The biggest lesson of my college career has thus been learning when to let go — and when “good” for someone else becomes bad for me.
During the fall of my sophomore year I attended 17 OCR info sessions. Despite the fact that these workshops were geared towards seniors, and that most of these firms didn’t even have sophomore programs, and my suit jacket and pants were mismatched, I still dutifully showed up at each one (sometimes 2 or 3 a day) over the first 2 weeks of class.
But the most memorable stories, for me, were the ones that brought me a bit closer to the heart of Penn — the ones that introduced me to some of the lesser-heralded people who make our university the special place that it is.
To be able to truly open yourself up to another person is a privilege, and whether we graduate with a high-paying banking job or with a ton of student debt, we should consider ourselves lucky.
During the fall of my sophomore year I attended 17 OCR info sessions. Despite the fact that these workshops were geared towards seniors, and that most of these firms didn’t even have sophomore programs, and my suit jacket and pants were mismatched, I still dutifully showed up at each one (sometimes 2 or 3 a day) over the first 2 weeks of class.
But the most memorable stories, for me, were the ones that brought me a bit closer to the heart of Penn — the ones that introduced me to some of the lesser-heralded people who make our university the special place that it is.
I graduate in a week as I write this column. My bound volumes from my time as an editor still sit in the sports office at the DP. I’m going to wait until the very last moment to take them out.
Each student is a valedictorian or a varsity athlete, a Siemens finalist or a polyglot.
Dean of the Annenberg School of Communication Michael Delli Carpini, who was appointed dean in 2003, has agreed to extend his deanship until June 30, 2018.
The alumni organization PennPAC harnesses Penn pride by bringing together more than 500 former Quakers to provide pro-bono consulting to non-profits in the New York and Philadelphia areas.
The Philadelphia Streets Department expects that bumpouts will be installed this summer at one of Penn’s most problematic intersections, following two previous delays on the project.
Evelyn Wiener, the director of Student Health Services, died on Thursday. She was 62.
Adventurous is one way to describe Zachary Woods. He and his brother Matthew “always like to do the crazy things,” recalled his younger sister Callie Woods.
Queer international students, who say they feel out of place in the LGBTQ and international communities, are starting a student group on campus.
There wasn’t any shame in that loss. It was simply a Drexel team flinging off the concept of seeding and proving itself in front of a national audience.
Maryland managed to take down the Quakers for the second time in less than two months, capturing a 13-5 victory in the second round of the NCAA Tournament
The Dragons made sure that Penn never had a chance to pull off a fourth quarter comeback.
Jodie Foster and John McCain both think you have a lot of potential.
Williams, a prominent historian at University of North Carolina, studies African American slavery.
The Quakers conquered Canisius in the first round of the NCAA tournament, 9-4
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