<p>I'm currently in the 10th grade and need to start sending applications for my last two years of high school. Looking at UWC, (especially the atlantic collage, but its really expensive) and just came across Early College (Brad Collage at Simon's rock) but I am still quite confused. I really need to know more about both school, even more if it helps. Would appreciate any kind of guidelines on the school! Thank you :)</p>
<p>Bard College at Simon’s Rock is a college that accepts students heading into 11th or 12th grade, but it’s not a high school. The small handful of kids I know who went there were all offbeat types. While they were certainly smart, they were not high-test score/“do all the homework” type achievers. They were all very unhappy in high school. Simon’s Rock is very much an alternative academic experience, so you will need to contact the school to ask some specific questions to find out if it’s the right place for you. It is in a very beautiful part of the world, however, and when the fit is right, the students who go there have a very positive experience. My sense of UWC (and I’m not very familiar, so do not take this as gospel) is that its students are far more driven by traditional academic success.</p>
<p>I had just met 2 friends of my sister that attend/ed the UWC, and one of them is actually from my city, they’re at UWC Puerto Rico and UWC New Mexico.</p>
<p>My sister applied to UWC 2 years ago and though she had amazing grades, sat score and a great toefl score she was rejected, she got up to the last stage of the process, some kind of weird interview (I guess I shouldn’t say too much about it) and another girl (the one from my city) with (as far as I know) not so great test scores, and a not so good english was offered admission, maybe the interview paid off, or maybe the economic situation (my sister was able to attend any full pay bs) made the difference, who knows?</p>
<p>I live in the south of Mex, and my sister had to travel to Mex City every time she was notified she had gone to the next stage in the admission process, it was quite long and stressful should I tell you, but it paid off, she learnt a lot, and was even invited to a summer program in India.</p>