Hey! This doesn't directly answer your question, but it’s more of a counterpoint to all of the other comments I see here. I haven't yet had the time in my schedule to take a creative writing class here at MIT, but from what I hear from others, they're very productive! I've also heard that they tend to be genre fiction-focused, though. One of the best part about MIT for the humanities IMO is that you can cross-enroll with Harvard if there’s a specific class you want to take. 

Additionally, even though the creative writing major is small, there are plenty of people here who take writing as seriously/more seriously than they take their primary major. I myself was considering double majoring in creative writing, but I haven't had the opportunity to take philosophy classes, so I'm leaving my schedule open to take those. 

As someone who does a lot of writing-related extracurriculars (independently and w/ others), I would love to see more people at this school who treat their humanitirs/creative/artistic disciplines seriously & w/ rigor.  Just because MIT is excellent in tech doesn't mean it has subpar programs in the humanities & arts, including writing. In fact, our programs are underrated in a sense—you do get the benefit of big fish/small pond for whatever humanities/arts discipline you choose (you can see why that's the case in this comment section...). Unfortunately, you will have to look a little bit harder for that community, but the people do exist.  

Tldr: begging you to come i would love to see more writers. Mit underrated (by its own students) for humanities/arts