GRIP: The OPEN Classroom Cover Image: Exploring Hong Kong’s waterfalls Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of sonder. sonder (noun) – the strong feeling of realizing that every person you see has their own life story in which they are the most important person Hong Kong is a city packed chock-full with…
GRIP: Media in Seoul Cover photo: Pork Belly Rose Pasta “We should try this restaurant.”“We should go try this.” For months before arriving in Seoul, South Korea, these phrases bounced endlessly between me and my friends. Seoul is an epicenter: a robust food scene, skincare around every corner, technology woven into daily life, and a…
GRIP: Engineering Research in Aachen, Germany Cover photo: Me and my friends from the program on a boat tour in Cologne. Two days after my last final, I was on a plane to Germany. At the time, life felt like one big fever dream. I had just barely finished packing up one part of my…
Contact Ask Me About… I spent my summer working at a Port wine producer in Porto, Portugal, but some of my favorite memories have almost nothing to do with wine. Ask me about the walk to work through Jardim de Morro and along the Douro River, which I complained about when I first arrived and…
Contact Ask Me About… My closest friends at Penn did not study abroad, so leaving them to go abroad for a semester was definitely nerve-wracking. I did not know anyone in my home city (Barcelona, Spain): a complete fresh start. While it took time to make friends and find community, I now have lifelong friends…
GRIP: Business in Sydney Manifestation is real. Before applying to GRIP, I had pulpit out into the world that I was going to have an amazing summer. I did not necessarily know what that meant. I was not looking for the internship that would determine the rest of my career, nor did I expect to…
GRIP: Business Development in Singapore Cover photo: The squad in Sentosa Island, Singapore When I first arrived in Singapore, I knew I would be spending the summer abroad, but I don’t think I realized just how much I would be able to experience in such a short amount of time. Between my internship, exploring Singapore,…
GRIP: Wine, Heritage, and Hospitality in Porto, Portugal Don’t get me wrong – I’m endlessly grateful for Penn and the life we get to live back in thecomfort of Philadelphia, a city so bustling you could never run out of things to do. But somethingabout living in Porto has rewired the way I see life.…
Contact Ask Me About… Through PGS in England, I had my first experience studying abroad through a structured academic program, exploring my interests in history, culture, and language. Through GRIP in Porto, Portugal, I lived independently for two months while working full-time at a gelateria, using English, Spanish, and Portuguese in a multilingual workplace and…
Contact Ask Me About… My Experience Abroad My experience in Sydney connected directly to my academic and professional goals in Finance and Real Estate at Wharton by showing me how the skills I develop in the classroom translate into real organisational settings. I applied skills in analysis, communication, project coordination, and problem-solving while supporting nonprofit…
