Contact Ask me about… My Experience Abroad: Majoring in Health and Societies with a concentration in Healthcare Markets and Finance has furthered my desire to understand global healthcare policies and pricing schemes. This focus involves critically comparing international systems with the strengths and weaknesses of the US healthcare system. I studied abroad in Scotland, and…
Contact Ask Me About… My Experience Abroad At Penn, I study economics and am very interested in the start-up world. As a member of the XC and Track and Field teams going abroad during the school year conflicts with my athletic goals, so I saw GRIP as the perfect opportunity to travel to a new…
Contact Ask Me About… My Experience Abroad Through my experience in the Penn Global Seminar: Migrancy in South Africa, it was fascinating to engage with border jumping between South Africa and Zimbabwe, especially since I previously did not have any experience with this topic. By choosing to take this PGS, I was pursuing one of…
Contact Ask Me About… My Experience Abroad For my study abroad program, I researched the peer-to-peer lending platform industry extensively, working on competitor analyses for the first two weeks of the internship to better understand the global and Latin American fintech market and calculate TAM for Givemefive (host company). Alongside my research, I also worked…
Contact For Semester Abroad inquiries: goabroad@upenn.edu Biography Vania advises and supports students who are seeking global opportunities in the Semester Abroad (SA) program. Vania joins Penn Abroad from Temple University, where she worked in undergraduate admissions – work that spanned beyond their main campus encompassing both their Rome and Japan campuses. Vania’s commitment to global education was first…
Contact Ask Me About… My Experience Abroad My experience as a research assistant at RWTH Aachen during the summer of 2023 significantly aligned with my coursework, major, academic goals, and professional aspirations. Through this position, I delved into the intersection of Robotics and Machine Learning, complementing my educational background in electrical engineering and programming. Specifically,…
Contact Ask Me About… My Experience Abroad My goal is to one day become a neurosurgeon and build environmentally sustainable outpatient surgery centers across the world providing access to the highest quality of healthcare to people in developing nations, without negatively impacting their environment. Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia, is one of the fastest…
Contact Ask me about… One unique aspect of my experience is that my trip to Uganda was not only my first abroad experience but also my first time flying internationally and needing a passport. This initial journey was a profound culture shock and it opened my eyes to the vast cultural diversity and global opportunities…
Contact Ask me about… I believe my PGS was a truly enriching experience because the travel portion was directly related to the course’s topics. Throughout the semester, I read about Bali, and the effects of tourism on culture, the economy, sustainability, and more. I wrote my own white paper and op-ed on similar topics, and…
Contact Ask me about… My Experience Abroad: Working for a start-up that transformed Ho Chi Minh City’s engagement with public transportation overall gave me insight into the intersection between AI technology and public transportation. More deeply, though, this summer allowed me to explore my strengths and interests, which was especially important after coming out of…