Hello there! My name is Alexandra!
I am very happy and exited having such a possibility to share with you my own experience in student life. Hopefully, I will answer some of your questions and you find it useful in the future!
Who is she? And why shall I read all this?
Yes, I absolutely agree! Before we to start our friendship you should find the reason to trust me.
Let me introduce myself, so we can become friends.
As I mentioned before, my name is Alexandra and I am Bulgarian. Why am I in Britain? Let me try to explain.
To be honest I am not a kind of perfect child in my family – and my family is not perfect, that they still do not see me as a genius. As a good parents: my father saw me as a successful business-lady working for a well-known company, and mother wanted to create someone outstanding from me. However, their little daughter was a normal child: attending school, playing violin, drawing and playing hockey with boys. At 14 I decided that it is time of changing and I finally started to work on myself for my future career. I started to try myself in different areas : art , music, history , in general I started from what were most interesting for me at that moment . It was successful. When i become 15 my father suggested me to study abroad as a perspective to gain new skills and new experience in order to utilize these skills in my country. But I rejected this proposal, suggesting, it is still my father’s dream, not mine!
Yes, in some ways, I disappointed my family. But I still was waiting for this moment of my own inspiration and a moment of mature actions. Someone famous (and I think very clever) said: “…a true hero is not the one who establishes justice on purpose, in order to be recognised, but the one who can not do otherwise!”
So I did not want to be a fake hero.
May 2008, I told my family that I applied for foundation program in Lancaster University and this is one of my individual decision. Now i am studying in the library of Lancaster University. And the only thing I can say to you that this is one of my first independent and individual decision, and one of the best!
How brave of you to tell us all about your fears and how you eventually got round to applying to study abroad! I wish you all the best for this year.
Hey.Its relly nice to read ur story, i just realized im not the only 1 going abroad to a new country. I got accepted to Lancaster University for the Foundation year. I was just wondering which college I should apply too? I was thinking of renting a superior en-suite and wanted a college in which my flat has fewer people in it. The reason behind this is that it will allow me to study easily and as there would be fewer people I could make friends easily and get to know all my flat mates. Could you please suggest a college? Furthermore could you suggest a college which is near the International Study Centre? Thank You!!!
Hi there!
I was amazed by your story…I have a dream of my own, of study in Britain, I am from Romania, so, not far from Bulgaria…I would like to study Design, I don`t know what is the process of applying, and I need sponsorship to do this, that`s why in 19th of March I will take the flyght to London and look for a job to finance ny application, I am looking also for accomodation there…can you give me some ideas ?
helo, am vry impressed abt dat decision u made and i think its a very good one which i believe by now u r experiencing it. I also applied for the foundation year also but through their scholarship, and i believe that by God’s grace, it wil b a success. I have read so much about Lancaster and i want to have experiences about it too