Sometimes, I want to be a lucky person.

 Then, I couldn’t believe that 6 months ago I would be able to receive a scholarship to study in the United States of America. Having been offered this good opportunity, I am learning that everything is possible in life, I cannot thank the Turkish Fulbright Program enough.

 To achieve my career goals it will take 10 months of studying, volunteering and internship. When I landed at the Washington Dulles International Airport  I expected to feel the excitement so much because I didn’t want to forget that moment but I could not really feel anything at all; I think I was shocked. 

When my school coordinator came to pick me up from the airport and drove me to the house I am currently staying in I was very excited. 

I met my housemates. I figured out that everybody has different accent since we all come from different countries. 

For the first few weeks I couldn’t understand anything my new friends were saying so I was always carrying around a pen and paper to write the new English words I was learning. 

I was just listening to conversations between them, asking myself,

What does it mean? 

What did you mean? 

How can I say this sentence? 

When I said a sentence, I would ask, did I say it right? 3 months passed with these questions.

By the way, the only thing I can recommend to those who want to join this program is to bring their English to the top level before coming here. 

 "I never give up".

The reason for not giving up is that I want to learn English in the best way and when I return to Turkey, I want to get a very nice job. 

The other most important thing is that my friends and my school coordinators in the CCI Program are doing their best to help me. 

All my friends say, “Yes you are doing well now Fazilet and you will be doing even better in the next couple of months”, which gives me an incredible feeling.

 I try to do everything alone but my friends never made me feel like I was alone. To finally be here and have friends who help is something awesome for me. 

Thank you so much for having such a beautiful family..