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You Won’t Be Annoying

Job searching is like an entirely different process than it used to (according to my parents). We have unlimited resources at our fingertips to connect with people on social media, particularly connect with companies. And I have found that by making a conscience...

Freiburg Survival Guide, #1: Bächle to the Future

Last semester, I interned from January until March and then studied abroad in Germany from April through early August. While at the University of Freiburg, I not only improved my German by leaps and bounds, but also my English, as I ended up meeting many Brits also...

Perspective

This semester, I’m taking credit after credit after credit of Finance classes. Fortunately, I have one English class to break the monotony and add a little creative spice into the mix. The class is dedicated to poetry – something I’ve been writing since I can...

Daughter’s of Destiny

I remember learning about the caste system in India in history classes. I acquired better context when I read The Kite Runner. However, while perusing through Netflix the other night I came across a docu-series called The Daughter’s of Destiny, a series of episodes...

Golden Circle

Happy Fall Semester, everyone! Hope all of your summers were super fulfilling and rejuvenating.   In his 2010 TED Talk “How Great Leaders Inspire Action”, Simon Sinek introduces the concept of the golden circle (pictured below). In the center of the concentric...

Ready For The Fall

Over the summer I spent the majority of my time at Penn State working as a Lab Consultant for ITS. It is a very nice job to have, but I definitely needed some time away from State College after almost a full year here, which is why I was very excited to return home...

SELF CARE IS IMPORTANT!!!

Self care is the most essential thing to life. I learned a long time ago that overwhelming yourself with academics and outside work is not smart. I was trying to balance classes, social life, organizations and my family at home. From doing this, I was either falling...

Reflecting on my final SHO TIME

Coming away from my last SHO TIME experience I believe I’ve been able to learn and grow in the ways I had hoped and expected to, but also in ways I did not expect to. A major part of my goal for SHO TIME 2017 was to lead by example, provide guidance and direction,...

Nothing better than a great return policy

In December 2016, I took a few interviews with AllianceBernstein because “take a chance on business” has been on my bucket list for years. After going through an interview discussing fixed income (when my definition of fixed income was a paycheck), I...

Teen drinking is very bad

“Sweetie, what’s your name” “sdfaskdjflaksdjfaskldjf” “Can you tell me how much you had to drink tonight” “aldkjaldkjgadfjgaldkjg” Bystander, “oh she took like 7 shots of vlad and was chasing with a four...