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Penn Admissions Blog

Seung-Hyun | August 19, 2017
When I first came to Penn, my name was not Seung-Hyun. Like many immigrants in this country, I took on another name that was much more pronounceable and more “palatable” to the ears....
Zach | August 19, 2017
Hello and welcome to the blog! I am so excited to be able to give you a glimpse into my life at Penn through this blog! I hail from Washington, DC, but grew up in a small city in Southwestern V...
Anova | August 19, 2017
Hopefully, some of you will one day think that my pieces in some way resonate with your life or provide useful advice. I personally signed up to be an Admissions’ blog writer to give people an h...
Julia | July 6, 2017
For many, one of the most daunting sections of the Common App is deciding how to fill in that oh-so-overwhelming box that asks for your “intended major.” As an unsure seventeen year old, I app...
Nina | May 9, 2017
Freshman year, I couldn’t even look at the LGBT center. I pretended it didn’t exist. I never really needed to walk toward that side of campus anyway, but if I happened to pass by I w...
Nina | April 3, 2017
This year, for the first time in college, I decided to take a Spring Break adventure. I first thought about going to a beach somewhere, but after discussing options with my friends, we decided tha...