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North, South, Central

SA: Petition Program: National Taiwan University Alex, one of the Semester Abroad Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Spring 2025 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. A lot of Taiwan’s main cities are named after their location. For example, there’s Taipei (north), Tainan (south), and…

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Learning to Live with Strangers

SA: Penn Semester in Lyon Gabrielle, one of the Semester Abroad Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2025 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. When applying to college, I created a list of 9 non-negotiables that my school absolutelyhad to have. At the top…

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Morning Tuk-Tuk Ride

SA: SIT International Honors Program Alina, one of the Semester Abroad Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2025 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. This morning, just as I was about to step into my tuk-tuk for my daily half-hour ride to school, I…

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Failed Expectations of a Semester Abroad

SA: Singapore Management University, Singapore Evelyn, one of the Semester Abroad Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2025 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Of all the millions of ways I imagined my semester abroad going, I never quite imagined…this. I’ve been dreaming about…

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Embracing Embarrassment and Discomfort 

SA: Ibero-American University of Mexico, Mexico Mia, one of the Semester Abroad Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2025 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Going into my abroad experience I tried to not to have too many expectations or specific things I…

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On reflection

SA: CASA: Barcelona, Spain Florence, one of the Semester Abroad Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2025 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. One of the hardest parts of preparing for a semester abroad isn’t deciding how many pairs of jeans to pack or…

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From Advanced Registration at Penn to Last Minute Registration in Lyon

SA: Penn Semester in Lyon Gabrielle, one of the Semester Abroad Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2025 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. In preparing to study abroad, I, of course, knew that there would be many differences betweenmy semester abroad versus my…

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Getting Lost in Paris: Rediscovering the Joy of Exploration

Liam, one of the Semester Abroad Global Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Fall 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Before I arrived in Paris, I prepared an enormous list of things I wanted to see and do during my time here. From museums to…