Graduate Sarah Liu ’21 reflects on her time at Northwestern
July 20, 2021
On June 14, Sarah Liu graduated from Northwestern with a double major in economics and legal studies in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. During her time on campus, she participated on the mock trial team, served as president of Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity and worked as a student consultant in the Chicago Field Studies Office.
“I wanted to be a renaissance student, not constrained by a program or major, because I’m driven by this reverence for education and a belief that all learning serves our aspirations,” Liu said.
“If you want to make a connection, you just go up to someone and say ‘Hi,'” Liu said. “This environment made me feel I belong, like this was home.”
Liu will go on to work in the finance industry at Morgan Stanley in Chicago. Read more about her Northwestern experience in Northwestern Now.
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