UWCSEA DOVER PROFILE 2016/2017 UWC mission The United World College movement makes education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable future.
UWCSEA educational goal We educate individuals to embrace challenge and take responsibility for shaping a better world.
UWC mission in action Local service Students are committed to building deep and sustained connections with the local community. All High School students engage in weekly, year-long service activities with local people and communities. These range from visiting homes and hospitals for the elderly and disabled, to working with children with multiple disabilities or teaching life skills to former domestic workers who have been victims of abuse.
Global Concerns Global Concerns (GC) projects focus on communities and causes in developing nations outside Singapore. Students identify regional grassroots NGOs to support and then create events to raise awareness and funds for environmental, human rights and development projects in education and health. Examples of Global Concerns include Tabitha (Cambodia), Bao Bei (China), Bombay Street Kids (India), Northern Lights (North Korea), St. Judes (Tanzania).
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Local service partners
Global Concerns
raised by students for Global Concerns
There are 17 member schools across the globe, of which UWCSEA is the largest.
Project Week All Grade 11 students plan, organise and undertake independent budget travel in small groups to destinations within Asia. The trips provide an invaluable learning opportunity, whilst achieving many of the IB Learning Outcomes. This is made possible through an incredible range of projects, which often combine creativity, activity and/or service. For example the majority of trips involve some form of service work, often with our partner Global Concerns projects, such as creating a reforestation nursery in Cambodia, helping with gibbon rehabilitation in Thailand, or teaching street children in India and Nepal. In March 2016, the Class of 2017 organised themselves into 77 groups to visit 65 organisations in 13 countries.
Initiative for Peace The Initiative for Peace (IfP) programme is a transformative activity undertaken by over 100 UWCSEA students from both East and Dover. Students undergo a year of training in conference facilitation, peace and conflict negotiation and leadership, delivered by UWC staff and alumni and visiting experts from the United Nations and NGOs. At the end of the year IfP students travel to an area of former or current conflict and lead an intense week of workshops with young people from across the divide, helping them to learn they can instigate social change in their community. As well as two conferences
held in June in Mae Sot, Thailand, and Timor Leste, IfP student-facilitators organise an annual Peace Day conference in Singapore to empower students from local and international schools to make peace a sustainable goal.
Sports and Arts programmes Students have extensive opportunities to compete and perform at the highest level. Our students are expected to participate fully in our activities programme, exploring new interests, developing strengths and pursuing passions.
Gap Year UWCSEA students participate in gap year programmes based in Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand and Timor Leste. There are many opportunities for our graduates to work in ecology projects or with NGOs focused on human rights and education.
Awards/honours UWCSEA Dover offers awards to students in academics, activities, service, sports and the arts.
University Advising policies
• students are limited to ten applications worldwide • we do not compute GPA, or rank students
IB Diploma results 2016
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Complete IB course listing for the Class of 2017 English is UWCSEA’s medium of instruction and courses are offered at Higher or Standard Level unless otherwise noted.
IB Diploma candidates
1.
Pass rate
98.5%
UWCSEA Dover
80.8%
Worldwide (2015)
Average diploma score
36.4
30.2
UWCSEA Dover
Language A: Literature Taught
Chinese; English; Hindi (SL); Japanese; Indonesian (SL); Korean
School Supported Self-Taught (SL)
Burmese; Hebrew; Hungarian; Khmer; Lao; Norwegian; Portuguese; Punjabi; Swedish
Language A: Language and Literature
Chinese; Dutch; English; French; German; Spanish
2. Language B or ab initio
English B (HL); French B; French ab initio; German B; Chinese B: Mandarin; Spanish B; Spanish ab initio
3. Individuals and Societies
Business and Management; Environmental Systems and Societies (SL); Economics; Geography; History; Philosophy; Psychology; Science, Technology and Society (SL)
4. Experimental Sciences
Biology; Chemistry; Computer Science; Design Technology; Environmental Systems and Societies (SL); Physics; Science, Technology and Society (SL); Sports, Exercise and Health Science (SL)
5. Mathematics
Further Mathematics (HL); Mathematical Studies (SL); Mathematics (SL)
6. The Arts
Film; Music; Theatre; Visual Arts
Worldwide (2015)
Diploma score comparison UWCSEA Dover
Worldwide (2015)
10.1% 1.9% 21.6% 5.5% 32.0% 19.3% 27.4% 28.3% 8.2% 25.8%
SAT and ACT scores 162 members of the Class of 2016 took the SAT and 55 took the ACT. All scores, including those from non-native English speakers, are included.
0.7%
Range of middle 50%
19.2%
66
UWCSEA Dover students received a bilingual diploma
SAT Critical Reading
560
627
SAT Mathematics
690
620 590
SAT Writing ACT
Mean
24
27.6
675 652
740 710
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Curriculum (I)GCSE (Grades 9 and 10)
Foundation IB (Grade 10 FIB)
IB Diploma (Grades 11 and 12)
Most students take nine examination subjects for (I)GCSE. The core examination subjects are English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, a non-English language, a choice of a Humanities subject, a choice of a Science and an Arts subject. Students then take PE and a further two subjects that help to ensure a balanced curriculum.
Students who join the College in Grade 10 take the FIB course designed to prepare students for the rigours of the IB Diploma. All FIB students take English, Mathematics, Global Perspectives, Economics, History or Geography, Coordinated Sciences, Information Technology, an Arts subject and a non-English language.
Over two years, IB Diploma students study six subjects, three at higher level and three at standard level. Students also study Theory of Knowledge, submit an Extended Essay and participate in Creativity, Activity and Service (CAS).
Student body 2016/2017 IBDP average score by subject*, Class of 2016 Worldwide
UWCSEA Dover
Chinese A: Language and Literature SL
5.85 5.71 5.06 5.62 English A: Language and Literature SL 5.18 5.82 English A: Literature HL 4.81 5.78 English A: Literature SL 5.00 5.75 French A: Language and Literature SL 5.42 6.75 German A: Language and Literature SL 5.40 5.60 Indonesian A: Literature SL 5.27 5.25 Japanese A: Literature SL 5.89 5.40 Korean A: Literature SL 6.13 6.45 Chinese B: Mandarin SL 6.01 6.19 English B HL 5.71 5.88 French ab initio SL 4.91 5.18 French B HL 5.27 6.17 French B SL 4.92 5.68 Spanish ab initio SL 5.11 5.15 Spanish B SL 5.06 5.98 Business Management HL 4.71 5.36 Business Management SL 4.80 6.40 Economics HL 5.13 5.90 Economics SL 4.65 6.33 Environ. Systems and Societies SL 4.16 4.80 Geography HL 5.24 5.93 Geography SL 4.72 6.33 History HL 5.15 6.11 History SL 4.68 5.18 Philosophy HL 4.90 5.79 Philosophy SL 4.68 6.50 Psychology HL 4.68 5.29 Psychology SL 4.32 6.45 Science, Technology, and Society SL 5.76 5.76 Biology HL 4.33 5.65 Biology SL 4.25 5.36 Chemistry HL 4.48 5.60 Chemistry SL 3.93 5.41 Computer Science HL 4.26 5.33 Computer Science SL 3.73 5.25 Design Technology HL 4.54 5.45 Physics HL 4.62 5.95 Physics SL 4.05 5.57 Sports, Exercise & Health Science SL 4.00 5.92 Further Mathematics HL 5.82 4.59 Mathematical Studies SL 5.24 4.41 Mathematics HL 5.71 4.46 Mathematics SL 5.29 4.39 Film HL 5.36 4.36 Music HL 6.14 4.48 Music Group Performance SL 5.50 4.38 Theatre HL 6.06 4.90 Theatre SL 6.25 4.38 Visual Arts HL 4.79 6.27
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Group 4
Group 3
Group 2
Group 1
English A: Language and Literature HL
* Average scores are listed for subjects with four or more candidates.
No. of candidates
7 78 98 55 72 4 5 4 5 11 77 26 11 6 57 54 54 36 10 117 30 20 40 6 35 11 29 10 79 22 25 99 33 91 27 24 4 11 82 35 13 11 62 86 180 14 7 4 31 4 22
3,010 students campus-wide 1,274 High School students 334 Class of 2017 190 boarders in Grades 8–12 UK – 16.3%
Other – 26.5%
India – 16.2%
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Nationalities USA – 9.1% Singapore – 7.6%
Malaysia – 2.6% Netherlands – 2.8% France – 3.2%
Korea – 3.9% Japan – 4.3% Australia – 7.5%
Scholars 57 members of the High School are on scholarship, selected within their home country by UWC national committees, or directly by UWCSEA, on the basis of academic potential, personal merit and their potential to have a positive impact on the local and global community. Scholars come from 39 countries.
College faculty
16 average years of teaching experience 56 IBDP Examiners 3 IBDP Authorisation Team Chairs/ Consultants/Members
Class of 2016 destinations 84% of graduates go straight to university, with the rest going on a gap year or into national service. A full breakdown is below. Gap Year – 7% USA – 38%
National Service – 9% Other – 1% Europe – 2% Australia – 3% Asia – 5% Canada – 8%
UK – 27.0%
University enrolment of UWCSEA Dover graduates 2014–2016 Asia Chulalongkorn University International Christian University International Medical University Keio University Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Nanyang Technological University National University of Singapore Okayama University Osaka University S P Jain School of Global Management Singapore Management University Singapore University of Technology and Design Sophia University The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology University of Hong Kong University of Tokyo Waseda University Waseda University School of International Liberal Studies Yale-NUS College Australia Monash University The University of Melbourne The University of Queensland The University of Western Australia University of Sydney University of Technology Sydney UNSW Australia Canada Brock University HEC Montreal McGill University Simon Fraser University University of Alberta University of British Columbia University of Toronto University of Waterloo York University Europe École hôtelière de Lausanne Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam Erasmus University College ETH Zurich Leiden University Leiden University College The Hague Les Roches International School of Hotel Management Sciences Po The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Tilburg University Trinity College Dublin
University College Cork University College Maastricht University College Utrecht University of Groningen United Kingdom British College of Osteopathic Medicine Brunel University London Cardiff University City University London Durham University Falmouth University Guildford School of Acting Heriot-Watt University Hull York Medical School Imperial College London King’s College London Kingston University Lancaster University Loughborough University Newcastle University Northumbria University Oxford Brookes University Queen Mary University of London Regent’s University London Royal Holloway, University of London Royal Veterinary College The London School of Economics and Political Science University College London University of Aberdeen University of Bath University of Birmingham University of Brighton University of Bristol University of Cambridge University of East Anglia University of Edinburgh University of Exeter University of Glasgow University of Kent University of Leeds University of Manchester University of Nottingham University of Oxford University of Reading University of Southampton University of St Andrews University of Stirling University of Surrey University of Sussex University of the Arts London University of Warwick University of the West of England University of Westminster University of York
United States American University Babson College Bard College Barnard College Baylor University Bennington College Bentley University Berklee College of Music Boston College Boston University Brandeis University Brown University Bryn Mawr College California College of the Arts (San Francisco) California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University Chapman University Claremont McKenna College Clark University Colby College College of the Atlantic Colorado College Columbia University Cornell University Creighton University Dartmouth College Duke University Emerson College Emory University Emory University - Oxford College Georgetown University Georgia Institute of Technology Grinnell College Harvard University Harvey Mudd College Haverford College Johns Hopkins University Kenyon College Lehigh University Lewis & Clark College Luther College Macalester College Methodist University Middlebury College New York University North Carolina State University Northeastern University Northwestern University Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences Occidental College Pennsylvania State University Pepperdine University Pitzer College
Pomona College Pratt Institute Princeton University Purdue University Rhode Island School of Design Rice University Ringling College of Art and Design Rockford University Sarah Lawrence College Savannah College of Art and Design School of the Art Institute of Chicago Scripps College Skidmore College Smith College St. Lawrence University St. Olaf College Stanford University Swarthmore College Syracuse University The George Washington University The New School Tufts University University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Los Angeles University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Cruz University of Chicago University of Colorado at Boulder University of Florida University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign University of Maryland, College Park University of Michigan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Notre Dame University of Oklahoma University of Oregon University of Pennsylvania University of Rochester University of Southern California University of Texas, Austin University of Virginia University of Washington Vassar College Wartburg College Washington and Lee University Washington University in St. Louis Wellesley College Wesleyan University Westminster College Wheaton College MA Willamette University Williams College Yale University 033COM-1617
University advisors
Mr John Bush john.bush@uwcsea.edu.sg Ms Julie Davidson julie.davidson@uwcsea.edu.sg Ms Johanna Fishbein johanna.fishbein@uwcsea.edu.sg Dr Linda de Flavis linda.deflavis@uwcsea.edu.sg Mr Sean McAuley sean.mcauley@uwcsea.edu.sg Ms Jacqueline Villa Evanko jacqueline.evanko@uwcsea.edu.sg
Administration
Mr Chris Edwards Head of College Mr Frazer Cairns Head of Dover Campus Mr Danny O’Connor High School Principal
Accreditation and membership
Council of International Schools (CIS) Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) IB World School Round Square School Registered with the Singapore Council for Private Education
UWC South East Asia, Dover Campus 1207 Dover Road Singapore 139654 Tel +65 6419 9349 Fax +65 6778 5506 www.uwcsea.edu.sg UWCSEA Dover CEEB no: 687229 UCAS Centre no: 47003 UWCSEA Dover IB no: 000040