Typesetting in LaTeX is a pretty common at MIT - for example, all majors have a technical communication requirement, and most courses that satisfy that requirem

Typesetting in LaTeX is a pretty common at MIT - for example, all majors have a technical communication requirement, and most courses that satisfy that requirement stipulate that problem sets be handed in in TeX. It's also not that difficult - TeX is easy to learn - and a helpful thing to be able to do if you plan to publish research.