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Northwestern Alum Neha Kumar: Tempering Passion with Pragmatism.

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Episode summary introduction: Dance has been a huge passion for Neha. South Indian Classical dance, Bollywood Fusion were her favorites. Neha didn’t escape Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial dust either.

Neha Kumar is a graduate of Northwestern University with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology.

In particular, we discuss the following with her:

  • Why Northwestern?
  • The Passion for Dance
  • Summers as Career Experiments
  • Advice to Applicants

    • Topics discussed in this episode:

    • Introducing Neha Kumar []
    • High Fives - Podcast Highlights []
    • Very Positive Experience at Northwestern []
    • Why Northwestern? []
    • High School Interests []
    • Transition to Northwestern []
    • Classes and Profs []
    • The Peers []
    • Majoring in Psychology []
    • Dorm Living []
    • On Winning National Dance Championships []
    • Summer Internships []
    • A Northwestern Redo? []
    • Advice to Aspiring Students []
    • Why not a career in Dance? []
    • “Overwhelming Choices” in High School []

      • Our Guest: Neha Kumar is a graduate of Northwestern University with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology.

      Memorable Quote: Neha on why she did not want to pursue her passion for dance as a career: “To be super honest, I am naturally a risk averse person”.

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