The Nerve of That Economist! Some people say I have nerve to call myself a budding economist. Economists are supposed to epitomize “rational decision making” by considering all of the available facts (according to the so-called “perfect information” assumption) but I don’t follow this mold. I use scissors instead of a pizza cutter to slice pizza, and I eat my pasta and my pasta sauce separately. Sometimes I even take the long route to the Starbucks instead of the...

Considering both the specific undergraduate school or program to which you are applying and the broader University of Pennsylvania community, what academic, research, and/or extracurricular paths do you see yourself exploring at Penn?: I seek enlightenment everywhere I go, whether the location is a debate conference, a bench in the park on Franklin Avenue, or if given the chance, the University of Pennsylvania. The Wharton School, the International Affairs Association, and the Consciousness Club are the most interesting academic...