By: Rebecca Pels, CAS ’19 Rebecca with Australian friends from the Ormond Ball Semester Abroad – University of Melbourne Sydney, Barcelona, London to name a few… if you decide to study abroad at one of these locales, you are nearly guaranteed to be surrounded, constantly, by other Penn students. For some, this is a hallmark of…
By: Katie Fink, CAS ’19 Katie abroad in Cambridge, England Semester Abroad – University of Cambridge: Pembroke College Throughout college, I’ve always felt at ease in classroom settings, often due to the fact that Penn’s classes tend to be larger, which reduces the chances of being cold-called by your professor. Even recitation sections, which are smaller,…
By: Lisa Chang, Penn Abroad Graduate Assistant One of my highlights working as a Graduate Assistant at Penn Abroad is speaking to exchange students about their experiences studying abroad. Here’s some advice I’ve gathered from my conversation with these students to help future exchange students prepare for their time at Penn. Get Involved One of…
By: Sophia Simon, CAS ’19 Sophia on San Cristobal Island Galapagos Education and Research Alliance – San Cristobal Island, Ecuador 1. Try all of the new foods that you can. If you see someone eating or ordering something that you don’t recognize, get it too! Not only will you be trying something different, but you might find…
By: Pearl Subramanian, CAS ’19 Pearl (center left) during her travels in China PGS – Environmental Health Issues and Global Implications Travel to China When I used to think about culture shock, I had always perceived it to be one-sided, something that usually Americans experienced as they jetted off to new places. Someone would land…
By: Noah Katcher, Huntsman ’19 Noah abroad in Germany Semester Abroad – Goethe University Frankfurt Unlike many who spend a semester abroad, when I traveled to Frankfurt am Main, Germany in January of 2017, I knew I wouldn’t be returning to Penn until the fall semester began at the end of August. Anyone who knows me…
By: Elana Burack, CAS ’19 Semester Abroad – CASA Sevilla One of my favorite experiences in Seville was connecting with the Jewish community there. At the end of my semester, as a way to give back to the community that had welcomed me with open arms for every holiday and Shabbat service, I wanted to…
By: Katie Fink, CAS ’19 Katie (far left) with fellow students at the University of Cambridge, Pembroke College. Semester Abroad University of Cambridge, Pembroke College One of the most remarkable elements of my time abroad at Cambridge was the continued embrace and preservation of tradition. When I first stepped foot in Pembroke College, I was…
By: Lydia Chen, Wharton ’19 Semester Abroad – CASA Sevilla, Spain Originally appeared in the Walnut Street Journal on February 7, 2019. As a graduating senior, my number one piece of advice to all underclassmen is to take advantage of as many global opportunities in college as possible. Whether that’s going to Antarctica with the…
By: Spencer Kersh, CAS ’20 and Samuel Roth, Wharton ’20 Samuel Roth (Left) and Spencer Kersh (Right) with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon Semester Abroad – London The day after the historic vote in which Prime Minister Theresa May’s UKExit deal was rejected by 230 votes—the largest defeat for a sitting government in the history…