“I noticed that Sanford played a big role in the [voting] process. Even though I had already registered and new the details of voting, Sanford helped me get more information about the candidates and the issues on the ballot. In one of my public policy classes - Democracy Lab with Read more

“When I was living there, I always felt like China was a very heavily regulated country, and I thought learning about economic and financial policy may give me more knowledge about how to navigate it if I went back. After graduating from Sanford I am going back to China, and right Read more

“Since it’s senior year, it’s very much decision time.  The cool thing about being an undergraduate is you never actually have to commit to anything, right? I can major in neuroscience and computer science, but I can still be involved in extracurriculars that are public policy and politics and other Read more

“Public Speaking with Professor Byerly’s class changed my life. She’s amazing. It really helped me question me essence as a human being and basically my whole value system as a human being- what exactly are the things I care about and and what exactly am I Hoping to get out Read more

“I honestly didn’t know what I would major in my senior year of high school. But the summer before I came here, I watched all of Parks and Recreation. And I saw so much of myself and my personality in the main character, Leslie Knope, who’s a bureaucrat and a Read more

“The ethics class I took for the Public Policy requirements - we talked a lot about health outcomes and inequalities and Scrap Exchange tackles that. They try to engage low-income neighborhoods and the community around here. Seeing that has helped me to apply the ethics that I have learned. I Read more

“That’s kind of a foundational question of democracy - how, with a sprawling public that has a lot of different issues and people who assign different importance to different issues, how do you get people to a place where everybody has the same facts, everyone is operating with the same Read more

“There’s a very specific reason on why I’m interested in Public Policy and I think a lot of it has to do with my upbringing. I’m an American Muslim born and raised very much in the post-9/11 generation. I remember watching the towers go down on tv. From a very Read more

“My parents are so different. Although my dad was part of the Haitian elite, he was raised by a mother who was not originally part of the Haitian elite. Haiti’s divided by skin color a lot and she was a lot darker than my dad’s father, but she always told Read more

“If I could go back to my first-year Pratt self, I’d ask myself ‘Why are you taking engineering courses? You should do what you want to do, follow your passions, and not feel restrained by what you decided your major would be fresh out of high school. You should spend Read more