Northwestern Alum Neha Kumar: Tempering Passion with Pragmatism.

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”.

Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript.

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