<p>@emmy0126, I am happy that you found this thread as well! For me it is so nice to ‘talk’ to people with similar plans for the next two years. 
And I totally agree with garyoak.
When I first heard of UWCs my dream was Atlantic college as well. But it has changed since. I have more UWCs ahed of Atlantic on my imaginary list and I changed the order as I got to know the others. I still believe that your co-years are the most important factor. I would be extremely happy and grateful at any of the USCs but for my future Adriatic would be the best. :)</p>
<p>Yeah, and there will be awesome people at all of them so you don’t have to worry about that :)</p>
<p>@garyoak just wondering… when does your year at UWC start? And when are the holidays during the school year? :P</p>
<p>Ahh! This is so comforting to hear guys! Thank you
@garyoak, upon reading your blog, I fell in love with Mahindra again…back to the top of that imaginary list I’m going to have to stalk you via blog to keep up with your indian adventures! 8 days until you’re off! ahhh! deep breaths!</p>
<p>@MilanoMetro: At Mahindra, first years are arriving on the 19th and the 20th, second years will have already been there for 2 weeks. 18 Oct - 27 Oct will be project week, 1-5 Nov is Diwali Break, 6 Dec - 5 Jan is Christmas break (You have to be off campus, a lot of people go home, or go and visit friends in neighboring countries), 24 -27 Jan is an exeat (long weekend), 21-23 Feb is an exeat, 7-16 March is travel week and 4-6 is an exeat Graduation is on the 23rd of May. </p>
<p>@emmy0126: Great! I’m pretty nervous but feel more sure of my decision every day. Maybe this time next year you’re be preparing to leave too :)</p>
<p>@garyoak and @emmy0126: Mahindra was in my top three on my application last year! For me, part of what would make UWC such an amazing thing would be experiencing a culture and country that is vastly different from my own! That’s definitely one of the reasons I fell in love with Mahindra.</p>
<p>Are you reapplying this year? Yeah, that’s what I love about it too.</p>
<p>Yep! I plan to reapply this year! I’ve heard that in the US anyway, sophomores very rarely even get an interview, so I’m hoping for the best this time around. Oh, and congrats on being accepted. It’s so amazing that you got in and are off to India so soon!</p>
<p>Great to see you already have a thread for 2014! I applied this year through my national committee, and was fortunate enough to be offered a place at LPC </p>
<p>Some of you discussed college preferences - just a tip: keep an open mind and look into all of them. Don’t be dead set on any single college. </p>
<p>And don’t be too worried about applications at this stage, you really don’t need to spend <em>that</em> much time writing them. It’s more about content than the way it’s presented. Instead of spending hours upon hours writing it, spend hours upon hours doing things you can write about. I wrote the majority of my application during the last few days before the deadline. But I had some interesting things to write about, for example having competed at international university level competitions in something I had been doing for only six months. If you don’t already have some strong ECs, find something you really like and start doing it :)</p>
<p>@Lidreg, thank you for your advice! LPC is awesome I really love that College but my mum thinks it is too far and she doesn’t really want to let me that far. But I think once I am away form home it doesn’t really matter how far I am but unfortunately she doesn’t think so. 
Lidreg and garyoak could you please send links for your co-years or second years blogs’? I only know your blog garyoak from this year. I found quite a lot but those are mainly form 2008-2011 or older.</p>
<p>I personally did spend quite a lot of time on my application. Because I really love writing, I made certain parts of the application into a form of poetry to reflect it and I had to find a good balance so it was still easy and concise to read. I agree content is more important but you can use the space you are given! Many of my friends just made lists when asked what extra curricular sports they did or what creative activities. Everyone that I know got shortlisted had very in depth application that worked the most with the number of words allowed. At the same time, everyone works at different speeds and whether you need several months or several days is something you will know best! </p>
<p>Make sure you don’t resume-build in this 4-6-month crunch before applications go in. It probably seems like a really good idea now to sign up for all sorts of ec’s in school but they want you to show that you are committed and passionate. Getting more involved and doing a better job in a few things is so much better than doing many separate things because you end up getting spread so thin. It’s not really sincere and doesn’t reflect what you are passionate about, and going with your gut and telling the committee why YOU are an ideal candidate gives you so much more of a chance then telling them what you think they want to hear. Keep in mind they get many, many applications, every year. Quite a lot of the time people say the same things. Be specific and creative! Be yourself, that’s the best thing you can do. They of course look for achievements and talent, just like any other school or college they want people who can represent them, but they also want people with a drive to make a change. </p>
<p>A UWC application is more than a 6-month time period despite when that’s when you actually write it. You draw on everything you’ve experienced and been involved with or started.</p>
<p>Some of my second years have regularly updated blogs. At this point many of my co-years started one but it remains to be seen if they stick to it! 
Here are the better ones:</p>
<p>Alisha (Mahindra) - nomadicstability.■■■■■■■■■■ (2nd year)
Pauline (Mahindra) - paulinestas.blogspot.com (2nd year)
Erika (Pearson) - thepearsonspirit.■■■■■■■■■■■■■ (1st year)
Lam (Mahindra) - [url=<a href=“http://lintiassa.blogspot.ca/]Pune”>http://lintiassa.blogspot.ca/]Pune</a> 412 108, India<a href=“1st%20year”>/url</a>. She’s Finnish and her blog is also in finnish, but if you just put google translate on the job you understand most of it :)</p>
<p>Thank you so much garyoak!</p>
<p>Hey guys! I’m also applying for 2014 and I wanted to know if you thought I might have a chance. I live in France and speak fluent english and french, but I also speak very good german. I have quite a few ec such as MUN, I ski at a high level, I am regional champion for various strokes in swimming and I play the piano. Regarding my grades, I had a 17.5/20 in the “brevet” which is the equivalent of the gcse’s here in france and could easily be compared to straight A* in the uk. My dream is to go to a UWC school since I found out about them 3 years ago, and I really hope I’ll succeed! My top choices are (in order): HK, the UK, Italy, Singapore and Bosnia. I forgot to mention that I would be applying for a scholarship as I cant really afford the whole tuition, I know it will affect me getting a place, but to what extent? Thanks so much for your help!</p>
<p>@MediDuet, when I was applying to boarding schools, distance was an issue for my mom for certain schools I was applying to and my argument was the same as yours- No matter what college you go to, in 99% of the cases you are still a plane ride or super long car ride away from home! Although we don’t recognize it as so, this is a life changing (and sometimes earth shattering 
) for parents as well! They are losing their babies to a school= scary anxiety-provoking stuff! BUT! With that said, my guess is that your mom will warm up to LPC+friends with time and luckily, we have a whole bunch of time between now and the spring! So don’t worry! </p>
<p>@flynnchristie, you sound just as fabulous as everybody else on here! </p>
<p>and! @garyoak, thanks for being a little UWC encyclopedia. so very helpful!</p>
<p>Hi! I’m applying for 2014 and I haven’t known yet which college is the best for me. I think if I get the scholarship, I won’t grumble and I will go to this school, where I get in All colleges are great!
My parents also not want me to attend e.g. LPC or MUWCI because of distance. But I will talk with them after I get a scholarship if I get it. I can’t wait for applications process!
MediDuet typed that there were bad application ratio-only 6 out of 239 students for the 2013 year. In Poland there were 300 students and only 4 got scholarships! Last year there were more students but less than 400 and 5 people got scholarships. But our national committee give also scholarships to private schools in UK and last year 12 people got them. So, I’m very nervous because of this!</p>
<p>@garyoak; I very much agree with you, especially on the resume building. Reading back my previous post I realize it might have come off as if I encouraged it - that certainly wasn’t how I meant it. The committees will see right through the attempts of “beefing up your resume”, and anyways it’s (mostly) commitment that they’re looking for in ECs. However, if you do find something that you’re genuinely passionate about, it’s pretty surprising to see how much can be accomplished, even in a short period of time. </p>
<p>@flynnchristie; I’d say, based on the info you posted here, that you have a good shot at getting in. But, then again, UWC admissions is much more than grades and achievements. Personality and character usually play a very big role too, and they’re impossible to evaluate here. The extent to which these will effect the admissions process depends on your national committee. Some are very, very achievement-oriented, whereas many put as much, if not more, weight to “who you are”.</p>
<p>Not being able to pay shouldn’t have an adverse effect on your chances of getting in. However, getting in ≠ having enough money to pay for it. Scholarship policies vary hugely, in some countries everyone gets a full scholarship automatically, in some places scholarships are awarded on the basis of financial need, and in some places it’s merit-based. If I were you, I’d contact current/former students from France and ask them.</p>
<p>@flynnchristie You sound like a really interesting candidate. Do you have any idea of how many people apply and how many places there are in France? Also, I am fluent in both English and French (with some Spanish and Arabic) and I got 17.5/20 in my Brevet too! I think academically you are definitely fine, and your ECs sound really cool too.</p>
<p>Also, if anyone interested in AC wants to read some blog entries, on their site they have lots of students blogs which each tell you about a day at the college. It’s pretty cool: [Student</a> Diary Blogs 2013](<a href=“StackPath”>StackPath)</p>
<p>@Lidreg, I totally agree with you. You can progress extremely lot in a short periode of time if you like what you are doing and you really want it. I know because I have experienced it.
@Pashay, thank you very much for the link, I have read tons of diary blogs like this at national committee sites and college sites even at the site of AC but I haven’t ‘met’ with these blogs before.</p>
<p>@Pashay, after reading the first few ones I got to those which I’ve read previously. They have uploaded new ones and that’s why it was unfamiliar at first. Thank you again! :)</p>