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: Cindy Luo, CAS ’20 University of Minho Law School – Braga, Portugal I enjoy reading about all types of places, people, and events. And I find myself falling in love with these things even before I have my first real encounter with them. With Portugal, I wanted to be culturally open-minded, to have an…
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: Melinda Hu, Wharton ’20 Tsinghua University – Beijing, China From February to June 2018, I studied at Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management for my semester abroad. Needless to say, it was an unforgettable experience, and I highly recommend everyone to live abroad! For me, it was a much needed opportunity to explore something…
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…