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What Stanford Taught Us: 2. Interdisciplinary Isn’t a Buzzword Here


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Is "interdisciplinary" just a buzzword? Not at Stanford.

This is episode 2 of our 10-part series on the lessons Stanford taught us - and today we're diving into what it actually means to take interdisciplinary classes at a place like Stanford.

From engineering and business to ballet, public speaking, and design thinking, we each share how we explored wildly different subjects during our time in the MS&E program - and how that freedom shaped both our grad school experience and our personal growth. We also talk about what drew us to Stanford, how flexible the program really is, and why some of us rushed through in a year while others stayed to soak it all in.

Turns out, a dance class might teach you just as much as a data science one.

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