Highs Lows
"High was discovering that joining a fraternity at Penn wasn't just about finding a cool social sphere - it was about finding guys that you could be friends with and find support from when you need it." —Leopold Spohngellert, College '18 "A week after NSO, I ended up hooking up with a senior frat boy, went back to his place and woke up with my ass covered in bruises. I Snapchat'ed him a picture the next day of my bruised ass. Opened. No response." —Female, College '18
The first time I got into Smokes' using a fake that has a picture of another person, says I'm 26 and expires in 2055." —Female, College '18 "Low has been discovering that my parents and I have very different ideas of what kind of lief I should live." —Saraf Ahmed, College ' 16
"My low was getting a C- on my psychology exam. My intro to Psychology exam. And my high was getting a C+ on the next one." —Kimberly Corson, College '17
"The time someone on my floor tried to recycle meatloaf." —Sarah Zandi, College '17 "Having sex with a random senior, crying, then walking home."—Female, College '18
"That one time I fucked that girl. That was pretty cool."—Male, College '18 "Getting peed on by my roommate."—Male, College '18
"Being on stage during Kygo." —Spencer Jaffe, College '16 "My low was failing my first Econ midterm in Econ 1." —Zoe Stern, College '18
"My expected high of the school year would be the CityStep show. I feel like when people see our kids, they'll realize how special this is."—Joshulyne Park, College '17 "A low would probably be being surrounded by sophomore slump." —Emma Hong, College '17
"Channeling my FOMO into JOMO." (Ed. Note: Joy of Missing out.) —Female, College '17 "It sucked to realize how much money and status affected the social life. I came to Penn because i thought it would be a really diverse group of Ivy League, diverse, intellectuals, and I found it to be a big conglomerate of privilege. So I've been disappointed with that. And people quickly divide into their spheres, and it's hard to separate from those spheres." —Leopold Spohngellert, College '18
"Low: drunkeningly peeing on my roommate while he was in bed. High: drunkenly peeing on my roommate while he was in bed."—Dylan Henderson, College '18 
"My high would be studying abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina -getting a break from Penn but also realizing the parts of Penn that I like by not being there."—Linnea Cederberg, Wharton and College '16 "Met a girl at Rumor and brought her back to my room in the Quad Things were all going well until she pissed her pants in my room."—Male, College '18
"Stealing a handle of Svedka from Tep and bringing it to Allegro."—Female, College '18 "Losing my winter coat at Smokes' on a night where it was arguably negative degrees out."—Lizzy Weingold, College '16
"I'd say my high was joining ADPi. I didn't rush my freshman year because I never really thought about getting involved in Greek life, but I had a few friends in ADPi who convinced me to come to informal rush. I ended up meeting really fun, amazing girls who are now my best friends and I couldn't be happier."—Jackie Nikpour, Nursing '17 "My low was probably over winter break, when my dog unexpectedly had a really bad seizure that give him brain damage, and we had to put him down. We miss him, but I'm lucky to have lots of people who helped me through that."—Jackie Nikpour, Nursing '17
"High: getting into a fraternity that doesn't pledge. Low: pledging." —Male, College '18
"My high was jumping on the bouncy castle at Fling." —Zoe Stern, College '18 "Forgetting I had a midterm until the night before."—Ali Greenstein, College '17
"I'd say a high of the year is just getting closer to my friends."—Emma Hong, College '17 "My low was returning from abroad to OCR."—Michael Roberts, Wharton '16
Meeting Questlove at the Kelly Writers House."—Lizzy Weingold, College '16 "Going through three hell weeks in a month for Hype, CityStep and Funk."—Joshulyne Park, College '17
My high this semester was getting into Smokes' legally."—Michael Roberts, Wharton '16
"High has been getting a paper published and getting into a honors thesis program."—Saraf Ahmed, College '16

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