u/throwawaynewaccou

I'm aiming for top colleges in the US ( the Ivy leagues and T30s ) and as such i will be very busy in my last 2 years of high school. I was wondering if UWC can support me in my endeavours relating to college applications such as:

1. Summer programmes and applications to summer programmes ( Last I checked, these are held during the summer breaks that also coincide with UWC's major breaks ) does uwc send students for competitive summer programmes like RSI/SSP etc?

2. Olympiads and competitions ( can i still compete in stuff like IMO or isef, has any uwc kid done it before? Essay competitions and other competitions held online should be okay as i can do it anytime and anywhere i want. Im more concerned for competitions held physically )

3. Sports- im an athlete here in my local country and represent my school nationally. Will there be opportunities to also pursue my sport at a larger scale ( not just CAS level, cuz at that level you dont compete with other schools/teams ). If that means travelling to an external site for training sessions once or twice a week can i do so? This is really important as its one of my major ECs

4. Research, a lot of research opportunities require me working with someone outside of sch ( a post graduate/a mentor ) will uwc allow that?

5. ECs, one of my current ECs partner with a local hospital and we volunteer there weekly. Can i do something like this in uwc as well? Partner with organisations in that country, travel out of school to volunteer?

I know this may seem like a lot, but i truly do want to go to a uwc, and still be able to apply T30. Any advice appreciated

do I have a chance for T20s if my grades are smthn like this

Grade 9 ( or equivalent ): 2 As, 5Bs, 1C ( I know super bad...)

Grade 10: 4 As, 2B

Grades 11 (IB): 7s for everything

Grade 12 ( IB prelim/midterms ): 7s for everything

I understand my Grade 9-10 results are really bad. I didn't take my studies so seriously then and didn't think of applying overseas. However, my grade 11-12 results are not too bad. If I have a predicted IB score of about 44-45, do I have a chance for T20?

I'm looking at unis like UCB, UCLA, upenn, uchicago, columbia, northwestern, Duke, nyu. Or is it too competitive? My extracurriculars are good, I think I have everything except a solid research project. Should I aim for lower ranked schools? How much do results especially grade 9/10 results matter?

new throwaway acc so as to not expose myself

not sure if what happened can even be considered cyberbullying but I wanna be as vague as possible so apologies for the horrible description...

basically what happened was I was excluded. it was taken to social media ( private account ) and I was made fun of indirectly. sorry I can't say more as I really don't wanna expose myself ik it's super vague. but would the school take any action against them? im reconsidering reporting this as actually the people involved are all student leaders but icl I find them pretty judgemental sometimes...

I really don't know whether to report this or just keep quiet and go on with my life, any advice appreciated sry it was so vague but I could share more through dms...