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MIT's campus can best be described as diverse. It is an urban campus
intersected by a major street. Unlike most campuses, there is no theme
to the buildings at MIT. Buildings that look like offices from the
1960s sit next to a radically designed Frank Gehry building, which sits
next to a bathroom tile-covered I.M. Pei building. Because of the
buildings' randonmess in design, most students complain that the campus
is ugly.
Dormatories at MIT range from average to excellent. There are many
dorms with different personalities. One has 90% single rooms, while
another is all-girls. Students tend to live in dormatories, since MIT
has an unwritten policy about offering housing for up to four academic
years. Those who do not live in dormatories, live in fraternities and
sorority houses (some on-campus, some off-campus).
There are a decent number of dining options across campus. MIT's dining
plan is a debit system; you credit a certain amount onto your meal card
and pay a la carte. This meal card can be used at almost all the campus
dining establishments, including the campus market.
The biggest crime at MIT is theft. Because it is an urban campus,
theives from the surrounding area prey on naive students who leave
their bikes unlocked or backpack unattended. Other than that, you do
not hear about many other crimes. Students walk around campus at all
hours and feel safe. For those students who live in Boston across the
Charles River (which MIT sits next to), the school runs a shuttle with
multiple stops.
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