Hello Everybody! My name is Elisa and this is my very first blog post for Santa Barbara City College! I am so thrilled to keep you posted about my student life here in Santa Barbara, and to let you know everything about this city, its secrets and my adventures! How awesome is it to get the huge privilege to become one of the few student bloggers for such an amazing college?
First of all I’d like to let you know that I am not a California native… I know, California people are always so cool, but if you are ok with it I can try really hard to be as close to their coolness as possible. And I am not even American… well, even if I’d love to be American, I actually am one of the 2,000 international students that attend SBCC every year! I am from Italy, and in particular from a really small town called Vimercate, really close to the Italian fashion capital, Milan. Maybe now you will be wondering how I end up right here in Santa Barbara from the small and unknown town of Vimercate. Just keep reading and I’ll clear up your minds.
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| The beautiful Denver East High School |
Everything started on the 19th of August, 2014 when I landed with my feet for the first time on the American soil at the Denver International Airport. It was the beginning of my International Exchange Student Year and also the start of the year that would change my life forever. In Colorado, I had the chance to fall in love with the American culture and the American people… Here it’s not just cowboys, french fries and burgers! In the United States there is rather the ethnic variety and cultural diversity that I have aways wanted to be a part of. In my heart I knew that the year in Denver would have never been my last time in America. Actually, I knew I didn’t want to leave at all! For this reason, I started to go to my counselor's office every single day and I put all my efforts in persuading her to give me the chance to graduate from an American high school and remain in this amazing country for my college years. Therefore, after struggling to get all my high school credits and AP tests done, I had the great satisfaction to earn at the Denver East High School an American Diploma! All of this thanks also to my amazing councilor Linsday Visceri, the support of my amazing host family and Italian family.
With the diploma in my hands and still really confused about my future I took the decision that would break my parents’ hearts but that at the same time would build a better future for my life. Instead of coming back to Italy as my whole family wanted, I applied to the first and the best city college in the United States: Santa Barbara City College. When I received the acceptance email, I actually realized that I was just 18 years old but I would have left my home country for a really loooong time or even for ever. My mum with tears slowly running on her chicks was trying to persuade me to stay, but I had taken my decision. America was going to become my new home, and now, here I am! Second year at SBCC! …and everything is awesome.
That was the story of how I ended up here in Santa Barbara, but my traveller soul is going to lead me soon somewhere else.. In fact, I am a film production major and I am looking forward to transfer by the end of this year in a university in Los Angeles to be in THE place where all the movies are made. USC would be my dream school but for my major there is just a 3% acceptance rate! Just 12 people get accepted in the film program every year… Will I make this dream come true? I’ll let you know in the future! Anyways, movies are my passion, and it would be more than awesome to turn my little love for movies into a job. I love watching movies but also creating them, so why shouldn’t I try to start film career?!
I told you about past and future but let’s talk a little about the present! This semester, I am involved in a lot of programs and extracurricular activities and I can’t wait to talk about it here in my following posts! Just follow me here and you’ll know everything about my present…
With lots of love,
Elisa
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