Personal Statement

Hello, my name is Lavanya Dev-Kauffmann and this is my personal statement. This is my first year at UWCSEA East and in Singapore, where I moved after 12 years in Dubai. I am both German and Indian but I was born in the UK. I have one goal of which I want to work on,...

What Lockdown is Teaching Me

Before writing this, I was trying to find the numbers for when we went into lockdown and I struggled immensely because not only are we not actually in an official lockdown, just a circuit breaker, I was in lockdown, long before it was recommended, for safety reasons...

Short Story Comparison – Girl vs Taylor Swift

DRAFT Girls and Taylor Swift are both short expositional pieces. One features the story of having “your” own Taylor Swift, while the other is a list-like piece on the introductions on how to be a “Girl” as suggested by the title. It is in the...

The Best Fight I Never Had – Boxer’s Response to Racism

One of the first things Mr Sanjay mentioned as he began was that the event that occurred was only minor and that the name it had been given was a massive oversell. This struck me as odd as I was only 37 seconds into the recording and he seemed to be trying to set...

Historical Understanding Sentance

To judge and understand the morality of a historical moment we must understand the consequences as well as the perspectives and reasoning that went into it.