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Freshman Circuit

Attend [email protected] events and tour NYC startups with a small community of other freshmen. You'll get to meet startup employees to learn what they’re up to and where you might fit in. We’ve previously toured Kickstarter, eBay, The New York Times, Foursquare, Microsoft, Betaworks, and others.

Deadline to apply: Monday 9/25/17

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Improve Your Skills

Hack Days

Lectures on web technologies, covering everything from Angular to Zepto.

Programming Facebook Group Join to be notified of upcoming events.

Design Days

Workshops on design thinking, user research, and advanced topics in digital product design (e.g. designing for mobile).

Design Facebook Group Join to be notified of upcoming events.

Build & Socialize with Cool People

After Hours (formerly HackNights)

Designers, developers, and makers of all sorts coming together to hang out, work on their projects and get to know each other. All experience levels welcome!

You’ll be notified of After Hours events if you’re a member of either our Programming Facebook Group or our Design Facebook Group.

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Startup Week

A weeklong conference with technical, design, and entrepreneurship worskshops and talks—all capped by a hackathon. We bring in the best and brightest to share their skills and stories. Past speakers include Josh Kushner of Oscar, Dennis Crowley of Foursquare, David Karp of Tumblr, Scott Heiferman of Meetup, David Tisch of Box Group, and Chris Dixon of Andreessen Horowitz.

Demo Days

Students from all over NYC show off hacks or projects they’ve been working on. Demo your work, get inspired, or meet other students doing incredible things. We’ve hosted events at Tumblr, Microsoft, Stack Exchange, Spotify, and more.

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