By: Rachel Hong, CAS ’20 Rachel traveling in Colombia Designit – Medellín, Colombia Before coming to Colombia, everybody asked me what I was most excited for. Without fail, my answer was always the food. I come from a family that’s big on traveling, and wherever we go, my dad’s top priority is scoping out the…
By: Jenny Ko, CAS ’21 Jenny at the Lynk office in Hong Kong Lynk – Hong Kong It has only been my first week at work, but I have already noticed so many striking aspects of working at a startup company in Hong Kong. I am currently interning at Lynk, an expert network consulting company,…
By: Benjamin Bond, CAS ’20 Etonkids Educational Group – Beijing, China Twenty hours of plane rides and bad in-flight entertainment can really take a lot out of a person. Needless to say, when I arrived in Beijing after my wearisome flight, I was wiped out already. On top of it all, this was my first…
By: Sophia Simon, CAS ’19 Sophia on San Cristobal Island Galapagos Education and Research Alliance – San Cristobal Island, Ecuador 1. Try all of the new foods that you can. If you see someone eating or ordering something that you don’t recognize, get it too! Not only will you be trying something different, but you might find…
By: Ryan Bender, CAS ’21 GRIP Intern – Buenos Aires, Argentina There’s a bit of household American wisdom that goes something like this: “Friends who want to stay friends don’t discuss religion or politics.” While it is polite to be mindful of others’ sensitivities, this wouldn’t get you very far in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentines…
By: Cristina Pogorevici, Wharton ’21 GRIP Intern, The OPEN Classroom – Hong Kong As a Romanian student in the Wharton School of Business, I’m always a minority: East-European, First Generation, coming from an ex-communist country. As an intern at The OPEN Classroom in Hong Kong I was aware that once again I was going to feel…
By: Benjamin Weimer, CAS ’19 Rome, Italy GRIP Intern, U.S. State Department – Rome, Italy Here are five tips for making the most of your time abroad: Wander the Streets – This summer when I first got to Rome, I didn’t know a single person in the city. Instead of staying in my apartment, I…
By: Anders Zhou, Wharton ’21 Skyline of Shanghai Diversified Agency Services (DAS) – Shanghai, China In two words, Shanghai was both an experience and a throwback. When people ask me how my summer went, those are the two words I usually base my answer off of. I’m really thankful that Penn Abroad allowed me the opportunity…
By: Stephanie Tian, Wharton ’21 Stephanie (center right) with fellow interns in Mexico Ashoka – Mexico City, Mexico My internship this summer has been an experience that, now sitting on my couch at home, I truly miss. The first few days back I kept doing the thing where I wake up and am confused by…
By: Rebecca Schleimer, CAS ’20 Cadence Translate – Beijing, China The fact that I’m studying Chinese language at Penn has certainly enhanced my experience interning here in Beijing this summer. I personally think that in choosing to intern abroad, knowing a bit of the language of the country in which you are interning allows for…