<p>I posted this in the hs forums, which might not have bneen the right place, so um, here goes : </p>
<p>I'm having a huge dilemma right now : I'm a rising senior (terminale) at a french school, and when I started my college apps process, the EducationUSA couselor encouraged me to apply to a UWC, because I was expressing concerns about college life (I'm barely fifteen, and fairly sheltered).</p>
<p>The UWC experience looks awesome, but I don't really think that it would be worth 'repeating' two years. The major selling point for that is the 'experience', and the Davis Scholarship... Academically, though, the french system is already so demanding, having an IB seems sort of useless...
What do you think ?</p>
<p>I hope you haven't been bored to death by my babbling, and thanks in advance !</p>
<p>The UWC experience will be kinda similar to an experience at any LAC in the United States. If you want to go through another high school program, then apply to the UWC. If you're atleast a bit ready for college, I'd say go for it.</p>
<p>Have you heard of Bard College at Simon's Rock? It's a college especially for students who start college a few years younger than their peers. (Well, technically it's a college for students who want to start college before finishing high school because they are already too advanced for what their high schools have to offer. Seeing how you would fit in age-wise, I am not sure whether or not it would be a problem that you would have graduated from high school by the time you enrolled.) It was initially set up as a two-year college, meaning you had to transfer to a regular university after your first two years, but most majors were expanded to full 4-year programs in recent years. It even awards financial aid to international students if that's an issue.</p>
<p>Do you think that attending either of these programs will influence my chances of getting into a good college (ie will it look 'bad' that I'm going through a second HS program ?)</p>
<p>Listen to the advisors at EducationUSA. They really know their stuff.</p>
<p>If you think you are academically ready for college now, but would prefer to study with students your own age, read about US colleges/universities that have successful early admission programs (for students as young as 14) at:</p>