Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Random Hall
📍 282 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02238
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🏛 Corridor🚿 Communal Bathroom👥 Co-Ed❄️ No AC
Random Hall is MIT's smallest and quirkiest residence hall — a 95-person 1950s building located off the main MIT campus on the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Vassar Street (a 5-minute walk). Random is famously self-governing and eccentric, with a culture that prizes independence, creativity, and intellectual exploration. Corridor-style rooms with communal bathrooms, no central AC. Random's unusual name reflects both its quirky culture and the fact that it was originally numbered randomly on MIT's building map.
From DormScouter research.
Random Hall has no air conditioning. Students here often pick up:
Gaiatop USB Desk Fan – 5.5" Portable (3-Speed) · $7.98
Vornado VFAN Mini Classic Vintage Desk Fan · $39.99
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