Behind the Buzzer There is nothing physically special about Room 147. From the chipped wooden desks covered with graffiti to the poster of Rosie the Riveter on the bulletin board, it looks like a typical classroom in my school’s Social Studies Department. Yet in the last three years, the four walls of this classroom are the ones that have seen me develop my love of British literature and Abrahamic religious studies, competition and teamwork, spirited debate and intellectual curiosity. This...

There are a few different factors: 1) geographic location. One of the reasons why I ended up choosing Penn was for its close proximity to be home town (making it convenient to go visit my...