March 2024

Oxford Testimonial

Lady Margaret Hall at the University of Oxford asked Sam for a testimonial about his experience in their extended Michaelmas term (MT+) program.

March 2024

Cornell Daily Sun

Cornell University’s newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, has an opinion column where students can contribute an article about any topic of interest. Sam wrote an article about his experiences being a Visiting Student at the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford.

May 2023

Cornell Instagram

Cornell University asks students to do Instagram ‘takeovers,’ where students showcase their experience as a student in a different country. Sam did an Instagram ‘takeover’ while he was a Visiting Student at the University of Cambridge.

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August 2021

eBay Podcast

eBay has a weekly podcast, hosted by Jim “Griff” Griffith–eBay employee #6. In this podcast, Sam shares his story selling on eBay and how that led to his internship.

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August 2021

Video: Seller Story

eBay handpicks sellers to share their story. After hearing more about his story internally, eBay decided to feature Sam in a Seller Story video.

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June 2021

eBay Intern Spotlight

Each month, eBay picks one of their 140 interns to be the “Intern Spotlight.” The chosen intern is interviewed and then eBay publishes an article about them. Sam was chosen to be the first Intern Spotlight out of his intern cohort.

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November 2020

‘Hack Your Life’ Interview

Sam was recently interviewed for and quoted in an article discussing Hack Your Life, a new course at Carnegie Mellon University focused on happiness and well-being. Sam took this course fall of his freshman year (2020), amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

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October 2020

Freshman Interview

Sam was selected to be interviewed, per his academic advisor’s recommendation, to help share about the freshman experience at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business. The interview was recorded via Zoom and uploaded to Tepper’s YouTube channel.