UWC Applicants for the 2013 school year!

Applying to College
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<p>Just a general question- has everyone from this forum applying through the British National Committee gotten an interview? If you guys started a list, that would be amazing! </p>

<p>And @lindzmm- same boat as you. It feels like this will be the deciding moment. And from looking back on old e-mails, most of them have been anywhere from 4-7pm. I’m hoping that’s what they’ll do this time, because I can just envision getting an e-mail saying that I haven’t been offered an interview in the middle of AP US History and melting down haha.</p>

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<p>@stuffzhappenin i applied directly to UWC USA because i’m an American citizen, although i’m currently living in India! My choices are UWC USA, Adriatic, Singapore, Atlantic, Li Po Chun. I too wouldn’t mind going anywhere really! just waiting to find out if i’ve gotten an interview :stuck_out_tongue: congratulations on your interview! you must be really happy :)</p>

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<p>We (me and Jonny) have made a facebook page for people from the UK who got in! <a href=“UWC GB 2013 Interviewees | Facebook”>UWC GB 2013 Interviewees | Facebook;
Me, Jonny and stuffz are on it along with about three others so far :)</p>

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<p>@kyraerika good luck!! And good luck to all still waiting xxx</p>

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<p>@applesauce21 thankyou! congratulation for getting an interview :smiley: so jealous of you guys right now :p</p>

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<p>Good luck to all the UWC applicants from around the world!</p>

<p>Now, a more serious topic since I am a parent of a current UWC student and an applicant: I suggest that for your own safety and best possible outcomes, you all check the privacy settings on F-book. If you set up groups it is best if you make them private groups. I don’t mean to be a downer but I care…</p>

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<p>@apollo6 how are you a parent and an applicant…?</p>

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<p>I am the parent of a current UWC student and the parent of a current applicant. Earlier in the thread there were introductions and a list of current applicants. It might be time to update the list.</p>

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<p>@apollo6 oh, sorry about that! where are your kids applying :)</p>

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<p>Apollo6, US Midwest parent of D13 UWC USA, S14 reapplying this year.
Stuffzhappenin, Sophomore (Grade 10)/Year 11(England)/Secondary 4(Scotland), British-American-Nigerian, UWCGB National Committee applicant.
Applesauce21, junior grade 11, year 12 (England), British UWC applicant
PoppyAtlas, I’m in year 12 (UK) so Junior in America and I’m a UWC GB applicant
lunascreatures, Midwest (Kansas!) 10th grade USA applicant
mirvinvitela, Midwest (Wisconsin), 11th grade (junior), USA applicant
Lindzmm, California, 10th grade (sophomore), USA applicant
v00jin, Kula, Vojvodina, Sophomore, Serbian-Croatian, Serbia applicant
Petar123, Lebane, Serbia, Sophomore, Serbian, Serbian NC applicant
Bergen, Midwest (Ohio), junior, USA applicant
knoxandonyx, midwest, junior, USA applicant</p>

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<p>I’ve been following this forum for a while and I am incredibly excited to find out wether or not I will advance to the next step!! I am cvm123, a junior (11th grade) from the USA (Ohio) and am applying through the American National Committee. Good luck to all of you!</p>

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<p>Can I be added to the list? Windowpainting16, junior from the US (California) applying for the second time through the US National Committee.</p>

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<p>Apollo6, US Midwest parent of D13 UWC USA, S14 reapplying this year.
Stuffzhappenin, Sophomore (Grade 10)/Year 11(England)/Secondary 4(Scotland), British-American-Nigerian, UWCGB National Committee applicant.
Applesauce21, junior grade 11, year 12 (England), British UWC applicant
PoppyAtlas, I’m in year 12 (UK) so Junior in America and I’m a UWC GB applicant
lunascreatures, Midwest (Kansas!) 10th grade USA applicant
mirvinvitela, Midwest (Wisconsin), 11th grade (junior), USA applicant
Lindzmm, California, 10th grade (sophomore), USA applicant
v00jin, Kula, Vojvodina, Sophomore, Serbian-Croatian, Serbia applicant
Petar123, Lebane, Serbia, Sophomore, Serbian, Serbian NC applicant
Bergen, Midwest (Ohio), junior, USA applicant
knoxandonyx, midwest, junior, USA applicant
cvm, junior (11th grade), USA (Ohio), American National Committee
Windowpainting16, junior from the US (California), US National Committee (2nd time)</p>

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<p>I reaaaally hope that they’re still announcing interviews on the 20th, not in March…
Regardless of when they announce it, I’m trying to come up with the healthiest method to cope if I get rejected, because I’m rather unhealthily obsessed with UWC. Anyone have any ideas on what they’ll do? My parents told me that they already have a strategy planned out for my mild emotional breakdown, but won’t tell me what it is XD</p>

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<p>@lunascreatures: they might buy you icecream or something :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: I know that always works for me, not sure if it’s enough to fade the disappointment resulted if anyone wasn’t accepted though…</p>

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<p>@lunascreatures: As someone who got rejected last year, I can assure you that the experience is both difficult and sad. The disappointment is as bad as you imagine it to be. After finding a place that you feel fits you perfectly, it is difficult to go back to life “without” it. However, I found that the best way for me to cope was to try to become involved in as many things at my current school as possible. I tried to live the UWC experience as much as I could, just without the UWC part. The experience has clarified a lot of what is important to me and I think I am a better person because of it. As I reapply this year, I recognize that I wasn’t really ready last year. This year had been a fantastic gift and I wouldn’t change it if I could.</p>

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<p>@lunascreatures I’m going through the same thing. I’m this weird kind of jittery, bipolar mess at the moment. I have absolutely no idea what I’ll do, and so I’m in the same boat. Currently deciding if staying home the next day and sleeping is a plausible alternative to dealing with school the next day haha.</p>

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<p>@lunascreatures. I have been thinking about this way too much, in part because I don’t think I will get it, especially compared to all you amazing people. I think it’s a pretty good plan, if you’d like to subscibe. </p>

<p>My Wondiferous 10-Step Back-Up Plan (which ironically does not include making up any more new words, and is not technically 10 steps unless you, too, are a junior like me) is as such: </p>

<ol>
<li>Feel incredibly disappointed in myself for 15 minutes. (Because maybe I could’ve worked harder, somehow.) </li>
<li>Feel incredibly sad in general for another 15 minutes. (Because it was a dream, and after all, I did work hard on my application.)</li>
<li>Stop moping around because even though it would have been a dream come true, my life will not end because I didn’t get into UWC, and I better toughen myself up, gosh darn it. There are other ways to experience the world, and feeling sorry for myself is not one of them.</li>
<li>Go get a brownie and wallow for a little longer, because I really did dream about going to a UWC. </li>
<li>Realize that the position went to one of you other fabulous people that I know and love (even though I really don’t “know” you, and so technically, love is not exactly feasible, although that’s a philosophical debate for another time). </li>
<li>Remember that it is probably someone way more qualified than I am, because maybe the UWC is looking for someone different than who I am, and that’s okay, because I am proud of who I am, and if it isn’t meant to be, it just isn’t meant to be. </li>
<li>Hope that it went to someone less fortunate than I am, who maybe would never be able to do as much without this opportunity, because I do come from a comfortable life, and I know that eventually, I will be able to experience the world, if not as quickly as I would like. </li>
<li>Repeat Step 4, because I really really really am still disappointed. </li>
<li>Apply for a summer program somewhere. I do love languages, so it’ll probably have something to do with that … I can’t speak for your interests, though. </li>
<li>Start planning a gap year to somewhere fabulous! </li>
</ol>

<p>(11. I am not a sophmore, but if you are, plan to apply next year! :] ) </p>

<p>TWO DAYS AND COUNTING, GUYS!</p>

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<p>@UWCian aha, yes, the perfect plan!
@windowpainting I hope that if rejected I figure out something great to do instead, like you did - it’s a bit hard for me to imagine what that would be, though, since I’m moving after this school year and don’t know anything about opportunities I could find or create in Virginia. Anyway, thank you for your perspective :slight_smile:
@mirvinvitela yeah, I’m definitely sensing not-going-to-school as a probable outcome :stuck_out_tongue:
@knoxandonyx that sounds fabulous. and very similar to what I’ll probably do, though I don’t have it written out in wonderful steps. I should probably do that :D</p>

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<p>Guys… you should be positive (Y) I know I don’t personally know you, but after talking with you, I feel that you are all spectacular individuals that deserve getting a spot in UWC, even if it’s very unlikely, or even impossible, that everyone on this forum will get in. If you don’t get in, that probably means that UWC wasn’t suitable for you or fate has other plans for you ;D</p>