{"id":4322,"date":"2016-09-12T13:35:22","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T13:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/?p=4322"},"modified":"2016-09-12T13:35:22","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T13:35:22","slug":"elis-journey-to-bu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2016\/09\/12\/elis-journey-to-bu\/","title":{"rendered":"Eli&#8217;s journey to BU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<strong><em>\u201cDon&#8217;t be afraid of having big dreams, because sometimes they do\u00a0become true&#8230;\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/files\/2016\/09\/Eli-Petkova.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4323\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4323 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/files\/2016\/09\/Eli-Petkova-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"Eli Petkova\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Sometimes it takes longer than you expect to find exactly what you want to do with your life and what your path is. It took me five years to realise what Master&#8217;s degree I wanted to do. I already had a very strong degree and a really exciting work experience in the film industry when I decided to go abroad and search for a better future.<\/p>\n<p>I\u00a0have a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Sculpture and I wanted to study Computer Animation. I thought I needed to start from the beginning, and I was\u00a0very pleased\u00a0when the BU International Admissions Team advised me to apply for MA 3D Computer Animation straightaway.\u00a0I am very thankful to them, as\u00a0they saved me from a few additional years of studying.<\/p>\n<p>As people say, &#8220;every beginning is difficult &#8230;.&#8221; I\u00a0had been working for two years in a warehouse when I applied for my postgraduate degree at BU. The application process was really simple, fast\u00a0and easy. A few weeks later I was in. The unconditional offer I received gave me hope, belief and strength. It woke me up from the nightmare I was in.<\/p>\n<p>I accepted the offer in January and I had nine long working months to make some savings and to organise my big move. I feel so relieved that I found my path and I am very excited about my future. For those who still have some concerns, I would say, &#8220;don&#8217;t be afraid of having big dreams, because sometimes they do\u00a0become true&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>by Eli Petkova| Bulgaria | MA 3D Computer Animation\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cDon&#8217;t be afraid of having big dreams, because sometimes they do\u00a0become true&#8230;\u201d Sometimes it takes longer than you expect to find exactly what you want to do with your life and what your path is. It took me five years to realise what Master&#8217;s degree I wanted to do. I already had a very strong&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2016\/09\/12\/elis-journey-to-bu\/\">Read more &raquo;<span class=\"sr-only\"> about Eli&#8217;s journey to BU<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1268,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1658,1663],"tags":[1246,531,51,71,1149],"class_list":["post-4322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-archive","category-postgraduate","tag-bulgaria","tag-computer-animation","tag-international","tag-journey","tag-postgraduate"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4322","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\/1268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4322\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}