Penn World Scholars Class of 2021
Degree and major area of study: Huntsman Program - BS in Economics from Wharton with concentrations in Finance and Management and BA in International Studies from the College with an International Studies major and a French minor
What do you love about Penn and/or Penn World Scholars?: I love Penn for the incredible and extensive opportunities it has given me to pursue my various interests, both academic and extracurricular, surrounded by people who are as ambitious and high spirited as I am. Being part of Penn World Scholars has been an invaluable addition to my Penn experience, since it has connected me to a community of likeminded international students with similar experiences to myself but extremely diverse backgrounds and perspectives which has only added to an already excellent Penn experience.
What Penn groups, clubs, organizations were you involved in, and/or what achievements would you like to share?: Director of Finance of the Wharton Undergraduate AgriBusiness Club; Treasurer of the Penn Egyptian Society; Deputy Director of Intercol (Penn's intercollegiate Model UN team) within Penn's International Affairs Association; Deputy Director of Special Events within Penn's International Affairs Association; Campus Representative of Rent the Runway
What are your plans or aspirations for your time after Penn?: I'm working in Investment Banking back home in Egypt while pursuing my passion for fashion design on the side
Degree and major area of study: BA in Science, Technology and Society; Russian Studies minor
What Penn groups, clubs, organizations were you involved in, and/or what achievements would you like to share?: (Campus Involvement) Radical South Asian Collective, Penn LGBT Center, Penn Language Center, Wolf Humanities Center, Center for the Advanced Study of India; (Achievement) Gates Cambridge Scholar
What are your plans or aspirations for your time after Penn?: I will be starting my MPhil in History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine at the University of Cambridge in the fall [of 2021].
Academic areas of interest: Economics; Capital Markets; Business/ Entrepreneurship; Public Policy; Research; Mathematics; International Development
Activities and interests: Minority Advocacy; Women Empowerment; Caribbean, African & African-American Cultures; Foreign languages; Community Service
Future plans: I look forward to leveraging all my professional and personal experiences to return to my home country and work closely with the government to make the business environment more efficient. Hopefully, these contributions will boost economic growth.
Academic areas of interest: Natural Sciences, Public Health, Economics, Business, Geopolitics, Foreign Languages.
Activities and interests:Entrepreneurship, volunteering, counseling, skiing, music, Russian literature.
Future plans: I aspire to dedicate my career to significantly improving the global healthcare system for all the citizens in this world. I believe that we all have the right to live a healthy and happy life with the people we love and I want to be that somebody who people will remember for being devoted to making the world a better place.
Degree and Major Area of Study: BSE, Computer and Information Science
Activities and interests: Social activism, volunteering, research, entrepreneurship
Future plans: I plan to become a physicist, and along with doing research, I will devote my time and energy to empowering girls and women to pursue science fields.
Degree and major area of study: Wharton B.S.E (Concentration: Management), SEAS B.A.S (Major: Computer Science)
What do you love about Penn and/or Penn World Scholars?: PWS provided great (and fun!) opportunities to meet people with all kinds of different backgrounds from all around the world. While everyone's background was different, all having initially been foreign to our place of study definitely provided for a shared bonding experience.
What are your plans or aspirations for your time after Penn?: Funnily enough, I still haven't managed to figure out what exactly it is that I want to do in life - and my interests are still rather similar to those I had while entering Penn, although perhaps a bit more concrete and diversified. In fact, most of my newer interests (especially in social sciences) have come from taking out-of-major courses at Penn, so I'd highly recommend exploring your options early on!
Degree and major area of study: Cognitive Science
What do you love about Penn and/or Penn World Scholars?: If there is one thing I like about Penn, it's the people! I made a lot of friends here, and I was always fascinated by so many talented and ambitious students around me!
What Penn groups, clubs, organizations were you involved in, and/or what achievements would you like to share?: Penn Russian Club; Wharton Undergraduate Media and Entertainment Professional Development; Wharton Global Research and Consulting Club
What are your plans or aspirations for your time after Penn?: I plan to continue my education somewhere in Europe.
Academic areas of interest: Electrical Engineering and Business Innovation (with considerable interest in Maths, Chemistry, Physics and Design)
Activities and interests: Tennis, running, violin, tinkering, Olympiad competitions, Model UN, organizing clubs/events, exploring, volunteering, and mentoring
Future plans: I have always been enthusiastic about entrepreneurship as well as environmental sustainability/renewability, cutting-edge tech, research, poverty reduction, and various other social concerns " I aspire to one day create a start-up of my own, encompassing all of my passions and interests, to ultimately deliver a positive impact on society and the world at large.
Degree and major area of study: BA in Logic Information and Computation
What do you love about Penn and/or Penn World Scholars?: Being surrounded by some of the most talented and ambitious people has helped me grow in ways I could not have imagined. It was incredible to be part of one of the most diverse groups on campus. Through the Penn Word Scholars program, I've met friends from all around the world from the very start of my time at Penn.
What Penn groups, clubs, organizations were you involved in, and/or what achievements would you like to share?: I served on the boards of Penn First, Penn Arab Student Society (PASS), and the International Student Advisory Board (ISAB). I was also the CEO of the Student Federal Credit Union (SFCU).
What are your plans or aspirations for your time after Penn?: After graduation, I will be joining the fintech startup scene as a Product Manager. I hope to continue on the path of entrepreneurship and one day start my own company.
Degree and major area of study: Business Analytics; Entrepreneurship & Innovation
What Penn groups, clubs, organizations were you involved in, and/or what achievements would you like to share?: Wharton Council Co-Chair; Junior-Senior Advisory Board; Wharton Ambassador; Friars Senior Honor Society; Bell Senior Honor Society; Wharton India Entrepreneurship Fellow
What are your plans or aspirations for your time after Penn?: I will be heading to Beijing, China for a year as part of the Schwarzman Scholar program. Afterwards, I will be joining Bain & Company as a Associate Consultant in NYC.
Degree and major area of study: Bachelor of Science in Engineering - Computer Science
What do you love about Penn and/or Penn World Scholars?: I love the community and resources PWS provided me with.
What Penn groups, clubs, organizations were you involved in, and/or what achievements would you like to share?: I was in New Spirit of Penn gospel choir, Society for African Internationals at Penn, Benjamin Franklin Scholars, Christian Union, Penn Emerging Scholars Program. Some of the things I participated in are the Global Research and Internship program where I traveled to Australia, Penn Global Seminar where I traveled to South Africa, and a service-learning program to Argentina. I have also TA'd for an MCIT class.
What are your plans or aspirations for your time after Penn?: Honestly, it's not that clear to me what I want to do, when, and where. I feel like the life ahead is an open book with infinite pages so when I try to think of what I want to do for the rest of my life, no option would be sufficient enough for all those pages. I am working on just thinking about a few years ahead instead of the whole adulthood thing. For now, I have a software engineering job in San Diego.
