My choice: Try to live at pika, a co-op of mostly MIT undergraduates and tasty vegetarian food for a year then look for more conventional housing?

lakmiseiru

Pika's neat - worthwhile to stay there for a year to transition between college and grad school.

glasser

but I'm biased.

tibbetts

Coops are good for meeting people and making friends

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