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Urgent Care will be open from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. on October 13. 
All other services are closed

Let’s Chat

Let’s Chat is a drop-in service for MIT undergraduate and graduate students that offers informal, confidential consultation with clinicians from MIT Health’s Student Mental Health & Counseling. 

You can participate in Let's Chat in person or virtually. For an in-person visit, stop by the MIT Office of Academic Community, Empowerment, and Success (OACES) during drop-in hours. To chat virtually, visit the Let's Chat Zoom room when it's open, and a clinician will join you there.

Let’s Chat consultations are ... 

  • Free for MIT students
  • Informal, and not a substitute for counseling
  • Offered first-come, first-served (no appointment necessary)
  • Typically, about 20–25 minutes in length
  • Not appropriate for urgent concerns or mental health emergencies  

During a Let’s Chat consultation, a SMH&C counselor can listen to specific problems, help you explore solutions, and introduce you to what it’s like to speak with a member of our staff. Let’s Chat is not a substitute for counseling and does not constitute mental health treatment. Please refer to our FAQ for more details. 

Other options for care from SMH&C include individual counseling, group counseling, walk-in services, and 24/7 phone consultation. If you are in crisis, call Student Mental Health & Counseling at 617-253-4481, option 2, and ask to speak with a mental health clinician, or call 911.  

Let’s Chat is modeled after Cornell Health’s Let’s Talk program and content from the Let’s Talk website is used with permission. 

Let’s Chat at the Office of Academic Community, Empowerment, and Success (OACES)

Fall 2025 Let’s Chat sessions at the Office of Academic Community, Empowerment, and Success (OACES) will be held in 11-101 on the following dates from 4–6 p.m. 

Wednesday, October 1
Thursday, October 2
Wednesday, October 15
Thursday, October 16
Wednesday, October 29
Thursday, October 30
Wednesday November 12
Thursday, November 13
Wednesday, December 3
Thursday, December 4
Wednesday, December 17
Thursday, December 18

Virtual Let’s Chat

Fall 2025 Virtual Let’s Chat is available from 3–5 p.m. on the following dates: 

Wednesday, September 24
Thursday, September 25
Tuesday, October 7
Wednesday, October 8
Wednesday, October 22
Tuesday, November 4
Wednesday, November 5
Wednesday, November 19
Thursday, November 20
Tuesday, December 9
Wednesday, December 10