iHouse
Welcome to iHouse
About
A Note from Current Residents:
iHouse is a living-learning community where members have a shared interest in social action and community service. In practice, individuals participate in various social action activities, and we share our interests with each other so that we can learn and support each other. This coming fall, many upperclassmen will take the PKG seminar SP.259, and we expect all incoming frosh to take this seminar as well. This seminar is designed to fit into frosh schedules, and will involve getting lunch with iHousers on Wednesdays, 1-2:30PM, and learning about environmental and food justice.
We have a (casual) application process where we hold information sessions for all potential residents who are considering living in iHouse. Come join us to find out what the i in iHouse stands for!”
iHouse is open to all who support and are committed to this mission.
Dining Info
We are a Cook-for-Yourself Community, but many members also have meal plans.
Room Assignments
A unique feature of MIT’s residential system is that student Room Assignment Chairs or "RACs" work with Housing & Residential Services and members of their House team to coordinate individual room assignments in each building. Each house approaches room assignments a bit differently (full house action plans can be found here), but all follow the Institute’s nondiscrimination policy and these principles:
- New student preferences will be used to make room assignments.
- Upper-level students will not preference or select students to live on their floors/entry/community.
- First-year students may opt out of exploration and are not required to move.
Contact
New House
471-476 Memorial Drive
Building W70
Cambridge, MA 02139
Tel. (617) 253-6561
Visit the resident-managed website for more information about iHouse. You can also check out the community's blog. Questions about the community may be directed to resident leaders by emailing ihouse-presidents@mit.edu.
Facility Information
From the Residents
New House Living Groups
All six physical houses are connected by the "arcade" on the first floor of the building. In addition, houses 1, 2, 3 and 4, and 5 and 6 are connected diagonally on the second through fifth floors.
The rooms in these six physical houses are divided into nine living groups, which, to make things confusing on purpose, are also called "houses”. New House is split into 9 different living groups: 5 cultural houses and 4 numbered houses. Click to learn more!
