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Penn has made me a suitable candidate to be a physician; the rest of the world has made me a well-rounded human being.
Senior Goodbye from Alissa Eisenberg | Graduating is like poker
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Alissa Eisenberg
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April 29, 2010
I’m certain that graduation is a time to turn uncertainty into opportunity and experiment as individuals with different paths for our lives.
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When I applied to Penn, I wrote my retirement speech for my autobiography’s page 217. Today, I rewrote that speech.
I could not have expected that the past four years would unfold as they did. And the narrative of my Penn experience has been full of surprises.
I can confidently say I’m sick of the “then” and the “now” — I’m ready for the “next.”
I can confidently say I’m sick of the “then” and the “now” — I’m ready for the “next.”
Penn has made me a suitable candidate to be a physician; the rest of the world has made me a well-rounded human being.
Senior Goodbye from Alissa Eisenberg | Graduating is like poker
By
Alissa Eisenberg
·
April 29, 2010
I’m certain that graduation is a time to turn uncertainty into opportunity and experiment as individuals with different paths for our lives.
Senior Goodbye from Paul Richards | My advice: take it or leave it
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Paul Richards
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April 29, 2010
I’m going to offer a little bit of advice. Take it, leave it, mock it, it doesn’t matter that much to me.
With my days at Penn numbered, I’ve become acutely aware that my time here is more like Chutes and Ladders than I’d like to admit.
From where I’m standing — not a student yet not a graduate — I have a unique view of life before and after graduation.
Despite knowing how important it is to find some place new, I have a hard time with the idea of leaving Penn.
Those who have impacted us seniors during our time here have already given us more than I could ever share.
I’m going to make a bold statement here and say I’m looking forward not just to senior year, but also graduation.
Now that Admissions is identifying LGBT applicants, it should take that extra leap and start inviting these applicants to Minority Scholars Weekend.
Sexual assault will always be a sensitive issue. But when it comes improving the efficacy of any justice system, a good dose of transparency goes a long way.
Maybe it’s all the fresh flowers, latent affects of fling or my own senior nostalgia, but I am in love with Locust Walk.
The University does not attempt to provide a standardized sexual-health education. It needs to do so before freshmen come to Penn.
So waitlisted students stalking theDP.com, take it from someone who sweated it out on the waitlist only ultimately to be rejected: Choose a college before May 1.
The hangover remedies that are likely to be useful are probably the ones you already know and find unsatisfactory.
If you focus all your attention on getting wasted, you’ll miss how great Fling can be even without alcohol.
Jumbled residency regulations don’t just confuse college students. They also significantly hamper civic engagement.
