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• Introversion and the idea of “stretching”

  Before Wharton, I was familiar with “diversity” being defined along a certain number of dimensions: race, gender, sexual orientation, religion or disability. Recently, I’ve had the interesting experience of being introduced to a new... Posted Oct 28 2012, 10:59 PM by Alex Smorczewski JD/MBA, WG14 with | with no comments Filed under: Leadership, diversity, Management

• The Post I Wrote to Avoid Homework

  School is finally falling into some kind of routine. Every day is packed full of career discussions, classes, club meetings and homework. We’ve had a number of large assignments due in the past couple of weeks; a stats project using JMP, a healthcare... Posted Oct 08 2012, 12:22 AM by John Pettengil WG14 with | with no comments Filed under: Academics, clubs, Healthcare, HCM, diversity, LGBT, hectic

• Cool, cut-throat, kind people

  Before the start of Pre-Term, a few Whartonites and I decided to meet at a surf camp in Costa Rica. We had never met each other before, but after a week of waves, we became the best of friends! I know, that sounds SUPER cheesy. But here's the thing... Posted Sep 22 2012, 05:35 PM by Esther Sun Jang WG14 with | with no comments Filed under: friends, fun, entrepreneurship, diversity

• Rehoboth

  Last week I joined Out4Biz, Wharton’s LGBT student group, in a retreat at Rehoboth Beach. We left midday Friday, a lot of us dragging our significant others along for the weekend. Will and I were together for a little over 4 years in New York City... Posted Sep 16 2012, 06:36 PM by John Pettengil WG14 with | with no comments Filed under: Academics, travel, clubs, Class of 2014, diversity, LGBT

• Discovering Wharton

  Mumbai, India: So, this is how I found out I had gotten in to Wharton. It’s December 20 th , 2011, admission decisions start going out today and I can literally feel my stomach do flip-flops. I’m taking a taxi back home from work, making my... Posted Sep 16 2012, 12:00 AM by Aliya Puri WG14 with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: parties, friends, International, professors, learning team, diversity

• 3 P's and 1 E

  Only 21 days passed since I landed in Philadelphia, and every moment of it has been very joyful so far. When I close my eyes now, 4 major points come to my mind: 1st P: Pre-term This year, Wharton has compressed its preterm schedule to 2 weeks. With the... Posted Aug 27 2012, 01:40 AM by Seckin Ozdamar WG14 with | with no comments Filed under: Pre-Term, summer, friends, Philadelphia, International, retreat, Leadership, entrepreneurship, Preterm, learning team, diversity