{"id":254,"date":"2013-03-05T10:40:50","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T10:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/apply-2013\/?p=254"},"modified":"2020-10-26T16:42:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T15:42:14","slug":"a-home-away-from-home-for-an-international-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2013\/03\/05\/a-home-away-from-home-for-an-international-student\/","title":{"rendered":"A home away from home for an international student"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Valjo Kutt, (Estonia)<\/strong>
\n1st year BU Student, BSc (Hons) Sports Management<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coming to university to study what interests you the most is a step that lots\u00a0 of young people\u00a0 around the world\u00a0 think about. Having the opportunity to apply for five courses through the UK\u2019s Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) gives you the chance to have choices.<\/p>\n

As an international student I did not have the opportunity financially to take part of the Open Days, so I chose my university mainly with my instinct,\u00a0 the reputation of the course and thanks to the advice given by friends who were already studying in the UK.<\/p>\n

So who did I choose? Bournemouth University.
\nWhy? Because it just felt right from the beginning.
\nHow am I feeling now? I couldn\u2019t be more satisfied!<\/p>\n

Since my first day it feels like my dream came true. Even though having a slight language barrier, it\u2019s been\u00a0 great as\u00a0 an international student to find that everyone I\u2019ve met here in Bournemouth is extremely friendly!<\/p>\n

What is home for you? For me it is a place where you know that you are valued, where people do care about you and no matter what you do, someone is always there for you. It is exactly how I feel!<\/p>\n

I had never heard anything about a Student\u2019s Union before coming here and I thought that university life is only about studying. What I\u2019ve learned is that it\u2019s actually studying life through different experiences! I was really surprised, after realising in the mid-October that doesn\u2019t matter where you\u2019re from or how well do you speak the language, if you\u2019re ambitious and willing to take on responsibilities,\u00a0 Bournemouth University and the Student\u2019s Union will always trust you and give you a chance.<\/p>\n

In a short time I had become Student Representative for my course and a member of Bournemouth University Varsity Football team, which has given me extremely a lot when it comes to socialising. Also being a Student Ambassador and part of several clubs and societies really makes you feel that you are special.<\/p>\n

Having done already so much and getting the experiences I never knew to wish for shows why Bournemouth University is one of the best and cosiest places for self development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Valjo Kutt, (Estonia) 1st year BU Student, BSc (Hons) Sports Management Coming to university to study what interests you the most is a step that lots\u00a0 of young people\u00a0 around the world\u00a0 think about. Having the opportunity to apply for five courses through the UK\u2019s Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) gives you the… Read more » about A home away from home for an international student<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":279,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[336,1638],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs-archive","category-undergraduate","tag-valjo-kutt"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/279"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":957,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions\/957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}