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What inspired you to apply to be a Public Policy Research Scholar?
“After spending a whole year at Wharton, I have found that there are distinct segments of business students. There are the future entrepreneurs: the kids who want to start their businesses. There are the Wolves of Wall Street: kids who will go straight to bulge bracket banks and hedge funds. And then there is a third segment: the public policy kids. By virtue of being in the Public Policy Initiative Student Group, Penn Democrats, and the Penn Political Review, I have gotten to know many of my Public Policy-interested peers. At Penn, the public policy students are the ones who know what is going on in the world, and they are the ones I talk to when I want to share my opinion or hear opposing ones. By being a part of the Public Policy Research Scholars, I’m with an entire group of public policy nerds, having to transverse the same rigorous PPRS curriculum. That is pretty appealing.”
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What do you hope to gain from the PPRS experience?
“My initial passion for public policy came as a result of my extensive experience abroad. I see the Public Policy Research Scholars as an opportunity to inject some international studies into my academic trajectory that concentrates heavily on economics and domestic public policy. I want to tailor my future research to be at the intersection of foreign, fiscal, and public policy.
PPRS fits perfectly with a more immediate academic career goal of mine: research. As a Joseph Wharton Scholar, I have spent the last year considering topics that I would like to investigate. In keeping with my interest in foreign and fiscal policy, I would love to evaluate the coupling of US military might and economic prowess.”
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