A couple people have been asking me lately how I found out about UWC and what made me apply as many of them had never heard of UWC before. Well, neither did I until around October/November time. One of my best friends from school Holly, had heard about Atlantic college in Llantwit Major, but we both thought it was just a really good reguar private school. How wrong were we! My form teacher Mrs Perdue then looked into arranging a trip down to Atlantic college to take a look around. So we did just that, a few students along with Mrs Perdue took a trip down to the college along with another local comprehensive school. It was there I discovered the amazing UWC.
One of the English teachers and a few of the first years showed us around the campus and explained the UWC to us. I absolutely fell in love with the idea of attending a UWC as their beliefs and ethics mirrored my own. Mrs Perdue turned to me at one point in the trip and said "Can you imagine yourself here?", and just like in cartoons I had a light-bulb moment that this is now the direction that I want to take my life in. On the journey home the other students and I were thinking about applying, but for a number of reasons I was the only person from my school to end up applying. Mrs Perdue instantly said she would do my reference needed for my application. But as I have said a thousand times never did I expect to get in!
So it was completely by chance that I heard about UWC and its really thanks to Mrs Perdue for organising the trip and for guiding me to apply that I got in. So thank you Mrs Perdue!
One of the English teachers and a few of the first years showed us around the campus and explained the UWC to us. I absolutely fell in love with the idea of attending a UWC as their beliefs and ethics mirrored my own. Mrs Perdue turned to me at one point in the trip and said "Can you imagine yourself here?", and just like in cartoons I had a light-bulb moment that this is now the direction that I want to take my life in. On the journey home the other students and I were thinking about applying, but for a number of reasons I was the only person from my school to end up applying. Mrs Perdue instantly said she would do my reference needed for my application. But as I have said a thousand times never did I expect to get in!
So it was completely by chance that I heard about UWC and its really thanks to Mrs Perdue for organising the trip and for guiding me to apply that I got in. So thank you Mrs Perdue!
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