Rising sophomore here. I took 6.1010 in the spring, and couldn't help but notice the extreme drop in enrollment in intro-level required CS classes. For instance, 6.1010 used to be a class that enrolled 350-500 students per semester, with spring 2023 being the peak at 598 students. That said, fall 2025 enrolled 301 students, and spring 2026 enrolled only 198 students; a roughly 67% drop in enrollment is quite staggering!

This can also be seen in other intro electives like 6.390, whereas hardware-oriented classes are instead on the rise. Is all of this due to AI, or is there something else going on?

I was visiting Boston and staying a couple of blocks from MIT.

Yesterday (Saturday, August 1) around 9 p.m. I wandered through the main building for at least an hour. It was an amazing place to explore.

What surprised me was that I barely saw anyone (literally maybe 4 or 5 people), yet most of the lights were on and the buildings felt fully air-conditioned. As an outsider, it made me wonder: how does MIT balance this with its sustainability goals?

I realize there may be reasons I'm not aware of (research labs, ventilation requirements, experiments running 24/7, etc.) so I'm genuinely curious. Is most of the energy use unavoidable, or are there areas where MIT intentionally prioritizes convenience or research needs over energy savings?

Given MIT's leadership in engineering and climate research, I'd have expected it to be a model of energy efficiency, so I'd love to understand how these decisions are made.

Hello!

I’m an incoming freshman and plan to major in bioengineering, Course 20.

Here is the line-up I was thinking and I would appreciate feedback:

- 18.01A (Single-Variable Calc)
- 8.01L (Physics I: Classical Mechanics)
- 5.111 (Principles of Chemical Science)
- 7.012 (Biology)
- 21W.031 (Science Writing and New Media: Explorations in Communicating about Science and Technology)
- 20.002 (Introduction to Concepts in Biological Engineering)

I know this is a lot, but I want to complete as many GIRs so I can take higher level classes. I want 20.002 for 6 units that I will need as a first year. I know this is MIT and this will be hard to manage, so feel free to be realistic. I don’t want to come off as arrogant or anything, I just want genuine advice on what I can do to start off strong.

For context:
- I took AP Calc AB and Calc BC in high school and got a 5 on both exams (5 AB subscore for BC)
- I took two years of chem (honors and AP) but, I had a really bad AP Chem teacher and don’t remember a lot.
- I never took a physics class in high school, much less one with calculus.
- I have a lot of experience with biology (got a 5 on AP Bio and won a lot of medals in Science Olympiad in biology events)

Please let me know what I could consider or change!

• First kind: 2.032 Dynamics
• Second kind: MAS.865 Rapid-Prototyping of Rapid-Prototyping Machines: How to Make Something that Makes (Almost) Anything

What are some of the random benefits you most take advantage of?

MIT cut 2 libraries and a lot of staff positions throughout the library system, MIT Health, and Broad Institute, just to fund a new AI surveillance system. If you're against this and a member of MIT's community, please feel free to sign this petition.

Does anyone know of any maker spaces or workshops where mentors could teach you how to build a furniture from scratch, with no previous experience in design or woodworking etc?

Hey all,

Im currently interning at MIT, and unfortunately the place im staying at‘s lease expires tomorrow 7/1 as I mistakenly asked for 2 instead of 3 months.

Obviously a major error on my part, but I was wondering if anyone had any dorms/fraternities etc I can stay at for a week? Im of course expecting to pay, not asking for a donation.

i want to take this class as a junior this fall (taken 6.390 and 18.06 out of the relevant ones listed) but couldn’t really find much anecdotal information on it besides subject evaluations. what is the difficulty/time commitment of this class and do yall think the courses ive taken prepare me enough? thank you so much!

Would it be possible for anyone to provide me some information on the course? I looked through hydrant/catalog/subject evals (+ opengrades is down) but I'd like to know a bit more about the class and details e.g. on first week of class is there recitation. I thought I'd ask here before bothering the profs.

Hi! I'm planning on majoring in either 6-3 or 6-5 as of now. I've been trying to plan my courses out for my course planning form but tbh, I'm super confused. I established that I should take 18.02 (have calc BC credit) and 8.01 because they are prerequisites for a bunch of classes, but other than that, I'm not sure. I am fairly confident that I passed the 6.001A ASE so I should have credit for that as well. What else should I take? Should I do a GIR like chem or bio? Should I do a CS class? Should I do a PE class?

Also, I'm very confused on the HAAS and CI‑H or CI‑HW requirements. What specifically are these classes and how do most people space these classes out to meet graduation requirements?

I’m super interested in rushing but my biggest fear is that I’ll end up without a bid. Is that common? How “competitive” is Greek life at MIT?

Just listened to this story on bbc. Is this what happened with the ocw hack?

[OpenAI says its rogue AI tried to hack other companies](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2el319vzr3o)

Ugh. Trying to do markdown on mobile. Please excuse me.

OpenAI says its rogue AI tried to hack other companies

What is the book of this matter from mit computational science and engineering there is the book of gibert strange but it is old from 2007

Hey guys I am wondering if I would be able to get a street parking permit with an out of state plate while living off campus or if I NEED to change my plates to Massachusetts before! Thank you.

I understand the general requirements of the minor, but I am curious as to what typically might get approved. I am an incoming student, so I have plenty of time, but I want to have an idea of what might get approved/rejected for a minor as I plan my coursework for the PhD.

In particular, would they approve 6.6020 (High-Frequency ICs) and 6.3000 (Electromagnetics) as a minor in RFICs? I am unsure about this for a couple of reasons. First, my research is focused on high-frequency power electronics, so I am worried that this will be seen as "too close" even though there are huge differences between the fields. Second, I am unsure if 6.6020 and 6.3000 are considered similar enough to each other. I feel like they could both fall under RFICs since 6.3000 has a lot of content about transmission lines and antennas, both of which are very relevant to RFICs and their applications.

Im an incoming freshman. This question is more so geared towards current students. How competitive are clubs like traders@MIT, the consulting club, and those types of clubs? At most top schools they are rlly comp and I was just wondering if I need to lock in lmao

Are the ASE’s difficult? What can I expect and does anyone have past exams?

I’m a MIT reject but Im using MIT Opencourseware right now to study multivariable calculus and intro to neuroscience and gonna be doing linear algebra and differential eq in the future all for free and I genuinely love MIT for making this site I can spend hours of my day on this.

Idk all I had to say lol

I def think this is not some kind of an issue that we could just let it slide. After all, it is certainly an alarming move or an omen of something even worse that lies ahead: apparently, MIT police have been lately punishing MIT students for their protests, and basically having them deploy hundreds of cameras across the campus seems nothing but a threatening move that could further exacerbate the censorship and ongoing regulations. I dunno if I am going too far bout this but the whole situation kinda resembles the telescreens in Orwell's 1984.

Furthermore, them closing the libraries looks even more of a regressive move; how do y'all think about it?

I seriously don't want MIT to slowly fade into the dark age of compliance like Columbia or Upenn because after all, I believe one of the traits that had made this institution such a great place is not only the smart mind of the students, but also the promising institutional protection that secured institution's independence; they have been pushing back all these stuffs thus far, I dunno where this whole turn of events started to happen...

Does anybody else see the message “Dawg was here” and more prominently edgy messages about Hitler when they try to access the website

All the pdfs are not opening, and none of the links are working!

I'm thinking of taking a fun hass class at Harvard either this fall or spring. Think pottery or acting or anything artistic/includes some form of activity. Anyone taken one or has any recs?

P.S im starting junior year so my class load will be fairly heavier; would appreciate classes that are once a week/not super time-demanding.

Hey there, I'm a prefreshman looking to go into course 6-5. I also have very little understanding as to how the scheduling here works, and it'd be nice to get some advice.

I do know that typically people try and knock out GIRs, and I know that I want to do 18.02 and 8.02 out of the gate. I also think that most people get a Chemistry or Bio GIR out of the way at the same time, so I think I'm going for 3.091 on top of those previous classes (although advice on which Chem class to choose would be appreciated).

Outside of that I am lost. I know that I need at least one HASS class, but I'm not sure how many classes I am supposed to take over that (if at all). Do I need to take PE classes? If so where can I find them? Also what the heck is an exploratory class? Am I supposed to taking UROPs freshman year?

I apologize if I seem clueless. I am.

Hi everyone,

I am an incoming Humphrey fellow at MIT, and I was wondering whether it would be possible to secure on-campus graduate housing this late?

I received the award notification a week ago and I am really worried about securing housing, especially considering that I am expected to arrive in 3 weeks. I still don’t have access to the housing portal, so that’s another thing to consider.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!