By: Kevin Park, University of Sydney Kevin, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares his experience at Penn during the Spring 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. On a beautiful February morning, a big quarter life crisis crumbled upon me. Not because I was lonely,…
By: Celia Ngoga, Queen Mary University of London Celia, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares her experience at Penn during the Spring 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. 8th August 2023, waiting for my flight to Philadelphia, overwhelmed by thoughts. Did I make the…
By: Ayaka Tamura, Doshisha University Ayaka, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares her experience at Penn during the Spring 2024 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Freshman year, you already know you want to do a study abroad program to study creative writing. You’ve always…
By: Waseem Faheem, Sawiris Penn Scholars Exchange Program Waseem, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Fall 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Missed me, fellow alien? Well, time for the second part of your orientation! To invade Earth, you’ll…
By: Waseem Faheem, Sawiris Penn Scholars Exchange Program Waseem, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Fall 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. With the second semester starting in a few days, I thought I’d reflect on my life at…
By: Ojasvi Rana, University of Sydney Moving to Penn for a semester exchange is a big change for me, since back at my home university in Sydney, Australia most domestic students live with their families at home. As a result, coming from an Indian heritage, I knew the biggest change moving to Penn would be…
By: Waseem Faheem, Sawiris Penn Scholars Exchange Program Waseem, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Fall 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Let’s take a step back for a little bit, and try to see the world from a…
By: Emma Seddik, University of Lyon Emma, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares his experience abroad during the Spring 2023 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Some of the questions I get asked the most since moving to America are, ‘Are you settling in…
By: Carine Mankarious, Ain Shams University Carine is one of the EAP Correspondents writing and sharing her experience at Penn during the Spring 2023 semester. You can also follow along with Carine and our other students on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Life is all about balance and balance requires sacrifices, yet sacrifices always come with their own risks.…
By: Alex Baxter, University of Edinburgh Alex is one of the EAP Correspondents writing and sharing his experience at Penn during the Spring 2023 semester. You can also follow along with Alex and our other students on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. I first decided I wanted to go to Penn at, pretty much, the start of my first…