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…
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. It all started with an opportunity that I was too timid to grasp yet so keen on…
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. Coming back to Penn for my second and final semester was weirder, in some ways, than joining…
By: Niamh Field, Queen Mary University of London Niamh is one of the EAP Correspondents writing and sharing her experience at Penn during the Fall 2022 semester. You can also follow along with Niamh and our other students on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Happy Holidays from Penn! This final blog will be summarising my experience this semester including expectations,…
By: Grace Low, Singapore Management University Grace in one of the EAP Correspondents writing and sharing her experience at Penn during the Fall 2022 semester. You can also follow along with Grace and our other students on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. When time is not on our side, we learn how to fully treasure every moment. Spending my whole…
By: Grace Low, Singapore Management University Grace in one of the EAP Correspondents writing and sharing her experience at Penn during the Fall 2022 semester. You can also follow along with Grace and our other students on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. It has been exactly 61 days since I touched down in the States. Just years ago, I…
By: Niamh Field, Queen Mary University of London Niamh is one of the EAP Correspondents writing and sharing her experience at Penn during the Fall 2022 semester. You can also follow along with Niamh and our other students on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. This blog is an accumulation of ten pieces of advice and observations I’ve made at…
By: Josh Pontrelli, Penn Abroad Global Programs Manager Philippe Knüsel (center) and friends at Franklin Field Exploring courses outside of one’s major is a hallmark of U.S. liberal arts education. And for most exchange students, this concept is very different than their home university’s curriculum, which typically is focused on courses around the major they choose…
By: Josh Pontrelli, Penn Abroad Global Programs Manager Can one semester change your career trajectory? For Asanga Seneviratne, who graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2018, it did. Seneviratne, who participated in Exchange at Penn during the Fall 2017 semester and became involved with social enterprise businesses, began to look beyond traditional finance and…