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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“I feel better equipped to see a problem from different perspectives and overall more well-rounded thanks to my studies in both engineering and the humanities.”
Riley Ennis, SB '20, Mechanical Engineering major, Spanish minor.
"The benefit of language is so clear--how it opens up new doors. You can imagine yourself in places you couldn't have imagined before."
Charles Huang, SB '11
“The variety of my education has given me such a joy for the details of life, especially in valuing and appreciating other cultures.”
Booker Schelhaas, SB '20, Mechanical Engineering major, Spanish minor.
“Learning Japanese alongside bio engineering gives me greater ability to work and collaborate with other engineering teams abroad.”
Andres Alvarado, SB '20, Bioengineering major, Japanese minor.
“Learning Japanese alongside bio engineering gives me greater ability to work and collaborate with other engineering teams abroad.”
Andres Alvarado, SB '20, Bioengineering major, Japanese minor.
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