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Adapting to Life@Penn Part II

By: Waseem Faheem, Sawiris Penn Scholars Exchange Program Waseem, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Fall 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Missed me, fellow alien? Well, time for the second part of your orientation! To invade Earth, you’ll…

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Adapting to Life@Penn Part I

By: Waseem Faheem, Sawiris Penn Scholars Exchange Program Waseem, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Fall 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. With the second semester starting in a few days, I thought I’d reflect on my life at…

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Cooking for Community

By: Ojasvi Rana, University of Sydney Moving to Penn for a semester exchange is a big change for me, since back at my home university in Sydney, Australia most domestic students live with their families at home. As a result, coming from an Indian heritage, I knew the biggest change moving to Penn would be…

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The World in Front of Us, That We Never Noticed

By: Waseem Faheem, Sawiris Penn Scholars Exchange Program Waseem, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Fall 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Let’s take a step back for a little bit, and try to see the world from a…

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Embracing My Year Abroad, an Adventure with an Expiration Date

By: Emma Seddik, University of Lyon Emma, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Spring 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Some of the questions I get asked the most since moving to America are, ‘Are you settling in…

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Like a Jenga Tower

By: Carine Mankarious, Ain Shams University Carine is one of the EAP Correspondents writing and sharing her experience at Penn during the Spring 2023 semester. You can also follow along with Carine and our other students on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Life is all about balance and balance requires sacrifices, yet sacrifices always come with their own risks.…

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Penn Is What You Make of It

By: Alex Baxter, University of Edinburgh Alex is one of the EAP Correspondents writing and sharing his experience at Penn during the Spring 2023 semester. You can also follow along with Alex and our other students on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. I first decided I wanted to go to Penn at, pretty much, the start of my first…

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A Year Abroad: How it Started and How it’s Going?

By: Carine Mankarious, Ain Shams University Carine is one of the EAP Correspondents writing and sharing her experience at Penn during the Spring 2023 semester. You can also follow along with Carine and our other students on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. It all started with an opportunity that I was too timid to grasp yet so keen on…

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Exchange at Penn: A Glass Half Full

By: Alex Baxter, University of Edinburgh Alex is one of the EAP Correspondents writing and sharing his experience at Penn during the Spring 2023 semester. You can also follow along with Alex and our other students on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Coming back to Penn for my second and final semester was weirder, in some ways, than joining…

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Bittersweet Farewell

By: Niamh Field, Queen Mary University of London Niamh is one of the EAP Correspondents writing and sharing her experience at Penn during the Fall 2022 semester. You can also follow along with Niamh and our other students on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Happy Holidays from Penn! This final blog will be summarising my experience this semester including expectations,…