Contact Ask Me About… My experience at Wharton was unique because I treated the exchange not as a study-abroad semester, but as a full academic and professional immersion into the Penn ecosystem. I arrived as a visiting student from King’s College London and quickly integrated into Wharton’s core academic culture, taking demanding strategy and leadership…
Semester Abroad: Exchange at Penn Hanxi, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares her experience here at Penn during the Fall 2025 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. As finals, projects and presentations approach, my exchange semesters at Penn are quietly reaching its end. It’s…
Semester Abroad: Exchange at Penn Franz-Josef, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares his experience here at Penn during the Fall 2025 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. There is a parable I return to when I think about my first weeks in the United…
Semester Abroad: Exchange at Penn Kelyn, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares her experience here at Penn during the Fall 2025 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Every exchange starts like a recipe you’ve never tried before, equal parts excitement and uncertainty. It might…
Semester Abroad: Exchange at Penn Amanda, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares her experience here at Penn during the Fall 2025 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. If you’re considering studying abroad at the University of Pennsylvania but feel overwhelmed with the idea of…
Semester Abroad: Exchange at Penn Hanxi, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares her experience here at Penn during the Fall 2025 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. When I entered Franklin Field with my PennCard, the sound of the marching band was already echoing…
Biography Franz-Josef Knops is representing the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM) at the University of Pennsylvania during the fall semester. He is pursuing a three-year undergraduate degree in International Business Administration at RSM, where his studies include courses such as Corporate Finance, Spreadsheet Modelling (an advanced Excel-focused course), and Business Law. At Penn, Franz-Josef is…
Biography Kelyn Chan is a junior at the National University of Singapore (NUS), majoring in Political Science. As an EAP Correspondent, she looks forward to sharing her exchange experience at Penn with her peers, as well as with prospective and incoming exchange students. Having once been uncertain about whether Penn was the right fit for…
Biography Hanxi Guo is a sophomore from the University of Sydney, majoring in Computer Science and Statistics. At Penn, she is excited to embrace new traditions and perspectives, while as an EAP Correspondent, she hopes to share her journey in a way that encourages future exchange students to welcome the unknown with curiosity. In her…
Biography Amanda Namour is a second-year Business Management student at King’s College London. This fall, she will be spending a semester at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Through her exchange, Amanda hopes to learn from Penn’s renowned professors, explore Philadelphia, and build meaningful connections with peers from around the world. She is…