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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...