’t tap
others in
Security monitors the doors and
write down times people tap others into the building, tailgate others, or open
the doors from inside to let people in.
The Consequences of this can be
several punitive, express guest lists for entire dorms have been temporarily
suspended because of incidents
https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/tips-for-a-pleasant-olfactory-experience/
Sub-Leasing your Dorm
{ Source : [https://sublicensecenter.mit.edu] }
https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/beyond_the_iron_curi_mean_mass/
https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/structure_and_function_dorms_a/
{ Source : [https://saveseniorhouse.mit.edu] }
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/mit-regressions-2/] }
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/the_imagination_box/] }
What Happened to Senior House
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/we-all-need-senior-haus/] }
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/murals-of-senior-haus/] }
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/whats-happening-with-senior-house/] }
The Case of Burton Conner
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/data-justice-for-senior-house/] }
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/on-the-scattering-of-senior-house/] }
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/11-reasons-why-senior-haus-is-awesome/]
}
At its most unpleasant it can be this.
Map of FSILGs[MM14]
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?msa=0&dg=feature&mid=1qEOxz2PBLXz-ILlyJMex6kb8a2s&ll=42.35257225915023%2C-71.09142358059053&z=15
Misconceptions about MIT Frats
Governing Bodies
{
Source : [https://www.mitifc.com] }
https://www.mitifc.com/ifc-judicial-committee-outcomes
Strong
Anti-Hazing Policy
{ Source : [https://fsilg-task-force.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://hazefree.mit.edu] }
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/fraternities_mit/] }
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/22-tales-from-tep/] }
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/guest-post-find-your-home-under-the-dome/]
}
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/i-never-thought-i-would-join-a-sorority/]
}
{ Source : [https://www.mitpanhel.com] }
http://axo.mit.edu/
http://aephi.mit.edu/
http://aphi.mit.edu/
http://dphie.mit.edu/
https://engage.mit.edu/Deltas/
http://theta.mit.edu/
https://engage.mit.edu/OPB/
http://piphi.mit.edu/
http://mit.sigmakappa.org/
[MM16]
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/ilgs_at_mit/] }
{
Source : [https://pika.mit.edu] }
https://pikans.org/about.html
Warning
about WILG – Email Thread[MM17]
https://web.mit.edu/thetans/www/events
https://www.fenway.house/
https://pika.mit.edu/
https://studs.mit.edu/
http://wilg.mit.edu/
Student House
Proudly Naming themselves the
least-expensive living community
A good bit of the residents come
from humble backgrounds, identifying as international and/or low-income
students.
Daytime shuttle stops are only 2
minutes away.
weekly social events (e.g. art,
movie nights, games, storytelling, karaoke, etc.), group outings, an off-campus
retreat (e.g. Cape Code, Six Flags), and a Fall/Spring formal!
provide dinner on Sunday to
Thursday nights. All these events are free
it is a dry house and Drugs are
also strictly forbidden in the house.
PSETing in the house library
If you're interested in living at
Student House, fill the forms below and one of the officers will reach out to
you!
https://forms.gle/u6sZBaCGAd4e3T5K8
https://forms.gle/Uei5P97wtKvcY3qd7
(for fall).
Website: http://studs.mit.edu/
Email:
student-house-officers@mit.edu
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/MITStudentHouse
{ Source : [https://graduatehousing.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://ashdownhouse.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://amherst.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://sidpac.mit.edu] }
{ Source
: [https://eh.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://westgate.mit.edu] }
{
Source : [https://s-p.mit.edu] }
https://www.americancampus.com/student-apartments/ma/cambridge/graduate-junction
http://s-p.mit.edu/
https://graduatetower-site4.mit.edu/
http://tang.mit.edu/
http://wh.mit.edu/
General
House Finding
{ Source : [https://www.campusrent.com] }
{
Source : [https://mitoffcampus.com] }
{
Source : [https://bostonapartments.com] }
{ Source : [https://bostoncityproperties.com] }
{
Source : [https://www.bostonplans.org] }
{
Source : [https://www.cambridgeside.com] }
{
Source : [https://mit.uloop.com] }
Admissions Blogs about the Hunt
{ Source :
[https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/choosing-your-own-adventure/] }
{ Source : [https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/i-moved-off-campus/]
}
https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/navigating-housing-101/
Rental Protection & Safety
tldr dont sign a sketchy lease
protect your deposits
you can lose your deposit over technicalities by management companies.
Some deposits are not refundable, even if
“a tenancy was not created” or that a tenancy is created even before you sign a
lease, when you submit a rental application and it is approved
never rent sight unseen
never send first payments through
Venmo/cash app/zelle (they don't allow it and will kick you off the platform
and you don't have recourse through them if it's fake
take pictures when you arrive and after you
leave so your security deposit doesn't get kept from you for no
reason.
You can also double check the owners of the
property on the town assessors database. Put in the address and it'll show you
who it's managed by. I forget what database it was that you could also
see like complaints or lawsuits though.
Boston has quite a few rat/mice, bed bug,
house centipedes, cockroaches, and just general pests so having a landlord that
actually cares can really make a huge difference in quality of life.
Avoid properties with Alpha
Management/Anwar Faisal
Alpha Management and other Anwar Faisal properties prey upon low income
college students. Lower rents at the expense of numerous health code and
building code violations. Black mold and roaches are frequent problems. The
worst is a bathtub collapsing through the floor at one the properties.
James Herms preys around the east side and
sublets out a house near campus to primarily young, queer people who report
having their privacy violated and generally feeling unsafe throughout their
tenancy.
Have an adult or mitoffcampus help you read
the agreements
What to do with a bad landlord
On top of that, if you do move in somewhere
and see your rents rising or there are maintenance issues, you could try
forming a tenants union. Alpha tenants did this in 2020 with
help from the Greater Boston Tenants Union
city-specific inspections and help you can
get in case of a bad situation.
When accessing Resources
I found my awesome current apartment
through a cg listing posted by an actual realtor even after a scam.
Good 101 as well: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/tenant-rights
Somerville:
https://gis.vgsi.com/SomervilleMA/Search.aspx
Ma map: https://massgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/OnePane/basicviewer/index.html?appid=47689963e7bb4007961676ad9fc56ae9
https://www.mass.gov/guides/the-attorney-generals-guide-to-landlord-and-tenant-rights
http://www.hud.gov/fairhousing
*See Help! For
Emergency/Temporary Shelters