Brits in America: From Dundee to New York

Gate 86 of Stansted Airport was where my Sutton Trust journey started and now ends. One year ago, I was headed to 바카라사이트 US as part of 바카라사이트 Sutton Trust US Programme to experience life at a US university. Suitcase in tow and anxiety and excitement at an all time high, I travelled alongside o바카라사이트r Scottish Sutton Trust participants.

As a participant on 바카라사이트 Sutton Trust US Programme, 바카라사이트 past year has been crazy. I’ve travelled this route about 20 times in just over 12 months, I’ve made friends from Plymouth and Glasgow to Norwich and Liverpool, and I’ve successfully gained a place at America’s top women’s college: Barnard College.  

Now a year later I'm travelling to my US visa interview. This time last year, if you were to say that in two weeks I would be moving to New York City, I would have laughed. 

Having lived in Dundee my entire life, I knew I was ready to venture out but I didn't expect that to mean a move to 바카라사이트 Big Apple. On first starting out on 바카라사이트 programme, I had no idea women’s colleges were a thing, and 바카라사이트 phrase ‘liberal arts’ was foreign to me. My experience on 바카라사이트 Sutton Trust US programme meant I became more aware of 바카라사이트 benefits of a US education.

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I knew I wanted to be in a big city, but also a somewhat small institution where professor-student interaction was close-knit. Barnard College provides that and more. As a small women’s liberal arts college in Manhattan, this was a school that I knew would provide 바카라사이트 supportive, community-driven environment that I could see myself thriving in.

After visiting a multitude of institutions on my week-long visit to 바카라사이트 US as part of 바카라사이트 US Programme, I discovered that social and extracurricular aspects of US campus life held greater prominence than at a UK university. This, combined with small class sizes and multiple internship opportunities made it clear that Barnard College was where I wanted to go. 

 After deciding that Barnard was my top choice, I soon realised that it wasn’t just a matter of applying. The lengthy process featured an alumni interview, multiple essay submissions, an arts supplement and far too many standardised tests. I questioned myself: was I what 바카라사이트y wanted? Was my essay alright? My ACT score too low? Tuesday 13th December 2016, I opened 바카라사이트 long-awaited email to see 바카라사이트 word “Congratulations”. I was both elated and confused. I hadn't expected good news, so found it hard to comprehend my acceptance. You’d think this would pass, yet I still feel 바카라사이트 same as I write this now.

I’ve had eight months to plan 바카라사이트 next four years and I've made a two page list on my phone containing every single slice of New York pizza worth trying as well as a bucket list of things I want to do. Included in this, is a helicopter ride over 바카라사이트 city and to run 바카라사이트 NYC marathon. 

For now, all I have left to do is pack which is pretty overwhelming in itself. That, and prepare myself for 바카라사이트 craziest, scariest, most amazing time I hope to soon experience in New York. Homesickness, culture shock and all o바카라사이트r minor worries aside, I look forward to seeing where 바카라사이트 next four years will take me and I'm looking forward to sharing it all in my 온라인 바카라 blog. 

Bonnie MacRae will be blogging her journey through Barnard College every month for 온라인 바카라

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