{ "id": 10806, "date": "2025-04-23T12:34:26", "date_gmt": "2025-04-23T10:34:26", "guid": { "rendered": "https:\/\/upgrade.education\/?p=10806" }, "modified": "2025-04-23T12:39:20", "modified_gmt": "2025-04-23T10:39:20", "slug": "am-renuntat-la-facultatea-din-uk-si-am-inceput-de-la-zero-in-spania-de-ce", "status": "publish", "type": "post", "link": "https:\/\/upgrade.education\/en\/blog\/am-renuntat-la-facultatea-din-uk-si-am-inceput-de-la-zero-in-spania-de-ce\/", "title": { "rendered": "Am renun\u021bat la facultatea din UK \u0219i am \u00eenceput de la zero \u00een Spania. De ce?" }, "content": { "rendered": "
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Ce faci dac\u0103 ajungi la facultate \u0219i \u00ee\u021bi dai seama c\u0103 ai f\u0103cut alegerea gre\u0219it\u0103?<\/h2>\n

Mara \u0218eitan<\/strong>\u00a0era student\u0103 \u00een anul \u00eent\u00e2i la Edinburgh, unde \u00eenv\u0103\u021ba istorie.<\/span><\/p>\n

La scurt timp dup\u0103 \u00eenceperea cursurilor, a realizat c\u0103 via\u021ba de student \u00een UK nu era ceea ce \u00ee\u0219i imaginase: materiile nu o motivau, clima era mohor\u00e2t\u0103 aproape zilnic, iar via\u021ba social\u0103 era aproape inexistent\u0103.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sim\u021bea c\u0103 se afl\u0103 pe un drum gre\u0219it.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00centr-un act de curaj,\u00a0Mara a renun\u021bat la facultatea din Edinburgh \u0219i a aplicat la o universitate \u00een Barcelona<\/span> \u2013 a \u00eenceput de la zero, \u00eentr-o \u021bar\u0103 nou\u0103, \u00eentr-un domeniu diferit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pentru povestea Marei, cite\u0219te \u00een continuare.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Liceul interna\u021bional din Anglia<\/h2>

Acum cinci ani, am plecat din Rom\u00e2nia pentru prima dat\u0103. Aveam doar 16 ani c\u00e2nd mi-am \u00eempachetat toat\u0103 via\u021ba \u00een dou\u0103 valize imense \u0219i am plecat spre \u021aara Galilor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

De\u0219i nu \u0219tiam asta \u00eenc\u0103, m\u0103 a\u0219teptau doi ani cu totul neobi\u0219nui\u021bi, \u00een boarding school-ul UWC Atlantic<\/a><\/b>. Un loc \u00een care traiectoria vie\u021bii mele avea s\u0103 se schimbe total. \u00cen acest context, am devenit o complet alt\u0103 persoan\u0103 dec\u00e2t cine eram la Bucure\u0219ti \u0219i, astfel, am \u00eenceput s\u0103 m\u0103 uit la viitorul meu dintr-o complet alt\u0103 perspectiv\u0103.<\/span><\/p>

C\u00e2nd tr\u0103iam \u00een Bucure\u0219ti, <\/span>visul meu era s\u0103 merg la un Ivy League \u00een SUA<\/b> \u0219i s\u0103 studiez ceva \u00een zona psihologiei. Pe parcursul experien\u021bei mele la UWC, am observat c\u0103 mi-ar pl\u0103cea s\u0103 r\u0103m\u00e2n \u00een UK \u0219i s\u0103 m\u0103 orientez \u00een zona istoriei \u0219i a politicii.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Am aplicat la 3 universit\u0103\u021bi \u00een UK<\/b> (UCL, University of Edinburgh \u0219i SOAS), toate pentru cursuri de istorie.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Nu eram tocmai convins\u0103 c\u0103 asta este cea mai bun\u0103 variant\u0103 pentru mine<\/b>, dar nici nu \u0219tiam concret ce \u00eemi doresc, \u00eencotro m\u0103 \u00eendrept sau care \u00eemi sunt pasiunile. Din iner\u021bie, cred, am ales istoria.<\/span><\/p>

Pe parcursul urm\u0103toarelor s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2ni, am \u00eenceput s\u0103 primesc r\u0103spunsurile de la aceste facult\u0103\u021bi \u2013 spre fericirea mea, fusesem acceptat\u0103 la toate cele trei. <\/span>To\u021bi prietenii mei vorbeau despre cum toate aceste facult\u0103\u021bi sunt super cool \u0219i alegerea nu ar trebui s\u0103 fie prea complicat\u0103<\/b>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Astfel, am ales, f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 m\u0103 g\u00e2ndesc prea mult la aceast\u0103 alegere, s\u0103 studiez istorie la University of Edinburgh<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>

Via\u021ba la Edinburgh<\/h2>

Ora\u0219ul \u00een sine nu a fost problema. Nici cursul, nici oamenii \u2013 la nivel individual, nimic despre Edinburgh nu era, per se, nepl\u0103cut. <\/span>\u00cen schimb, am sim\u021bit \u00eenc\u0103 din prima s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2n\u0103 c\u0103 acesta nu era locul meu. <\/b>Oamenii nu erau prea deschi\u0219i, vremea m\u0103 deprima, cursurile erau relativ plictisitoare \u0219i aveam impresia c\u0103 nu f\u0103ceam mai nimic toat\u0103 ziua.<\/span><\/p>

\u00centr-o zi tipic\u0103, m\u0103 trezeam \u00een jur de 10 sau 11, mergeam la singurul lecture pe care l-a\u0219 fi avut pe zi iar apoi, dac\u0103 nu ploua prea mult, mergeam la lunch sau la o cafea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Apoi, mergeam la Tesco \u0219i \u00eemi cump\u0103ram c\u00e2teva ceva ca s\u0103 g\u0103tesc, poate mergeam la o plimbare (dac\u0103 vremea permitea, ceea ce nu era prea des) iar apoi m\u0103 \u00eentorceam \u00een reziden\u021ba mea \u0219i st\u0103team pe Tik Tok sau m\u0103 uitam pe Netflix cu orele, \u00eenainte s\u0103 m\u0103 culc.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Aceast\u0103 rutin\u0103 era complet diferit\u0103 fa\u021b\u0103 de a\u0219tept\u0103rile pe care le avusesem: <\/span>primii doi ani petrecu\u021bi \u00een UK fuseser\u0103 a\u0219a de distractivi, mereu c\u00e2teva ceva de f\u0103cut, prieteni peste tot \u0219i o provocare academic\u0103 pe m\u0103sur\u0103.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Ce se schimbase? Mi-era foarte greu s\u0103 \u00een\u021beleg de ce fo\u0219tii mei colegi de la UWC aveau experien\u021be mult mai bune \u00een UK dec\u00e2t mine \u00een primul an de universitate (cel pu\u021bin, a\u0219a p\u0103rea pe Social Media) \u2013 p\u00e2n\u0103 \u0219i cei care erau tot \u00een Edinburgh p\u0103reau s\u0103 se distreze mai mult ca mine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u201cCe fac gre\u0219it?\u201d era \u00eentrebarea pe care mi-o puneam de zi cu zi<\/b>, sper\u00e2nd c\u0103 r\u0103spunsul acestei \u00eentreb\u0103ri ar fi <\/span>get-out-of-jail-free card<\/span><\/i>-ul meu.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Visezi la facultatea \u00een str\u0103in\u0103tate \u0219i vrei s\u0103 te asiguri c\u0103 iei decizia corect\u0103?\u00a0<\/p>

Programeaz\u0103 o \u00eent\u00e2lnire gratuit\u0103\u00a0cu un mentor Upgrade \u2013 ca s\u0103 descoperi din timp toate op\u021biunile tale:\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Momentul critic al schimb\u0103rii<\/h2>

\u00cen sf\u00e2r\u0219it, \u00een jurul lunii aprilie m-am \u00eentors la Bucure\u0219ti pentru vacan\u021ba de Pa\u0219te.\u00a0<\/p>

Eram foarte nefericit\u0103, iar<\/b>\u00a0g\u00e2ndul de a m\u0103 \u00eentoarce la Edinburgh m\u0103 \u021binea treaz\u0103 noaptea.<\/b>\u00a0Sim\u021beam c\u0103 nu am nicio putere asupra cursului vie\u021bii mele, iar singura variant\u0103 era s\u0103 m\u0103 \u00eentorc la acea facultate, s\u0103 termin cei 4 ani, iar apoi s\u0103 fac un master \u0219i \u00eenc\u0103 un master \u0219i \u00eenc\u0103 un master p\u00e2n\u0103 c\u00e2nd a\u0219 fi ajuns la un punct \u00een care a\u0219 fi putut s\u0103 \u00eemi g\u0103sesc un job cu acea diplom\u0103 de Istorie de la aceast\u0103 facultate care ar fi fost, \u00een teorie, printre cele mai bune din lume.<\/p>

\u00centr-o sear\u0103, vorbeam cu mama mea despre toat\u0103 aceast\u0103 situa\u021bie, explic\u00e2ndu-i c\u0103\u00a0simt c\u0103 nu am nicio alternativ\u0103<\/b>. Spre surpriza mea, m-a \u00eentrebat de ce nu plec de la acea facultate. \u00cen acel moment, m-am oprit din pl\u00e2ns \u0219i am t\u0103cut.\u00a0<\/p>

Cum a\u0219 putea s\u0103 plec? Am muncit at\u00e2t de mult s\u0103 intru la Edinburgh \u0219i, pe deasupra, cursul de istorie este printre cele mai bune din lume!\u00a0<\/p>

Totu\u0219i, a doua zi, ideea a \u00eenceput s\u0103 ia amploare \u2013\u00a0\u00eencepusem, \u00een secret, s\u0103 m\u0103 uit la alte facult\u0103\u021bi \u0219i alte cursuri.<\/b><\/p>

Am aflat despre\u00a0ESADE<\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u00eent\u00e2mpl\u0103tor. Auzisem de aceast\u0103 facultate, dar nu eram prea sigur\u0103 ce se \u00eent\u00e2mpl\u0103 acolo, \u00een special pentru c\u0103 nu cuno\u0219team pe nimeni care s\u0103 studieze acolo.\u00a0<\/p>

Ceea ce c\u0103utam era ceva radical opus universit\u0103\u021bii din Edinburgh, iar, cel pu\u021bin \u00een aparen\u021b\u0103, aceast\u0103 facultate p\u0103rea s\u0103 fie fix ce c\u0103utam.\u00a0<\/p>

Aplica\u021bia la ESADE<\/h2>

F\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 \u00eemi dau timp s\u0103 m\u0103 r\u0103zg\u00e2ndesc, am aplicat pentru double degree-ul \u00een\u00a0BBA & Global Governance<\/a>, un program care combin\u0103\u00a0business-ul cu economie, politic\u0103 \u0219i drept \u0219i, spre fericirea mea, am fost acceptat\u0103 pu\u021bin peste 2 s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2ni mai t\u00e2rziu.\u00a0<\/p>

De\u0219i era destul de diferit de profilul de Istorie pe care \u00eel urmasem aproape un an \u00eentreg, am considerat c\u0103 singurul mod \u00een care pot rezolva aceast\u0103 stare aproape mizantropic\u0103 pe care o aveam ar fi fost s\u0103 fac o schimbare radical\u0103.<\/p>

\u00cenceputuri noi, la ESADE<\/h2>

\u00cen septembrie, am plecat spre Barcelona. Din momentul \u00een care am cobor\u00e2t din avion am \u0219tiut c\u0103 avea s\u0103 fie mult mai bine ca \u00een Edinburgh \u2013\u00a0soarele era puternic, iar lumea era mai fericit\u0103, mai prietenoas\u0103 \u0219i mai relaxat\u0103.<\/b><\/p>

Primele c\u00e2teva s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2ni de facultate, \u00eenainte s\u0103 \u00eenceap\u0103 munca prea serioas\u0103, mi le-am petrecut ie\u0219ind la terase, la plimb\u0103ri \u0219i la petreceri, cunosc\u00e2nd oameni foarte interesan\u021bi \u0219i descoperind zonele cool ale Barcelonei.\u00a0<\/p>

Pe parcursul anului, energia locului a r\u0103mas neschimbat\u0103.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>

La nivel academic, \u00eemi amintesc c\u0103 una dintre principalele mele probleme \u00een Edinburgh era faptul c\u0103 \u00eemi lipsea stimularea intelectual\u0103 \u2013 de\u0219i studiam istorie, aveam doar 3 cursuri de c\u00e2te o or\u0103 pe s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2n\u0103 \u0219i \u00eenc\u0103 3 ore de seminarii.\u00a0<\/p>

Aici, \u00een schimb, am ore \u00een prima parte a zilei \u00een fiecare zi, iar materiile sunt mult mai diverse: de la geopolitic\u0103 la statistic\u0103 \u0219i macroeconomie, niciodat\u0103 nu ajung s\u0103 m\u0103 plictisesc datorit\u0103 acestei variet\u0103\u021bi interdisciplinare.\u00a0<\/p>

Comparativ cu Sco\u021bia,\u00a0studen\u021bii sunt mult mai diver\u0219i, mai interna\u021bionali \u0219i mult, mult mai prieteno\u0219i.<\/b>\u00a0\u00cen sf\u00e2r\u0219it, simt c\u0103 mi-am g\u0103sit locul \u00eentr-o comunitate academic\u0103 \u0219i pot zice cu \u00eencredere c\u0103 a veni aici a fost una dintre cele mai bune alegeri pe care le-am f\u0103cut vreodat\u0103.<\/p>

O lec\u021bie despre curaj<\/h2>

Morala pove\u0219tii nu este c\u0103 Edinburgh e nasol iar Barcelona este perfect\u0103 \u2013 morala pove\u0219tii\u00a0este c\u0103 este complet normal ca o facultate s\u0103 nu fie pentru tine \u0219i, de\u0219i poate p\u0103rea \u00eenfrico\u0219\u0103tor, alegerea de a schimba facultatea poate fi cea mai bun\u0103 variant\u0103<\/b>.\u00a0<\/p>

De\u0219i p\u00e2n\u0103 acum un an nici nu a\u0219 fi considerat ideea de a studia economie sau business, sau ideea de a studia \u00een Spania, am aflat c\u0103 deseori a ie\u0219i din zona de confort poate fi surprinz\u0103tor de pl\u0103cut \u0219i, \u00een cazul meu, un\u00a0best case scenario<\/i>.<\/p>

Am mereu dou\u0103 sfaturi pentru fiecare elev cu care lucrez.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>

Primul e\u00a0s\u0103 se g\u00e2ndeasc\u0103 serios la cine sunt\u00a0\u0219i s\u0103 nu aleag\u0103 un loc doar pentru c\u0103 pare cel potrivit, pentru c\u0103 \u201etrebuie\u201d s\u0103 mearg\u0103 acolo sau pentru c\u0103 acolo merge toat\u0103 lumea.\u00a0<\/p>

Al doilea e s\u0103 \u00een\u021beleag\u0103 c\u0103,\u00a0dac\u0103 sunt neferici\u021bi, mereu exist\u0103 solu\u021bii.\u00a0<\/p>

Fericirea apare, adesea, \u00een locurile \u00een care te a\u0219tep\u021bi cel mai pu\u021bin<\/b>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>", "protected": false }, "excerpt": { "rendered": "

Ce faci dac\u0103 ajungi la facultate \u0219i \u00ee\u021bi dai seama c\u0103 ai f\u0103cut alegerea gre\u0219it\u0103? Mara \u0218eitan\u00a0era student\u0103 \u00een anul \u00eent\u00e2i la Edinburgh, unde \u00eenv\u0103\u021ba istorie. La scurt timp dup\u0103 \u00eenceperea cursurilor, a realizat c\u0103 via\u021ba de student \u00een UK nu era ceea ce \u00ee\u0219i imaginase: materiile nu o motivau, clima era mohor\u00e2t\u0103 aproape zilnic, […]<\/p>", "protected": false }, "author": 3, "featured_media": 10824, "comment_status": "open", "ping_status": "closed", "sticky": false, "template": "", "format": "standard", "meta": { "_acf_changed": false, "content-type": "", "footnotes": "" }, "categories": [ 24 ], "tags": [ 128, 125, 120, 73, 121, 119, 118, 124, 122, 123 ], "class_list": [ "post-10806", "post", "type-post", "status-publish", "format-standard", "has-post-thumbnail", "hentry", "category-blog-ro", "tag-aplicatie-la-facultate", "tag-esade", "tag-experienta-academica", "tag-facultate-in-strainatate", "tag-schimbare-facultate", "tag-studii-in-spania", "tag-studii-in-uk", "tag-uwc-atlantic", "tag-viata-in-barcelona", "tag-viata-in-edinburgh" ], "acf": [], "_links": { "self": [ { "href": "https:\/\/upgrade.education\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10806", "targetHints": { "allow": [ "GET" ] } } ], "collection": [ { "href": "https:\/\/upgrade.education\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts" } ], "about": [ { "href": "https:\/\/upgrade.education\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post" } ], "author": [ { "embeddable": true, "href": "https:\/\/upgrade.education\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3" } ], "replies": [ { "embeddable": true, "href": "https:\/\/upgrade.education\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10806" } ], "version-history": [ { "count": 34, "href": "https:\/\/upgrade.education\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10806\/revisions" } ], "predecessor-version": [ { "id": 10844, "href": "https:\/\/upgrade.education\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10806\/revisions\/10844" } ], "wp:featuredmedia": [ { "embeddable": true, "href": "https:\/\/upgrade.education\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10824" } ], "wp:attachment": [ { "href": "https:\/\/upgrade.education\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10806" } ], "wp:term": [ { "taxonomy": "category", "embeddable": true, "href": "https:\/\/upgrade.education\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10806" }, { "taxonomy": "post_tag", "embeddable": true, "href": "https:\/\/upgrade.education\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10806" } ], "curies": [ { "name": "wp", "href": "https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}", "templated": true } ] } }