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The International Student Experience
Yasmina Van De Peer, international student from Spain. Creative Writing
Where to start with this year? There have been so many new friends, a new life-style with freedom and no mum bossing me around. My year has not been easy but I would do it all again, life challenges you in many ways and this experience definitively has.
When I arrived on the 23rd of September 2011, I felt like a lost girl trying to find something that I could grasp and change my life forever. My first year in a foreign country was fantastic and thanks to the creative writing department, I will never forget my second year as I have the privilege of studying in Chicago for a full academic YEAR!
However, this has no real connection with why I chose Bath Spa University. I worked as an ambassador for this University and a lot parents have asked the same question, why did I choose it? After 50 parents it gets tiring- especially when I was unsure. As everyone else I want to succeed in life. I have dreamt about going to Oxford, Harvard or any well known University. But the one thing that I have learnt in life is that you can be successful and come from the smallest place in the world. The key to success requires determination to reach your goal.
Bath Spa just felt right and it allowed me to combine my subjects, be myself and it also has an inspiring and picturesque scenery. For me it was perfect.