UWC Applicants for the 2013 school year!

Applying to College
801

<p>I got this huge box of chocolates from See’s on Valentines day that have been sitting in my room, but I’m working on my self control and I’ve yet to have any… If I’m rejected, I’m sure the whole box will be gone in no time ;)</p>

<p>But I totally agree with UWCian! You guys should be positive! I have so much faith in all of you. You’re all going to change the world, I’m sure of it. Weather UWC is going to be a stepping stone in you doing it or not, I know you can! </p>

<p>Sometimes I sit and think to myself: what more could I possibly do? I give up so much of my time to doing community service and I love doing it. All the things I’ve done over the summer, and awards I’ve won. I don’t have a perfect GPA, but it’s still pretty good, and I work my but off. What more could I possibly do? But then I start thinking about you guys and how perfect you all are and I wonder how I could possibly get in when I’m being compared to all of you. </p>

<p>Whenever I have those moments I listen to this song because it makes me realize that anything, and I mean ANYTHING is possible. If you set your mind to it, which I know all of you have been doing, then you are going to succeed. I don’t mean to say that all of you will get in, because it might not be possible, but that doesn’t mean that you aren’t succeeding. You will get the chance to travel. You will get the chance to live and study abroad, you will get the chance to change the world, just keep working towards it. It WILL come. </p>

<p>I believe in each and every one of you and I hope that you all get in. Just remember, you’re NOT a lunatic for wanting and believing in this.</p>

<p>I think I’ve posted this song here before but I think it’s super inspirational so give it a listen if you want :)</p>

<p>It’s been my theme song throughout this whole process </p>

<p>[Andy</a> Grammer - Lunatic (Lyrics) - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>

<p>I wish the best to all of you. Whatever happens over the next couple of days, don’t be discouraged. You are all fabulous people!</p>

802

<p>Oh, wow. That post was inspirational in and of itself! Thank you so much, and know that that post is a perfect example of why you deserve to get in. I’m starting to feel that I really don’t do all that I could in terms of living the UWC ideas, and that scares me because of how much I identify with its ideals, but I will do more whether or not I get in. You (and the rest of this thread!) really do fit UWC so well. Good luck to everyone!</p>

<p>On a lighter note, your theme song for this process is so much more inspirational/meaningful than mine :stuck_out_tongue: I had two songs on repeat while writing my application, and I cannot for the life of me explain to you why it was these two songs and why in this combination, because they don’t go together at all and I didn’t even really like them until I started writing to them: Radioactive by Imagine Dragons and Good Time by Owl City/Carly Rae Jepsen. Weird. But they helped me write!</p>

803

<p>@lunascreatures Aww thank you so much! And yeah, haha I have such a soft spot for Andy Grammer… probably because my first real date was to his concert haha (Yayy for awkward first dates :p), but I also LOVE both those songs!!</p>

804

<p>Sooooo, can anyone else not sleep due to the excitement/anxiety/thrill/nervousness? Haha</p>

805

<p>Hey guys! I’ve actually been reading this thread bordering on obsessively for the last couple of days. I’m from the Netherlands and live in Canada and sent in my application a couple of days ago. Wanted to be a part of this support group, I guess :slight_smile: i have around 6 of my friends also applying, all of them close ones, so its really hard for me talk about the application with them sometimes because there’s a lot of mixed emotions going around. We’re all really excited and I know that we will be thrilled if any of us gets an interview, but I have to be honest; sometimes it’s hard to talk about with people so close to you, as exciting as it is to be going through it together … anyway. That’s my reason for being here. In a very wordy way.</p>

<p>Also, I saw that some of you are interesting in going to Pearson! I live literally 30 minutes away from Campus and because of some very strong connections to staff have spent loads of time there. Ask me any questions, if you have any! I read that one of the reasons you want to come here is because of the natural beauty; I’m so happy you think that! I personally love it here and I’m glad that this island, small as it is, isn’t completely overlooked :slight_smile: </p>

<p>Haha, as well… earlier in the thread some of you were saying that Pearson is in Vancouver. it’s actually on Vancouver Island, a reasonably big/small (whatever your comparison is) island off the coast, surrounded by the Gulf Islands, which are smaller islands mostly inhabited by hippies and seniors. We kind of love our nature here, seeing as my riding was the only one to elect someone from the Green Party to parliament!
Gotta say I’m pretty proud to live here :)</p>

<p>On another note, just a little about me; I’m originally from the Netherlands, but since my parents, especially my mom works all over the place (mostly international education and IB) we moved to Canada when I was 9 for the adventure and a change of scenery, so now I have double citizenship and am trilingual.</p>

806

<p>This is such a strange coincidence but when the app came out, I was at the orthodontist. Tomorrow I am going to be at the orthodontist again. I’m not a big believer in superstitions or anything, but maybe this is a sign? I just think it’s really weird…</p>

807

<p>@lindzmm are you sure that the results are coming out tomorrow? and also, goodluck to everyone who’s applied :D</p>

808

<p>I’m loving watching the number of people on this thread grow! I’m sure a huge number of you will get in :D</p>

809

<p>What time did your applications go online? I think Canada’s was one of the last ones</p>

810

<p>@kyraerika No, they’re supposed to be out by tomorrow, so it’s possible… We’ll see. I’ll bet they’re actually out by Friday, Feb. 22nd</p>

811

<p>@lindzmm i’m thinking of calling UWC USA right now :stuck_out_tongue: what do you think?</p>

812

<p>That sounds like a really good idea!!!</p>

813

<p>okay gonna do it now! i’ll tell you guys what they tell me in 5 minutes :)</p>

814

<p>Thanks :slight_smile: I wish I could call, but I am on my lunch break at school and we cannot make phone calls :(</p>

815

<p>i’m all the way in India! i hope they don’t get annoyed at me :P</p>

816

<p>Well, it’s almost 10:30am their time so you should be okay :)</p>

817

<p>Are you guys from the US?</p>

818

<p>I am (eastern standard time too).</p>

819

<p>I CALLED! but it went on the answering machine :(</p>

820

<p>@cvm123 maybe you can call when you get home? cus i’ll be asleep because of the time difference :p</p>