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<p>As a counterpoint, I will say that I was much happier living in a community that I cared about, which MIT’s undergrad housing system is set up to enable, than I would have been living with random people in a “nicer” building. Also, a grad student friend wants me to mention that “Tang [a grad dorm] is composed of coffins with no air circulation.” :D</p>
<p>I have an old blog entry about the attractiveness, or lack thereof, of campus, that I still like: [MIT</a> Admissions | Blog Entry: “Bed arrangements in dorms, and beauty on campus”](<a href=“http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/life/residential_life_housing_options/bed_arrangements_in_dorms_and.shtml]MIT”>http://www.mitadmissions.org/topics/life/residential_life_housing_options/bed_arrangements_in_dorms_and.shtml)</p>