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EPISODE · Feb 6, 2021 · 50 MIN

Northwestern Alum Neha Kumar: Tempering Passion with Pragmatism.

from College Matters. Alma Matters. · host Venkat Raman

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. Calls-to-action: To Ask the Guest a question, or to comment on this episode, email [email protected]. Subscribe or Follow our podcasts at any of these locations:, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Breaker, Anchor. To Make a List of Colleges to Explore Visit almamatters.io and signup. For Transcripts of all our podcasts, visit almamatters.io/podcasts.

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. Calls-to-action: To Ask the Guest a question, or to comment on this episode, email [email protected]. Subscribe or Follow our podcasts at any of these locations:, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Breaker, Anchor. To Make a List of Colleges to Explore Visit almamatters.io and signup. For Transcripts of all our podcasts, visit almamatters.io/podcasts.

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