UWC applicants for 2020

Thank you so much for creating this! I'm thinking of applying and it would be so great to have people to talk to about it!

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Which national committee will you be applying to? I'll be applying to GB. I wish I could start on the essays but I have no idea what the questions are and they don't come out until August. In terms of extra-curricular activities I take dance lessons, play clarinet (taking my grade 8 exam this month), I go to rangers and am a young leader at Brownies, help at messy church and this year I joined lacrosse club at school (I'm not very good though lol). I am also doing DofE and World Challenge. What about you?

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OP

I will also be applying to the GB committee (hopefully that means we’ll see each other at interviews :h:

). I really want to start the essays as well and wish they would release them, however I have been looking through previous years threads to see what the questions are like and thinking of what I might do. As for extracurricular I don’t have as many continuous ones as other people as I have had to move countries quite a lot (father in military), but I volunteer at my local library, am a student librarian and help children with lower reading ages to improve, founded and run a debate society in my school for younger students, was a scout until I had to quit, will have completed my DofE by the time applications open and I am part of a group at school aimed at promoting the United Nations convention on the rights of the child. I do take part in sports but none very consistently so I couldn’t list any particular clubs.

Original post by JasmineNPH

Which national committee will you be applying to? I'll be applying to GB. I wish I could start on the essays but I have no idea what the questions are and they don't come out until August. In terms of extra-curricular activities I take dance lessons, play clarinet (taking my grade 8 exam this month), I go to rangers and am a young leader at Brownies, help at messy church and this year I joined lacrosse club at school (I'm not very good though lol). I am also doing DofE and World Challenge. What about you?

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I think that's really great! And wow, moving countries and experiencing many cultures must have been so interesting. That is surely something interesting to put in your application! I'm also eager to make a start on the essays, as I know how much I tend to mull over things 😂

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Which schools are you particularly interested in? Will you be looking to get a scholarship?

Reply 6

OP

I mean I would love to be accepted to any of them but the main issue is scholarship. I think I probably wouldn’t be able to get that much scholarship though so I’m just applying to the European ones. I really like UWC Maastricht but that’s mainly because I lived near there and speak semi-fluent Dutch/ would like to relearn. However I think I would be best suited to UWCRCN because I love the location and campus and they do a couple of skiing events which I love. However I think if we get in the selection committee will probably put us in the one we’ll do best in even if we may not have considered it.

Original post by JasmineNPH

Which schools are you particularly interested in? Will you be looking to get a scholarship?

Reply 7

OP

Which schools are you thinking of? Also I was wondering if you know any of the statistics about what household income would get what amount of scholarship? I mean you might not even need scholarship, but I haven’t been able to find much information on it

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Original post by MadeliefjeHolmes

I mean I would love to be accepted to any of them but the main issue is scholarship. I think I probably wouldn’t be able to get that much scholarship though so I’m just applying to the European ones. I really like UWC Maastricht but that’s mainly because I lived near there and speak semi-fluent Dutch/ would like to relearn. However I think I would be best suited to UWCRCN because I love the location and campus and they do a couple of skiing events which I love. However I think if we get in the selection committee will probably put us in the one we’ll do best in even if we may not have considered it.

Yeah I think RCN looks great too. Well, tbh I'd be so happy to get into any. I feel like the European ones would probably be easier financially though.

Reply 9

overthinqueen

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Oh Lord, now that I've read the replies above I feel so insecure cause I haven't done as much.. I've volunteered at my local rehabilitation centre for children (for 9 months but I don't think it's enough) and took part in MUN and I'm a part of my school's volleyball team. I'm also doing DofE but I don't think I'll be able to finish it before the applications begin. I used to play the piano (I finished music school) but haven't played it in 2 years so I'm not sure whether I should include it too..

(edited 4 years ago)

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Original post by overthinqueen

Oh Lord, now that I've read the replies above I feel so insecure cause I haven't done as much.. I've volunteered at my local rehabilitation centre for children (for 9 months but I don't think it's enough) and took part in MUN and I'm a part of my school's volleyball team. I'm also doing DofE but I don't think I'll be able to finish it before the applications begin. I used to play the piano (I finished music school) but haven't played it in 2 years so I'm not sure whether I should include it too..

Don't worry, what you've done sounds great! Extra curriculars are only one of the things they take into consideration. Glad to hear from another person applying 😊

Reply 11

peachpit

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you guys have all done so much! i did netball for a year and scouts for 2, but bc of finances i haven’t really done much lately :frown:

i do attend the youth climate strikes and im a representative for my school, and i help out in my schools art club and take part in the school plays, do you think that’s enough? volunteering hasn’t been possible for me because my local area only takes over 16s, and the other spots have been taken by DofE participants (couldn’t do it bc i couldn’t afford it & only 60 people were picked from my school at random)

(edited 4 years ago)

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Original post by peachpit

you guys have all done so much! i did netball for a year and scouts for 2, but bc of finances i haven’t really done much lately :frown:

i do attend the youth climate strikes and im a representative for my school, and i help out in my schools art club and take part in the school plays, do you think that’s enough? volunteering hasn’t been possible for me because my local area only takes over 16s, and the other spots have been taken by DofE participants (couldn’t do it bc i couldn’t afford it & only 60 people were picked from my school at random)

Dw, as long as ur passionate about the uwc movement, u will be fine. Anyways, I'm sure they take financial situations into consideration.

Reply 13

vivadelete17

hey guys im the gb student at pearson just here to say if yall are interested theres 4 uwc info days coming up: (actually the Birmingham one has already passed, was on the 15th june yeet), newcastle 22nd, london 22nd (i’ll be there too lmao hmu), and york 29th june. im p sure u can find more info on the uwc gb website too.

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OP