Dolph wrote:I don't quite understand UWCSEA's new admission system: It's supposedly meant to be more fair in that everyone applies at the same time and should then - supposedly - also all be offered places around the same time.
I applied for my child to join elementary school in Sep 2014. Received communication stating the date when most recent school reports had to be received by (mid January) and I submitted my child's report as soon as it was available (end of December).
Was informed at the time of application that places would be offered by end of January/start February, but a friend's child (same age as my child) was then offered a place already in December. Whereas I'm truly happy for my friend's child, I just think it seems a bit odd as that child was effectively offered a place before everyone else even had a chance to submit their school reports.
It doesn't seem to be a particularly transparent or fair system to me, but maybe I'm missing something?
I think you misunderstand the admission policy. It was/is intended to provide greater diversity and balance in the student population. According to the original announcement, some grades were too heavily male/female while others had high percentages of certain nationalities. It wasn't stated but that most likely meant Indian.
The charter for UWC, which is a non-profit entity, includes a "representative" student body. The result of these changes is an admissions process that works more like admissions for a university.
There was no mention of "transparency" or "fairness". It would be difficult to define "fair" in this process. Further, as families notify the school of their withdrawal over weeks or months and students apply at different times it isn't feasible or possible to offer enrollment to all families at the same time. UWC can only offer places at students withdraw for the next term.
I'd suggest you reset your expectations and just be patient. Many schools have not yet begun to offer enrollment. This tends to go on through June and July, even.
