Contact Ask Me About… Through the nursing program at the University of Queensland (UQ), I was able to focus most of my time abroad on the hands-on and in-person experiences through my clinical rotation at the Surgical, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Service (STARS) on the general rehabilitation floor for geriatric patient populations. While navigating the Australian…
Contact Ask me about… My Experience Abroad: As a Spanish minor, taking all my classes in Spanish during my study abroad in Barcelona was really the pinnacle of my language studies. While the classes significantly enhanced my fluency, it also allowed me to fully immerse myself in the language and culture. As a Political Science…
Contact Ask me about… My experience studying abroad at Oxford was unique in several ways. I extended my stay (Fall to full-year) and stayed on track to finish two majors, balancing a rigorous curriculum from the University of Pennsylvania with Oxford’s demanding academic standards. I also successfully recruited and kept doing research while abroad. Moreover,…
Contact Ask me about… One of the unique aspects of my experience abroad was that it was my first time living outside of the country for an extended period of time. Although London is not as different from the United States as some other abroad destinations around the world, it was still a huge adjustment…
Contact Ask me about… My Experience Abroad: I chose Australia because I wanted to be independent. For context, I am a native Philadelphian, although I have a decent amount of travel experience in my background. I did a Summer program in London after my freshman year, and then another one in France the Summer after…
Contact Ask me about… My Experience Abroad: I began taking Italian when I first arrived at Penn and continued studying the language abroad. My main goal for the semester was to feel more confident in my comprehension and speech, and I feel I have certainly improved. Out of the 4 courses (5 credits) I took,…
Contact Ask Me About… My Experience Abroad My participation in the Global Seminar program in Egypt proved to be an invaluable experience that greatly impacted my academic journey as an international Economics major from Sweden. While exploring the historical palimpsest of Cairo, my interest in history was reignited, leading me to consider pursuing a minor…
Contact Ask Me About… My Experience Abroad I never thought a Political Science Global Seminar would fit in with my career goals as a student in Wharton, but I was quickly proven wrong when reading the course description of PGS: Information Communication Technologies for Development. As someone who is heavily involved with Venture Lab at…
Contact Ask me about… My Experience: Studying abroad in Athens, Greece, allowed me to directly connect my coursework with the city’s complex human rights and humanitarian landscape. In “The Evolution of Human Rights: From Cyrus to the Global War on Terror,” I gained a deeper appreciation of the historical roots of human rights in a…
Contact Ask me about… My Experience Abroad: As a French & Francophone Studies minor, I have always dreamed of becoming as close to fluent as possible in French as well as laying eyes on all of the historical monuments and works of art I’ve learned so much about. As a Cognitive Science major, I am particularly fascinated by language…