All posts by Anna Nguyen

Hello! I'm Anna, a 22-year-old Philadelphian with a life-long dream of visiting Seoul, Korea since the 7th grade. My dream has finally become a reality, and I'm taking selfies to prove it. #seoulselfies

Episode 4: A Typical Week at SNU as an Exchange Student

So, besides the bigger events that the SNU College of Business plans for us foreign exchange students, we also have an amazing group of Korean students called SNU Buddy who plan events for us and help us make our exchange experience in Korea as meaningful as possible. SNU Buddy has been such a major part ...

Episode 3: Seoul City Tour

One thing about the SNU Exchange Program I’m absolutely thankful for is that there are so many orientations, activities and events held to welcome us foreign exchange students. In this episode, I go on a Seoul City Tour with my fellow Business majors, hosted by the Seoul National University College of Business! A large tour ...

Episode 2: Mingling in Myeongdong

Alright, so enough with the stressful stories, girlfriend! Where’s all the fun stuff at? Let me tell you, Seoul is full of “fun stuff.” After settling down in my officetel, I finally had some time to have fun! My first adventure was exploring Myeongdong, one of Seoul’s hottest neighborhoods and shopping districts — it might ...

Episode 1: Homeless in Korea

Because visiting Korea has always been my life-long dream, I expected nothing but smooth sailing after receiving my official acceptance letter from Seoul National University. To my disappointment and disbelief, I was completely wrong. Obstacles and problems kept arising one after the next: I couldn’t register for any of my courses since they all filled ...

Episode 0: Meet Anna, the girl with a Korean Dream

Taking a selfie before take-off. Seoul, here I come! Hello everyone, Annyeonghaseyo! That means “Hello,” in Korean! My name is Anna Nguyen, a Junior Marketing Major at Drexel. I will be blogging about my entire exchange experience in Seoul, South Korea at Seoul National University this Spring 2016! For my very first blog post here ...