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. 2. Don’t miss out on bonding with your roommate.In Rotterdam, I wouldn’t give up a day with…
Semester Abroad: Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México Melissa, one of the Spring 2026 Global Correspondents, shares her experience here abroad during the Spring 2026 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Since I have been in Mexico, I feel like I have grown into a different…
Semester Abroad: Exchange at Penn Hagje, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares his experience here at Penn during the Spring 2026 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. “Wait, I could go to the University of Pennsylvania for exchange?” That was the first thought I…
Semester Abroad: Exchange at Penn Marija, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares her experience here at Penn during the Spring 2026 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Coming from Bocconi, I was not used to having much interaction with faculty beyond the classroom. I…
Semester Abroad: Exchange at Penn Elle, one of the Exchange at Penn Correspondents, shares her experience here at Penn during the Spring 2026 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Dear Penn, Before I arrived, you were a fantasy that only resided in my dreams. You were yellow school…
Semester Abroad: Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México Melissa, one of the Spring 2026 Global Correspondents, shares her experience here abroad during the Spring 2026 semester. Follow along with the group of correspondents on our blog and look out for their images on the @pennabroad Instagram feed. Towards the end of January, I decided to take a trip to Atlixco, Puebla. While…
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…
Melissa Arreola is a junior at the University of Pennsylvania, double majoring in Political Science with a concentration in Comparative Politics and in History with a concentration in Political History. In the spring of 2026 she will be studying abroad at the Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México, where she will learn about Mexican politics and history.…
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…
