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Not really when you consider Yale’s lackluster stem programs and average business school [b]or MIT being devoid of humanities and social science except economics or political science[/b]. The gap is much smaller than you actively make it out to be. [/quote]

Damn people do a frickin' google search before you post:

https://shass.mit.edu/undergraduate/majors

MIT Major Fields

Anthropology
Comparative Media Studies
Economics (Economics; Mathematical Economics; Computer Science, Economics, and Data Science)
Global Languages (French, German, Spanish)
History
Humanities (African & African Diaspora Studies, American Studies, Ancient and Medieval Studies, Asian and Asian Diaspora Studies, Latin American and Latino/a Studies, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Women's and Gender Studies)
Humanities and Engineering
Humanities and Science
Linguistics
Literature
Music
Philosophy
Political Science
Science, Technology, and Society
Theater Arts
Writing

This is indicative of the quality of advice you get here.  Buyer beware.[/quote]

I think the poster’s point was that the strength of these humanities and social sciences fields at MIT are lackluster, not so much whether they exist or not. While I’m sure the teaching quality in these fields are quite decent at MIT, I doubt that MIT’s English or History department houses the best professors and academics in the country. Just saying. [/quote]

MIT is the best college in the country for linguistics 5 years running.

https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2018/linguistics#

And is ranked 2nd in the world in arts and humanities

https://shass.mit.edu/news/2018-news-mit-ranked-no2-worldwide-arts-and-humanities

I think you are wrong about what the poster intended, but also wrong on the facts if you are granted that point.

I repeat: Damn people do a frickin' google search before you post and this is indicative of the quality of advice you get here.

/"lackluster", lol so very hard.[/quote]

Political Science: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 7th
[url]https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/political-science-rankings[/url]

Economics: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 1st
[/url]https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/economics-rankings[url]

English: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Unranked
[url]https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/english-rankings[/url]

History: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Unranked
[url]https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/history-rankings[/url]

Sociology: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Unranked
[url]https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-humanities-schools/sociology-rankings[/url]

Fine Arts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Unranked
[/url]https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-fine-arts-schools/fine-arts-rankings[url]

So the original poster's claim is quite accurate. While political science and economics are of the same caliber as their STEM departments, there is not much else going on for their humanities and social sciences (except Linguistics, as you have pointed out). To be unranked (outside of the top 100-200) in numerous humanities/social sciences departments is something that you would not expect from a "HYPSM" school. 
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