<p>I just got my application, its so intersting! There’s short essays and some really challenging question, its like they want to know what’s going on in your head and what kind of a person you are, really excited to get on with it!</p>
<p>how did you get your application? I really want to apply but can’t find the app!</p>
<p>Hey I just joined the thread, but I am SUPER excited to apply to UWC!! For the USA applicants the website says the application is supposed to be out by the end of october… which is today. But it’s not out yet - has anyone found it?</p>
<p>@criver12 see apollo6’s post - it’s likely that the app might come out in a few days instead. I’m super excited too, so it’s hard to wait 
Gandalf97 is applying from India so the application is the one from the Indian National Committee - they don’t all come out at the same time.</p>
<p>In India I needed to send a DD(Demand Draft) to the UWC office and they sent me my app by post</p>
<p>That makes sense. Since the app isn’t posted yet, I’ll email after school tonight or tomorrow.</p>
<p>Let us know what you find out!</p>
<p>Sorry I go MIA for a while before I reply to anything, lol, I just check this when I’ve got tons of free time haha :P</p>
<p>@voojin: yup, there’s a girl who is ethnically Serbian, and my roommate is English American but she lives in Serbia I’m not taking any art subjects because I have absolutely no talent whatsoever in any of the arts, and I guess because i’m Asian, my parents expected me to take more traditional courses lol. Which really does suit me fine because I’m not interested or good at music or art (even though i wish i could be amazing at both haha. a girl can dream!)</p>
<p>@windowpainting: CAS at AC is basically just activities (usually during the evening after dinner) and service (you choose between Environment, Social, Outdoor, and Global). You stay with the service (also called a ‘faculty’) for your two years here. I’m currently in the environment faculty, so we do raised beds, planting in a greenhouse/polytunnel, constructing another greenhouse, clearing branches, preparing an area for soft fruits, and we just made an herb garden, basically. For social you do residential home visits and/or you help with young children with disabilities. I’m not entirely sure what global does (people don’t like it because the system is actually completely changed from last year… they’ve just been ‘discussing’ for a really long time now, but they haven’t done much). For outdoor, people do climbing, surfing, kayaking, etc. It sounds great but Welsh weather makes it super cold, haha.
For activities you sign up for your top 6 choices for the semester, and every five weeks they give you 2 of those choices (so basically you get 4 ‘official’ activities per semester) but you can join most activities unofficially. I’m <em>officially</em> in MSF and AC News Network, and I’m <em>unofficially</em> in MUN. There are some activities that you can’t join unofficially but those are mostly the staff-led ones, rather than the student-led ones.</p>
<p>Lol, what do students do on weekends!! There’s ‘sosh’ every Friday and Saturday, which is like an hour of dancing haha. A lot of students like heading down to the pub, some to drink, some to socialize – it’s mostly just a place where you hang out and if you like to drink, drink, if you don’t, nobody cares, haha. I haven’t been to the pub before so I don’t know what it 's like there but i hear the sticky toffee pudding is really good. there isn’t really much to do on weekends, but classes end at 5 on fridays… i usually just chill out, and do some homework on fridays; i take it easy. on saturday mornings i do some more homework, i go into llantwit (the local village) in the afternoon to buy some groceries, then i come back and i maybe do some more homework or play piano (haha what an asian i know lol) but i try to make my own dinner every saturday night. i probably head over to another house on a saturday night to find some people to just sit with so i’m not a lonely person 
on sunday mornings i go to church and it really varies what i do in the afternoon… probably more homework haha. lol don’t worry, there actually isn’t much homework here, but i like to make sure i’m on top of everything oh! sometimes on friday nights there are friday night lectures, which are pretty fun. plus the social committee often organizes some small social gathering or another, and there are often movie nights at certain houses or something. there really is a variety to choose from, and honestly, for me, that was one of the hardest things to get used to. i have basically the same amount of free time as i used to, but back home, i would use it to watch tv by myself or i would just… be alone all the time, so i felt “productive” or something but in retrospect i guess it’s just wasting my time. here, instead of being alone, there’s always something you can do, and i think that’s one of the things that overwhelmed me at first.</p>
<p>okay. sorry for the super long reply to your questions. :P</p>
<p>@xuhanwu: if you don’t live in beijing, i think you need to fly over to beijing in order to participate in the UWC open day. last year, apparently 3500 people filled in the paper application. out of those 3500, about 250 were chosen to attend the open day in beijing, and of those 250, 41 students were sent to all the UWCs. if you’re a student from a certain Suzhou school whose name I don’t know, then I think you have a huge advantage because there are 5 students from that school at AC. On the Open Day, we were split into groups and we had a scavenger hunt around beijing (so much fun), individual interviews, a group debate, written math/english test (i think it’s just to make sure you can learn in an english environment; it’s very basic and your english seems good enough haha) and a couple of other activities that i don’t quite remember. the interview questions were quite typical… i don’t remember them but they’d be something along the lines of why UWC, why do you think you’d be good for UWC/what do you think you can bring to the table… i’m really sorry i can’t remember them 
but basically i would say to just know your motivation for applying to UWC and show how it can help you, and how you can help it develop and how you can contribute. :)</p>
<p>@littleivy: Thank you for your super long reply…haha Your life there can’t attract me more. Now I’m so eager to be a member!!
I lived in Shanghai before I came to NZ. So I guess I need to fly to Beijing 2 or 3 days earlier. Luckily, I have some friends there,so I won’t be lonely those days…haha~
The number 3500 really surprises me. I didn’t know there are so many competitors in China…I hope I won’t be out in the paper selection><…
Thank you again for your reply~Now I know the process of open day and I think I have a basic idea of interview questions. Your description really helps!
My end of year exam is coming. I guess all I could do these days is to prepare for the exam and to wait for the app forms updating…X)</p>
<p>Hi 
I really want to apply to UWC, but I’ll have to wait till next year, or even the year after! I skipped a grade, but I’m gonna go back to my normal grade when I go back to the UK. It’s kinda complicated because I’m a British citizen, but I left England when I was 6 and have been living in Tunisia in North Africa ever since. So I’m kinda a mix of british and tunisian, even though both my parents are British.
Anyway, I was wondering about the application because we don’t have a great selection of EC’s and clubs here, and voluntary work is rare. I’m very active in my church and my youth groups, I take piano, and I’m class rep. I’ve done other sports clubs and stuff previously, but I’m not at the moment since we moved house. It’s hard to get very engaged in anything because we’ve moved every 2 or 3 years However, I’ve been top of my class since I started secondary, so I don’t think I’ll have any problems on the academic side of things.
It’s just that cause when I apply I’ll only have lived in the UK for a couple of months, will that affect it? When they ask about clubs and how long you’ve been doing them, will I be at a disadvantage? I’m fluent in English and French, and proficient in Spanish and Arabic, so do you think the fact that I’m not the typical British applicant increase my chances?
Thanks so much. It’s like my dream!!! But even if I did get accepted, I would need some financial support, so … :D</p>
<p>does anyone know how hard they look at your PSAT scores?</p>
<p>@HT2465 from what I’ve gathered, they look at them more as an indicator of how well you could handle the IB program - it’s part of how they look at your academics, but essays and extracurriculars are equally important. The responses to the essays really make people stand out.</p>
<p>Also - I sent a brief email a few minutes ago to ask about the app (seriously brief - i just asked if there was any more information about the application or a rough estimate of when it would become available). I haven’t gotten a response yet, obviously, but as soon as I do, I’ll report back.</p>
<p>hmmm… I just got an email bounced back that states:
“Please note that Codou Diouf is the new Registrar at the UWCUSA. Please update your email contacts to reflect the addresses below and please forward all requests to her attention.”</p>
<p>I cut out the emails so they don’t get attacked by spambots…anyway, I’m going to resend the email to the admissions one as opposed to the info one - not going to send to the registrar email because things are slightly muddled D:</p>
<p>also, sorry that I keep spamming the thread with minute updates about this. I’m a bit excited :D</p>
<p>@lunascreatures any response? I’m thinking of posting on their Facebook page, they seem to respond relatively quickly.</p>
<p>@lindzmm no response yet, no. I assume they’re not checking it on weekends, though - as for Facebook, myself and someone else posted on the Admissions for US Applicants page, and though we didn’t get a response from the page itself (again, probably since it’s the weekend), a student/alumn said that it is usually a little late.</p>
<p>Hey,
I’m from UK, I’m applying on the basis that its possible to receive a full scholarship for the two years? It’s all theoretical providing I’ve successfully been accepted to an interview ect. But anyway, I was reading trough everyone else posting and it seems you’re all pretty qualified, academically and on a personal level regarding being a well rounded character and all that, which leaves me thinking that What do I have to bring to uwc? Are they looking for people that are enthusiastic with the movement and its beliefs or just academic children whom mummy and daddy have manufactured into being perfect candidates haha (prejudices aside).</p>
<p>Also, I wanted to point this out:</p>
<p>[United</a> World Colleges - Cover Page](<a href=“http://app.uwc-usa.org/cover.htm]United”>http://app.uwc-usa.org/cover.htm)
I don’t remember how I found this site, but it’s obviously the one used for applications. It’s still set up with the cover letter from last year, and I assume once it is updated the link will be posted to the main UWC site. I wouldn’t use the “please click here to register and login” thing, though, because it’s either still set up for last year or not active at all…just seems like a bad idea.</p>
<p>Anyway, there’s no real reason that I’m posting the link other than “OOH LOOK AT THIS THING I FOUND”. I guess it’s another site to monitor constantly 
when the date changes, the official announcement should be soon to follow.</p>
<p>These post will look ridiculous in a few months, I realize. I’m just very excited about anything that has to do with this :)</p>
<p>Hi!
I’m from Mexico and applied two years ago, but ended up being a Quarter Finalist… and my sister’s applying this year.
I was wondering, from reading this thread, how does your application process work? I think the Mexican process is horrible, but IDK… please, I’m confused!</p>
<p>@JrrTolken I’d definitely lean towards people who show clear enthusiasm and interest in the movement. From what I’ve gathered from what alumni/current students have said, academics and extracurriculars don’t hurt, but they won’t get the applicant anywhere unless he/she has an understanding of and belief in the movement.</p>