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All the 2025 i3 videos megapost by Ceri R. '16

As a part of MIT’s unconventional housing process, rising first-year students typically consult the MIT Guide to Residences while they fill out their housing survey and choose where to live on campus.

This guide includes the Interactive Introduction to the Institute (I3) videos, which are produced by students to show off the community, physical spaces, and unique traditions of their residence halls. In the ’90s and early ’00s, these I3 videos were recorded to VHS tapes, and later DVDs, and mailed to adMITs, but with the advent of YouTube/Vimeo/etc they are now posted online (alongside tours!)

I’ve embedded all the 2025 i3 videos below in case you would like a glimpse into how MIT students describe their own communities to kindred spirits that they hope to live with. (A note that not all communities produce a video every year, so these aren’t comprehensive of all the housing options at MIT!) You can learn more about all the residence halls, and see more videos from previous years, at the MIT Guide to Residences.