And despite offering some of these things, it doesn’t really meet a standard definition of comprehensive. If ELit or Arabic or History generally dont find the curriculum appealing, they don’t enroll. And if they don’t enroll, those undergrad departments aren’t really built. When I was attending school, I was torn between a STEM and social science path. I did reasonably well at the “hard” STEM for two years but ultimately decided I didn’t want to pursue. A school can offer the courses for something, but if there are only 8-10 people primarily focused on that major, it’s just not going to be the same experience. Even if you aren’t intimidated by the actual STEM classes an you find them interesting, does someone studying anthropology or art history really want to go to MIT? Probably not.
My thesis advisor is over at MIT in political science. And they are a great program, but from an undergrad perspective, I’m not sure it’s a great fit even for political science majors who love math/chemistry/physics.