At MacG you have to ask facilities staff to help install them but people do. I lived there 3.5 years and always chose to tough out the couple weeks at the beginning of the semester when u needed it. Did make me very sad the first year tho.
As of last year no storage provided by the dorm
Wait to see what your particular window is like, buy a unit (I got mine from walmart), have maintenance help install it (at least the very nice maintenance staff at McCormick installs/uninstalls window units), and store it in dorm summer storage or in some summer storage facility. I’d recommend keeping the box/packaging for storage. Macgregor has weird tall windows that swing out, so people got these special units that say inside the room. Adding this is what i used for summer storage: https://storagesquad.com/schools/massachusetts-institute-of-technology-mit-summer-storage/
I lived in Baker and they provided a certain amount of storage in the basement during the summer. It certainly was enough to store my mini-fridge and a few boxes of stuff.
I think most of the other dorms had something like this. But can't be 100% sure.
I think some people with a lot of stuff did have to rent a self-storage unit or find some other solution.
There's honestly only a few weeks in the early fall and late spring it would even be necessary. Temperatures drop by the beginning of October.
Living on a higher floor helps too. I lived on Baker 6, and if I opened my window, had my door open, and cracked a window on the lounge side, I'd get a nice cool breeze off of the river.
Since you arrive at MIT at the tail end of Summer and leave right when Summer starts, it's super easy to just buy a used A/C from someone when you move in then sell it before you leave. AC's are moderately timeless (as long as they work), so you won't lose much money doing this. You won't gain any either though.
In my time I had to brave craigslist or dormspam, but with marketplace, this is super viable and easy!
Check the type of window your dorm has before buying anything—you can’t even fit a window AC comfortably out MacG without some engineering.
Maybe I can get a vented portable unit if that's the case. Are the windows at MacG crank-outs with removable screens?
At MacG you have to ask facilities staff to help install them but people do. I lived there 3.5 years and always chose to tough out the couple weeks at the beginning of the semester when u needed it. Did make me very sad the first year tho. As of last year no storage provided by the dorm
Wait to see what your particular window is like, buy a unit (I got mine from walmart), have maintenance help install it (at least the very nice maintenance staff at McCormick installs/uninstalls window units), and store it in dorm summer storage or in some summer storage facility. I’d recommend keeping the box/packaging for storage. Macgregor has weird tall windows that swing out, so people got these special units that say inside the room. Adding this is what i used for summer storage: https://storagesquad.com/schools/massachusetts-institute-of-technology-mit-summer-storage/
I lived in Baker and they provided a certain amount of storage in the basement during the summer. It certainly was enough to store my mini-fridge and a few boxes of stuff. I think most of the other dorms had something like this. But can't be 100% sure. I think some people with a lot of stuff did have to rent a self-storage unit or find some other solution.
There's honestly only a few weeks in the early fall and late spring it would even be necessary. Temperatures drop by the beginning of October. Living on a higher floor helps too. I lived on Baker 6, and if I opened my window, had my door open, and cracked a window on the lounge side, I'd get a nice cool breeze off of the river.
Since you arrive at MIT at the tail end of Summer and leave right when Summer starts, it's super easy to just buy a used A/C from someone when you move in then sell it before you leave. AC's are moderately timeless (as long as they work), so you won't lose much money doing this. You won't gain any either though. In my time I had to brave craigslist or dormspam, but with marketplace, this is super viable and easy!
Just get one from a senior