Student Stories

“Penn offers a lot of really fun classes that can expand your horizons. I've been enjoying this program so much, so I don't see a reason to stop.”

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“Screenwriting was just like my workshops when I was originally studying at Penn. The feedback would be both from students and the teacher, and the professor was extremely knowledgeable, personal, encouraging, and incredibly detailed in her commentary.”

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"I was open to taking classes anywhere to further prepare for my PhD, but I think Penn was the best choice for me. As a Penn Engineering alum, I knew and trusted the curriculum, so I was really glad that I found the Penn Alumni Program."

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“I trust Penn. I know how to navigate the school, having the same PennKey and PennCard. I knew some of the courses and their professors. The application process is really straightforward for alumni. I would have figured it out somewhere else, but it’s nice to already have some prior knowledge about the place and things to expect.”

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“If there is any skill or topic you’ve always wanted to learn about, the Penn Alumni Program is a great opportunity. My goal right now is to become fluent in French, but every time registration rolls around I do like to browse. There are so many classes you can choose from in art, language, and science—really, the options are endless.”

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"Upon deciding to register for my first class in years, I sought advice on how to proceed and Jaime introduced me to the Penn Alumni Program. There was no application fee and I received a positive decision within the same week. I began attending a summer class in June just a few weeks later."

"As a graduate of a Liberal Arts College on the path of reassessing my options, Penn's post-bacc program gave me the opportunity to select from a wide range of courses to bolster my background, while offering the resources of a large research university. Penn's relationship with the Quaker Consortium made for a painless application process and allowed me easy access to friends and connections that I had made in the Philadelphia area over my years as an undergraduate."

"After graduating and working for a few years, I decided I still had some unfinished academic business. Penn was the easiest choice to come back to school—I knew the campus, the people and what to expect. The Penn Alumni Program gave me the opportunity to completely reroute my professional career. I am starting a PhD program in physics this fall at Princeton."