I’ve lived a privileged life: my family is caring, safety has never been an issue, and financial struggles have been few and far between. My father lost his job in 2006, right before the recession, causing my family and me to cut back on many of the luxuries we had grown used to over the years. I’ve never really taken anything for granted, but it is true that you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s...

A group of blind men touch different parts of an elephant to determine what the animal is like. One man touches the tusks and notes that an elephant must be like a pipe. Another touches the side and thinks the animal is like a wall. When the men convene, they realize their notes do not match up. The men begin to argue, bickering about how each of the others are wrong until they learn to listen and determine how the...

Discuss your interest in combining management and technology. How might Penn's coordinated dual-degree program in business and engineering help you meet your goals? Please be sure to address the nature and extent of your interests in both business and engineering. Most of my family has studied business: my mother, father, cousins, and grandparents. I've been told I'd make a good businessman, and I agree, but I could be more than that too. I'm not content with just making money; I...

Ben Franklin once said, 'All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.' Which are you? I don't believe in strict boundaries; I think my desire to study both engineering and business demonstrates this. One needs aspects of more than one class to live a meaningful life. I’ll begin with “those that are immovable”, the class most looked down upon, but the one that describes the very nature...

The first one is the Penn engage essay. Second one is for M&T. Third is the Ben Franklin Essay.

This particularly is why I was stood out from the other applicants. Every summer, I was committed to doing some sort of job or internship. This way, I built my resume and gained experience in fields that I wanted to pursue in college. My freshman summer I worked as a sailing instructor at my local yacht club; I'd recommend trying to find a similar job around your area. My sophomore summer I looked around my neighborhood and emailed some quite successful people. One of them responded offering me...