Although I wanted to be farther away from my hometown, Penn was the right fit for me. It has one of the best...

I interviewed with three schools - Georgetown, Columbia, and the University of Pennsylvania. All of the interviews were with alumni of each school, which is a pretty common part of the application process for most top tier schools. For my Columbia and Georgetown interviews I met with the alumni in person, at places near me, but my Penn interview was over Skype because the alumna lived in a different state than me. All of the interviews were relatively casual and...

As of the end of my freshman year, I am involved in two extracurricular groups at Penn. I chose to only participate in a few activities in my first year in order to focus on my studies and make sure I was not too overwhelmed while I...

As a current student at Penn, I'm involved in a few extra-curricular activities. Most students on Penn's campus are very involved in extra-curricular activities and we have plenty of student groups and clubs to choose to join. I am personally a member of the Penn Cheerleading team, a tour guide with the Kite and Key Society, and a member of the bipartisan student political group called No Labels. I also have a work study job where I work in the office of my College House so I am also involved in student and campus life in that aspect. I definitely...

Something that really drew me to choose Penn and something that I still love about going here is the location of campus. A lot of people at Penn will talk about the "Penn Bubble" which is basically the "bubble" that forms around our campus since the campus is very densely...

As a tour guide and cheerleader at Penn, this was one of the most frequent questions I was asked. In general, I wouldn't say typical Penn students are very enthusiastic about athletics. Obviously Penn students are proud to be attending the school so I would say school spirit is high,...

For my first three years at Penn, my typical week day included 2-3 classes, usually about an hour long each, working at my part-time on campus job, studying in my apartment (often with friends), eating...