Making friends in college is a lot more spontaneous than I expected it to be.
For example, I was seated at Hill Dining Hall during New Student Orientation with some people in my hall and someo...
Unlike most freshman in the Class of 2022, I have had three separate move-in days, which means three different ways to decorate my various dorms and three different homes all before the school yea...
“How’s Penn? How’s your first year going?”
During any of the many times people have asked me these questions over the last year, I always hesitate for a moment; not because it hasn’t ...
When I toured Penn, I gazed around at the grand, beautiful buildings, took that cliché tourist picture in front of the LOVE statue, and observed the students walking down Locust Walk, each engros...
Hello, all!
My name is Olivia, and I’m excited to share my freshmen year Penn experience with you through the admissions blog. I hope to give you glimpses and insight into life at Penn by sha...