Michelle Lok

W'19

Michelle concentrates in Statistics and minors in Data Science and Computer Science. After graduation, she will be working in Operations at Google.


L's Taken

3

"Thank you for applying but..." Jobs

  • Facebook Data Science
  • Quora
  • Slack

1

Club that "wasn't a good fit"

  • Student Federal Credit Union

1+

Things I Swore I'd Finish But Never Did

  • Most things but thankfully this is not one of them!

3

Everyday L's of Life

  • I went to the Quad's front desk in a towel after showering because I locked myself out
  • Dropped my new phone in a toilet at King's Court
  • Showed up two hours late to multiple midterms

1

Failure That Seemed Like the End of the World Back Then But Don't Matter in Hindsight

  • I got 20% on a final exam (aka the bottom 10th percentile), and I seriously thought I was going to fail the class.
On the Bright Side

1

Thing I've Learned That Will Still Matter in 10 Years

  • There are no wrong decisions because everything happens for a reason.

1

Thing I'm Proud of That You Won't See on a Resume

  • Despite living 2000+ miles away from each other, my boyfriend from high school and I have been together for 5.5 years and still going strong.

3

Things I've Done That Pushed Me Out of My Comfort Zone

  • Took my first computer science class (and got slayed)
  • Interned at an insurance company in Texas
  • Lived in Hong Kong for two months

1

Leap of Faith

  • Moving across the country and going to the East Coast for the first time to study at Penn

2

Unconventional Skills

  • Climbing rocks oddly well
  • Knowing the best thrift stores and boba places in Los Angeles