Acceptance Rates of UWCs

Prep School Admissions
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<p>Anyone know?
Specifically UWC-USA and Li Po Chun UWC.</p>

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<p>Here’s my knowledge (to be clear, admissions for US citizens): There about 300-400 US applicants. 100 make it to the second stage, interviews. 50 are accepted to the UWC movement as a whole, without regard to their specific UWC location preference. Then, the US committee assigns the 50 applicants to specific UWC locations. 25 go to Armand Hammer (in New Mexico), around 8 go to the Atlantic College, and the rest are spread out to the others. So, around 1 in 8 applicants are accepted and then there’s a 50% chance of Armand Hammer and a much smaller chance for anywhere else.</p>

<p>As a side note, when are they every going to release their application! It’s October already! (haha I’m so impatient due to my excitement)</p>

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<p>Thanks a lot :)… What if one is not the citizen of a country in which he/she resides?</p>

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<p>"I am a citizen/national of a country I no longer live in, and reside in a country I am not a citizen of. What National Committee should I contact if I want to apply to UWC?</p>

<pre><code>* First you should contact the National Committee in the country where you live and ask if they accept applications from non-nationals.

  • If the National Committee tells you it is unable to consider your application because you are not a national/citizen, contact the National Committee of the country where you are a national/citizen.
  • If neither National Committee is able to accept your application, please contact the UWC International Office for more information and guidance.
  • Please ensure that you provide sufficient time to make these enquiries in order to avoid missing an application deadline."
    </code></pre>

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<p>I’m not sure of the acceptance rates for other NCs and it would depend on which country you were able to apply through. Also, for some, UWC’s you can apply directly (including LPC), but I would imagine the acceptance rate would be lower and I don’t think there would be scholarships available in that case.</p>

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<p>Thanks, that helps :)</p>

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<p>What exactly is UWC? I’ve never heard of it before. Is it like a summer college or something, or is it basically like high school or something?</p>

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<p>You can apply as a 16 or 17 year old (sophomore/junior). If admitted, you go for 2 years (either your junior/senior years or senior/extra years) and get an IB diploma. There are 14 locations around the world (such as USA, Costa Rica, South Africa, China, Wales, Italy, etc.). They have kids from basically everywhere, but English is the main language. Many scholarships are available. </p>

<p>imo, a UWC is essentially heaven lol</p>