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While some student entrepreneurs will choose to return to Penn after time off, others forgo the degree to continue pursuing their start-ups elsewhere.

While Penn students attempt to follow the paths of tech giants like Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs by taking time off from school to work on their tech startups, the ultimate decision of whether to return to classes or forgo the degree isn't an easy one.








Penn Design graduate student Wei Tang recently won first place for this architecture design at the BLTa Student Design Competition. | Courtesy of Wei Tang

These are the minds of School of Design graduate students Wei Tang and Jianan Zhang; two minds that recently won first place and third place respectively in the BLT Architects — or BLTa — Student Design Competition.