DiscoverMIT
Group Members
Stephanie Chang
Qian Long
Isabella Lubin
Problem
There is no cohesive, single source website for information about MIT for prefrosh and prospective students to visit before coming to MIT. Currently, all of the information pertinent to prefrosh and prospective students are scattered among numerous sites, making it hard for students to navigate, find information they are seeking, and make informed decisions. This is a problem for a number of reasons: first, while CPW allows prefrosh a great opportunity to dive headfirst into campus life, they often either forget to visit certain locations or ask certain questions; some prefrosh can’t afford to visit or have prior obligations. Without readily available information about MIT and all of the aspects of MIT life, it is difficult for them to decide whether or not MIT would be a good fit for them (and, once they decide on MIT, which dorms would be best). Although there’s no real replacement for visiting campus, we want to provide a tool for students who can’t visit, and help students who can visit optimize their time here. Ultimately, we would like to create a website that allows its visitors to explore many different aspects of MIT life (hacks, a basic virtual tour, local restaurants, academic centers, etc.). For now, however, we've decided to focus our attention on what our interviews have pulled out as one of the more neglected, but important, components of undergraduate life: the dorms. If time permits, we would add these other components to our map.