C@UWCHRLNESS OFFLINE APPLICATION 2017 UWC APPLICATION INSTRUCTION IMPORTANT NOTE: There are two ways to submit the UWC application for intake year 2017: ONLINE and OFFLINE. ‘Online application is available on www.uwcindonesiaorg/apply Online application means that applicants will receive an application 1D and a confirmation notice that their application is succesfully submitted. All the questions, section A,B, C, and D and available online. Save and continue {ater option is also available. Offline application is to submit the scanned copy of your application by email (Section A to C). However, you will not receive an application ID or any notification or confirmation by email regarding your sent application. Applicant is also required to send the completed hard copy by mail to UWC office. Applicant can only do either one. If found to submit by both online and offline, the first submitted application is the only one considered. The Application Form must be completed in English, handwritten with black ink. The Application Form consists of 4 (four) parts. SECTION A: Students information SECTION B: Essays SECTION C: Parents or legal guardians information SECTION Arecommendation letter from each: 1. Teacher (homeroom or other subjects) who knows the student well. Must be from applicant's school, not from extracurricular classes or courses. 2. School Principal. If the principal is not available due to official duties, Vice Principal or the next official can write the recommendation instead, But your principal must be aware that you are applying for UWC. 3, General Referee, another person (an adult and not a family member) who knows you well outside school. This can be a leader of facilitator of an organization, group or community you are involve with. If this person happens to be a family member, please state the family relationship. The Application Form section A & B must be completed in English Section C and D (all) can be completed in Bahasa Indonesia and or English Instruction for Section D: Step 1: Please have the referees to send the soft copy (pdf) of the signed and completed recommendation letters by email to: UWC.INDONESIANC@GMAIL.COM (uwc dot indonesia n c at gmail dot com) in the email subject, please put: STUDENT'S FULL NAME_2017SECTION D Step 2: Referees must send the completedrecommendation letters (hard copy) in a sealed envelop and send them to UWC National Committee's office. All recommendation letters MUST BE CONFIDENTIAL and MUST BE SEALED. Student and Parents/Guardians are prohibited from opening or reading the references. Step 3: If referees decided to submit together with the applicant, section D is submitted each in a sealed envelope within the large envelope (see Application Submission page). Make sure the referees are aware of the deadline: 27 January 2017. 27 Jarwary 2017 cap pos for hard copies; therefore, make sure to send the soft copies ahead of the deadline. any of the referees do not own an email account, the hard copy must be submitted by or before 27 january 2017 Continue to next poge 2097 UIC APPLICATION INSTRUCTION paceC@UWCHRLNESS OFFLINE APPLICATION 2017 UWC APPLICATION INSTRUCTION Send the recommendation letters to: UWC National Committee c/o PT. Aswana Graha Makmur Gedung Sarinah Lt. 12 JL MH Thamrin No. 11 Jakarta Pusat 10350 Please submit a COPY of the following supporting documents together with your completed application form. At this stage, these documents DO NOT need to be translated into English. 1. School Transcripts or Academic Reports from first grade of Junior High School to the latest grade report that you have in High School. Numerical/grade report only. This does not need to be legalized. 2. Optional/If available: Mock / Trial Exam results and School Forecast / Predicted Exam results for IGCSE / O Level or IB MYR. 3. Extra co-curricular reports or proof of achievements or participation in an organization, musical, artistic, sports or social activities, 4, 2 color photographs, sized 4x6, one pasted on the allocated space in Section A. 5. Optional/If available: Result of TOEFL or any internationally recognized English language proficiency. 6.A copy of Kartu Keluarga, 7. Acopy of parents or guardians’ KTP Please DO NOT send any original supporting document. UWC National Committee will not be responsible for any lost documents and will not return any document to you if you are not accepted for a place at any of the UWE schools. Only shortlisted applicants will be notified by email, phone call, or text for the next stage of selection process. UWE National Committee and/or UWC schools reserve the right to request additional supporting documents if deemed necessary. 2097 UWE APPLICATION INSTRUCTION pace2CBHUWCNONE OFFLINE APPLICATION 2017 UWC APPLICATION SUBMISSION APPLICATION CLOSING DATE: 17:00 WIB - JANUARY 27, 2017 (SOFT COPY BY EMAIL) JANUARY 27, 2017 CAP POS (HARD COPY) 4. IMPORTANT NOTE: There are two ways to Send the UWC application for intake year 2017: ONLINE and OFFLINE, Online application is available on www.uwcindonesia.org/apply Online applicantion means that applicants will receive an application 1D and a confirmation notice that their application is succesfully submitted. All the questions, section A, 8, C, and D are available online. Save and continue later option is also available. Offline application is to submit the scanned copy of your application by email (Section A to C). However, you will not receive an application ID or any notification or confirmation by email regarding your sent application. Applicant can only do either one. If found to submit by both online and offline, the first suby only one considered. ted application is the 2. OFFLINE APPLICATION. Applicant must submit both soft copy and hard copy of the Application Form (Section A to C). Section D is to be submitted by teacher, principal, and general referee, 3. Please scan all pages of the Application Form (Section A to C) into POF format, and email itto ‘UWC.IndonesiaNC@gmail.com (uwe dot Indonesia NC at gmail dot com) ‘with subject: FULL NAME_2017 4, Applicant must also submit the hardcopy of the following in one large envelope: 2. Application Form (Section A to C) ». Ifreferees decided to submit together with applicant, Section D is submitted each in a sealed envelope within the large envelope. c.All required copy of supporting documents. All softcopy and hardcopy of the application forms must be submitted to and received by the UWC National Committee before 1200 WIB on the Application Closing Date, at the following address: UWC National Committee c/o PT. Aswana Graha Makmur Gedung Sarinah Lt. 12 JL MH Thamrin No. 11 Jakarta Pusat 10350 Indonesia ‘You may amend your application or send additional supporting documents, but these must be received by UWC National Committee by the abovementioned Closing Date and time. Any application or amendments received after the Closing Date and Time will not be considered. LUWC National Committee will not send a confirmation whether it has received your offline application. Only shortlisted applicants will be notified for the next stage of selection process. 2097 LIC APPLICATION SUBMISSION npCRUWCINZONESA OFFLINE APPLICATION APPLICATION FORM GENERAL INFORMATION Dear Applicant, Thank you for your interest in applying to the United World Colleges (UWC). Please read the information below before completing the form, and please follow the instructions carefully to allow us perform a fair and efficient selection process. The United World Colleges (UWC) endeavour to make education a force to unite nations and peoples in ways appropriate to the challenges of the 21st century. We combine this aim with the provision of an academic and all-round education of a high standard. The Colleges are co-educational and residential and draw students from all over the world. All follow the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum in the senior secondary years. Inall the 18 Colleges the language of instruction is mainly English. Certain subjects may be taught in other languages at the different Colleges depending on staffing structure. Basic knowledge of English is helpful but nat a requirement to apply. Many students with litle or no English on acceptance have been very successful thanks to their determination and motivation. The IB diploma course is offered in years 1 and 12 at Waterford Kamhlaba UWC and UWC of South East Asia. Both Colleges also have younger pupils; Waterford Kamhlaba also has grades 7-10 and at UWC South East Asia students range from K-12. At the other UWCS offering the IB diploma students are aged 16-19. ‘THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE The International Baccalaureate (I8) is a university entrance examination with international validity. itis administered from Geneva and Cardiff under the International Council of the international Baccalaureate Organisation. The curriculum, which is used by over 1000 schools throughout the world, is internationally examined and specifically designed for international use. The course requires candidates for the full Diploma to study a range of six subjects; three at higher and three at standard level. All candidates must study their first language and one other language chosen from a wide range available. In addition, they study mathematics, one science and one humanities subject. For their sixth subject students have a free choice, which includes music and the performing arts. They are also required to follow a course in Theory of Knowledge, which is designed to lead to reflection on the nature of the disciplines studied, and to complete an Extended Essay of some 4000 words based on personal research. Physical and aesthetic activities and community service are also part of the curriculum, ENTRY AND SCHOLARSHIP POLICY Students at UWCs are selected entirely on the basis of merit, without regard for their families’ financial means or social status. Our bursaries, scholarships and fee structures aim to ensure a broad socio-economic mix within the student body that adds value to the student experience and the organisation. Financial support is available on the basis of need, to the extent of providing full scholarships covering board and tuition costs, as well as travel if possible. However, for some Colleges students’ parents may be asked and expected to make contributions to the costs of their attendance, travel and/or pocket money according to their ability to do so. Assessments of families’ ability to make. such contributions will be made as impartially as possible and by agreement between the UWC National Committee or the College and the families concerned. CRITERIA FOR SELECTION ‘The most important personal attribute is the enthusiasm to associate oneself with the aims of UWC. We look for evidence of strong and active commitment to areas of personal interest, maturity and a sense of responsibility, and a tolerance and openness towards different attitudes and customs. Successful candidates must be ready to be seen as representatives of their country and to accept the responsibilities this involves. The personal qualities of enthusiasm, motivation, and perseverance in the face of difficulties are of crucial importance in the achievement of eventual success, 2097 LE APPLICATION GENERAL INFORMATION paceCRUWCINZONESA OFFLINE APPLICATION APPLICATION FORM GENERAL INFORMATION Anapplication is made to UWC and not to a particular school or college (although you may be asked to state your preference). Only one application can be made to UWC. You cannot apply through two different national committees. Applicants with disabilities but that are self-sufficient in their everyday needs are encouraged to apply. The age of entry for the International Baccalaureate will normally lie between 16 and 17 years, and students are expected to be strong candidates for subsequent university entry. Applicants will be shortlisted on the basis of the information in their application forms, their teachers’ references and any other documentation required by the Selection Committee. Shortlisted applicants will be contacted by the UWC National Committee for interview and further selection process. Applicants are shortlisted and selected on merit regardless of religious, social or ethnic background, The decisions of UWC National Committees are recommendations to the Heads of United World Colleges, not firm offers of places. A nominated applicant is enrolled only after having received written acceptance by the Head of the College to which the nomination has been made and if the applicant is granted proper student visa from the department of immigration of the destination country. UWC National Committee and the College reserve the rights to withdraw or cancel the nomination or the offer, should the information provided by the Applicant and/or the Appli- cant’s Parents in the Application Form or through out the selection process be found to be incorrect, falsified or misleading. Please make sure that you and your family read all the information about UWC so that you understand the basis on which UWC students are selected. Then discuss your application with the appropriate teacher(s) at your school. No applicant can be considered for entry without a good, confidential recommendation from the Head teacher/principal of his/her current school or from other teachers with the Head's authority. Section D is for references and provides for spaces for teacher to write reports if desired, LUWC wish to encourage Graduates to return to their home country after completing their education and training, Applicants should show a commitment to return to home to use their experiences, skills and knowledge to assist in the development of their own countries and the furtherance of peace and international understanding from the national context. The student must leave the country before the end of the authorized period of stay as regulated in the particular visa. Please keep a copy of this information and the completed application form for future reference. ‘TO PARENT(S)/GUARDIAN(S) Itis vital that you understand all information regarding United World Colleges and the commitment involved with the programme offered. A short outline of the degrees offered, selection criteria and process can be found in Section E. Further information can be found in the UWC general leaflet or in information published by the UWC National/Selec- tion Committee in your country. Parents or guardians are, together with the Applicant, responsible for signing this form, but the decision to apply must lie above all with applicants themselves. DETAIL ON GENERAL REQUIREMENTS AND ELIGIBILITY 1S AVAILABLE ON: WWW.UWCINDONESIA.ORG/ FAQ 2097 LE APPLICATION GENERAL INFORMATION pace2