
Elissa Chrapko is audacious. True to the Oxford Dictionary, Elissa has a willingness to take bold risks. It’s the source of her advice to new undergraduates.
“Be audacious in the pursuit of opportunities,” the newly minted double major in Economics and Public Policy grad said. “Go ahead and send 40-odd emails, go to the networking events. I got to be a research assistant because I met the right professor and talked to him. Do the thing even if the chance of success seems nil. Have fun with it.”
The advice comes from an innate understanding of what is really at risk from asking.
“It’s just like my mother says,” Elissa remembered. “The worst thing that can happen is that they say no.” [Read more…]