<p>Well, I’m another 08 studying for finals now, and I have a few minutes after 2:00 that I can answer questions. I’ll try and help as much as I can. You’ll probably also get a slightly different opinion from me, since I am a hard core west campus resident. 
(Next House - am I the only west campus current MIT student here?!).</p>
<p>Currently, I absolutely love Next House, and will probably stay here all four years. We have an awesome dining hall, and while there are mixed opinions on the food, I personally love it. There is a definite divide between east campus and west campus, in both culture and locations. (I would say bexley cuts down the middle in location, but leans more EC in culture). While west campus probably is a little more high school cliquesh than EC, you can definitely find somewhere in any of the west campus dorms that will fit your tastes. However, that can’t be said for EC. To be honest, My impressions are that things are louder, more chaotic, and less clean over in EC. (I was temped in EC during CPW, so I do know what I’m talking about :)) They are also much more liberal, politically and socially, which for me was not a good thing, being a rather conservative Southerner. (You might have seen some of my previous posts on other forums :))
Also don’t forget about Random Hall. Its culture is a mix, being pretty clean, but more nerdy. (Which can be a good thing, don’t get me wrong.) They have a very high concentration of the extremely smart MIT undergrads there. I would live in Random long before EC. :)</p>
<p>I’m afraid I don’t know anything about residency here. I’m a proud Southerner and would rather die than transfer residency up here if I didn’t have to.</p>
<p>JLfromMIT has covered all of the other questions well, and hopefully we’ll be able to help you with any other questions y’all might have. Good luck, and congrats to all admits!</p>