UWC Applicants for the 2013 school year!

<p>Mm…If you were to rank the UWCs purely by the food made in their native area, where would you guys most want to go? (I’m getting better at thinking of questions!)</p>

<p>Italy!! Mmm, gelato! Then probably China, but I feel like the Chinese food that I like is a worlds apart from what is actually eaten in China. Then maybe India, but the same goes for this one. Hmm, thats a hard one!</p>

<p>I’m definitely with lindzmm on that one! Gelato is heaven, plus I adore lasagne my favorite Italian dish ever! If I had to rank them, it would be Hong Kong because of the massive variety japanese-Chinese-German they’ve got it, then Italy because durp a durp no brainer, India curry is a staple food where I live and lastly Costa Rica me likely the Mexican and Latin food.</p>

<p>India (Love the spicy food!), Italy (Pastas, gelatos, need I say more?), Costa Rica, umm? How is the food in the UK? American is nothing special in my mind. I wonder what the food in Swaziland or Bosnia is like …</p>

<p>I’d go Italy first as well, then USA actually (because of the Southwestern food! mm :D), then…Costa Rica, perhaps, because FRUIT. Then India, Hong Kong, and Wales are basically tied (for some reason I like UK food, even though it’s not that different from food here. But I’ll make myself a full English breakfast whenever I have all the ingredients and the time, for example).</p>

<p>I would have to say Hong Kong first since the food there looks AMAZING in pictures. Then perhaps the USA/canada in a sentimental way since I miss them. Uhhhhhh then India I think. </p>

<p>English and Italian food probably last for me, but you never know I could be wrong haha. And I don’t know enough about the rest to say!</p>

<p>@Knoxandonyx day to day English food is very multicultural like any other country with a large immigrant population, and I love that. But very traditional food is like roast dinner, shepherds pies, others pies, pasties, beer…most people love it but since I don’t like pastry my options are pretty limited XD oh and chutney, crumble, custard and flaming Christmas pudding</p>

<p>@applesauce21 Aye, don’t forget yer Haggis and yer Black pudding! There’s also this tendency to deep fry things in Scotland, for example: the deep fried mars bar, deep fried pizza and deep fried whatever. Then there’s mince and tatties (ground beef and potatoes) and stovies (mixed potatoes and beef with a biscuit on top).</p>

<p>Haha the deep fried mars bar is legend in our house. A tale once told to us by Glaswegian friends. But the legend be true! :P</p>

<p>Hi I’m Mario from Lebanon. I’ll be applying very soon. I don’t really have any preferences about which UWC I want to go to. I just have a few questions about life style at the colleges?</p>

<p>Where do you exactly do your personal stuff for example: Cutting your hair, Washing your clothes and such. </p>

<p>Thanks :)</p>

<p>@mayosauce Hello fellow sauce person :stuck_out_tongue: you have dorms which you share with two other people, and then either bathroom in the dorm or in the do building i suppose</p>

<p>Ahh thank you :). Are they strict about staying on campus or…</p>

<p>Hey there! I’m from Bangladesh and I’m applying for the 2013 session. My preferences were UWC-USA, UWCSEA or adriatic, but they offer any one, from the NC, so I have options between Mahindra and LPC, and I was wondering if anyone could help me out? Just some general info about LPC or Mahindrah that doesn’t apply to the other UWC’s and/or sets it apart?<br>
Also, Is there anyone else on the forum applying to Either of those UWC’s for the coming session?
Thanks!</p>

<p>Well, I would love to go to LPC above all, but in my country we apply to the national committee not the individual colleges, so I’m not sure what you mean - sorry ><
@mayosauce it depends on the college. Some like in Singapore and the Netherlands have multiple campuses and so you HAVE to leave haha. And some a part of a city/community which you mingle with (LPC and Italy). Others are very isolated (RNCUWC) so for your own safety you probably stick retry close to campus</p>

<p>Same here; we apply to the National Committee, too. Only we have to list our preferences in order from the options given, and since I was thinking of applying to the NC for LPC, I was just wondering if anyone else was too? Since different NC’s provide different options to its students… :)</p>

<p>I would love to be able to show preference haha, but I think I’d have to get I interview stage (HA!) to even have the possibility of the luxury</p>

<p>However for me, I love the LPC location, ethos, food, building, subjects, volunteering opportunities, creative opportunities, school trips, Asian cultures, Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters, religions, psychology, history, politics, economics and people. So yeah: id like to go there most XD</p>

<p>I’ve been checking this forum daily since like day one, I was considering participating in the conversation back then but the application process hasn’t started yet in my country, not until now. However, the application will soon be published so I guess I am allowed to be excited now :smiley: regarding the food, I already know that the food in ac isn’t good, with students commenting that the food in the prison nearby is probably better. In CR and LPC, I heard the food is good. In PC, it’s traditional, they do eat fish a lot. That’s all I can remember for now…</p>

<p>Applesauce: Ahh, I see. Thanks for explaining that. :slight_smile: And yeah! Same here; I love Asian cultures too! What would your second choice be after, LPC? :slight_smile:
UWcian: Lol, same here. My country’s process only just started as well, so I decided that I could contribute to the forum now. :stuck_out_tongue: What are your preferences? :)</p>

<p>The USA I think. I know I’d rather not go to the schools which aren’t just for UWC kids. But who knows haha - maybe I’m being silly</p>

<p>Oh, and welcome to the forum UWCian! Where are you from?</p>