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freshman year
Ria | March 18, 2019
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...
Chinaza | November 9, 2018
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...
Olivia | May 17, 2018
“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 ...
Olivia | February 12, 2018
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...
Olivia | August 19, 2017
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...