L's Taken
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"Thank you for applying but..." Jobs
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- The Brooking's Institute
- American Institute for Research
- Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
- Center for American Progress
- Brennan Center for Justice
- Capital One
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Clubs that "weren't a good fit"
- International Affairs Association
- Ran for Penn Taiwanese Society President
- Ran for Asian Pacific Student Coalition Chair
- Strictly Funk
- Penn Taiwanese Society Board
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Things I Swore I'd Finish But Never Did
- Decorating my room
- Learning Korean
- Relearning Python/Coding
- My daily journal
- My growing collection of unread books
- Cooking all my meals
- My New Yorkers
- All those articles I bookmarked for later
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Everyday L's of Life
- Not having enough time
- Burning the outside of the chicken while undercooking the inside
- Not enough sleep
- Acne
- Not knowing what I'm doing after graduation
- Body insecurity
- Introversion
- Forgetting to eat
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Failures That Seemed Like the End of the World Back Then But Don't Matter in Hindsight
- Asked for an extension
- Getting a C
- Internship rejections
- Missing a deadline
- Losing an election
On the Bright Side
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Memories I Made While I Wasn’t Studying/Working
- Supporting a friend in need
- Watching the sunrise from the rooftop lounge
- Walking along the river trail
- Conversations until 4 AM
- Breakfast for dinner
- Playing Slenderman with my freshman hall
- Karaoke nights
- Late night dinner and Smash
- Dancing the night away at a concert
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Things I've Learned That Will Still Matter in 10 Years
- It will be ok, even if it doesn't feel like it ever will be right now.
- Your closest friends will never think of you as a burden.
- Behind every smile is a sad story.
- It's okay to say no.
- Sometimes, even your best won't be good enough.
- Don't give up.
- Be confident in who you are and what you want to be.
- Passion is irreplaceable.
- There is nothing more valuable than time, save some for the people you love.
- Never stop exploring.
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Books I've Read For Fun
- Between the World and Me
- Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First Century
- Do Not Say We Have Nothing
- Native Speaker
- Writing in the Ghetto: Class, Authorship, and the Asian-American Ethnic Enclave
- $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America
- Parallel Worlds: A Journey Through Creation, Higher Dimensions, and the Future of the Cosmos
- We Should All Be Feminists
- The Happiness Hypothesis
- The Paper Menagerie
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents: A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo
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Things I'm Proud of That You Won't See on a Resume
- Pancake flipping
- My first Canva design
- Hosting a film screening
- Protesting in DC
- Bringing friends together
- Not killing my succulent
- Writing an op-ed for the DP
- Learning Twice's TT dance (I am K-pop trash)
- Saving a child from drowning
- Hitting that high note in Frank Ocean's "Thinkin' Bout You" once
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Quirks That Make Me Who I Am
- Roses are grey, Violets are grey, I am a dog (dumb jokes)
- Being a little too judgy
- Pretending to know Korean
- Jamming out to K-pop while weightlifting
- Not knowing when to quit
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Things I've Done That Pushed Me Out of My Comfort Zone
- Taking a year and a half away from school
- Reaching out to CAPS
- Running up a mountain
- Presentations
- My first and last case interview
- Auditioning for Strictly Funk
- Speaking in front of 400 people
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Leaps of Faith
- Declaring a gap year and leaving the country
- Emailing someone at the Wilson Center for an internship
- Cold calling for summer work
- Interviewing for a PTS Board position from across the world