<p>You can get as broad an education as you want to get at MIT. If you’re really interested in getting a traditional liberal arts education in addition to a rigorous technical education, you can absolutely take all of the humanities, arts, and social sciences classes at MIT (or at Harvard or at Wellesley) that your heart desires. </p>
<p>MIT actually requires students to take 8 humanities, arts, and social sciences classes, which comes out to about a quarter of the classes the average student takes. It’s definitely not as narrow an education as it’s stereotyped to be, and if you want it to be even broader, you’re free to do that. MIT is a very flexible place academically.</p>