By: Jacob Faber-Rico, SEAS ’20 CAUH – Buenos Aires, Argentina “So wood really is quite good. Back before we had all this steel technology, people were pretty well off with wood. They knew what they were doing. You might laugh at a wooden bicycle, but it’s not that bad,” remarked my material selection professor last…
By: Laura Chu, Wharton ’21 Laura in Hong Kong Lynk – Hong Kong To the new or experienced traveler, here is some of my advice for adjusting to and making the most out of time spent abroad: 1. In regard to adjusting, take a day to wander. By wander, I mean REALLY wander–don’t look at Google…
By: Laura Whelan, CAS ’20 Chatham House – London, England It’s probably fair to say that I barreled into my internship abroad, rather than landing gracefully. Here are 5 things that might have helped things go more smoothly, if only I’d known then what I know now: 1. Getting to work on your first day will…
By: Kelsey Collins, CAS ’20 Kelsey enjoying bubble tea in Shanghai UBM China – Shanghai After five years of studying Mandarin, I couldn’t wait to go to China. I had done countless listening practices, reading comprehension exercises, and oral exams, and now all that hard work was for a purpose other than getting a good grade…
By: Ria Gandhi, Wharton ’21 Ria with fellow interns and her supervisor (and Wharton alumnus), Samir Chaibi, in the GREE offices GREE Ventures – Singapore Before beginning my internship at GREE Ventures, I was unsure what working at a venture capital firm would entail. Growing up in the Silicon Valley, I had been surrounded by…
By: Katherine Poole, CAS ’20 Katherine in Buenos Aires Katherine in Buenos Aires Hecho por Nosotros – Buenos Aires, Argentina In Buenos Aires, a city laden with exquisite color and inimitable character, I quickly learned to expect the unexpected and throw all of my suppositions of an abroad experience out the window. Nothing can truly…
By: Morgan Thweatt, CAS ’20 Morgan during an educational workshop in Sendai, Japan very50 – Tokyo, Japan To be entirely honest, when I signed the contract with very50 in early May I had no idea what I would be doing this summer. I had a vague understanding of what the company was about from my…
By: Ruth Lee, Nursing ’20 Ruth at the UN in Geneva World Medical Association Ferney-Voltaire, France and Geneva, Switzerland Ah, career path. While this was something I wanted to have a clearer idea of by the end of my internship, part of me also wanted to block it out of my mind and focus with…
By: Shreya Ganguly, CAS ’19 The Science Workshop – Hong Kong When I first told my friends and family that I was traveling to Hong Kong this summer, their first question was, “What are you doing there?” I usually shrugged my shoulders and told them that I was just going to teach science classes to…
By: Kenneth Shinn, CAS ’21 Kenneth in front of Dafo Temple in Guangzhou, China Urun Big Data Services – Guangzhou, China The last weeks of my internship went by so quick that, looking back, it appears as one large blur. In the moment, I had difficulty appreciating the limited days I had left. Ultimately, it wasn’t until…