I’m afraid of heights. I always have been, but somehow, this has never managed to satiate my craving for rollercoasters and the adrenaline that accompanies them. Neither has my phobia prevented me from accessing my favorite place in the world: the balcony. Now, this may seem a little weird, and a little masochistic even – why in the world would I consider a place that inspires great fear in me as the place in which I am most content? My...

Out of all the schools I was accepted to, I chose Penn because of the experience I had while interacting with its alumni. Not one of them had anything remotely negative to say about the school - in fact, all of them wished they...