Can first-year students live off campus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology?
DIRECT ANSWER
MIT requires all first-year students to live on campus; exceptions are rare and require a written waiver request.
- The first-year rule applies to all first-year students.
- Waivers are described as rare.
- Resolve a waiver before making a private housing commitment.
MIT requires all first-year students to live on campus for the duration of the first year. Exceptions are rare and must be requested in writing through MIT’s housing and residential process. Do not treat an available Cambridge apartment as proof that a first-year student may live there.
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