TCK Survey 2021

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TCK Survey 2021

TCKs (Third Culture Kids) are people who have grown up in a culture other than their parents' or in a culture that is not of their country or nationality, and who have lived a large part of their lives in a culture that is not their own. For example, your mother might be from Brazil, your father from Syria, and you grew up in Denmark. Or your parents are from India, yet you've spent your life going to school in Japan and South Africa and Mexico. The language you speak at home might not be the language you speak at school or the one spoken in the country where you live. Most UWC students identify with one primary place-- "I'm John from the US, "but some of us feel strong connections to more than one place and these are TCKs.

This survey is intended to help us gather info about how the UWC experience has resonated with TCK students. If you identify as a TCK and are willing to share your own experience with us, please submit the survey here by November 1, 2021.

Sincerely,
John Carpenter
john.carpenter@uwc-usa.org
Director of Admissions at UWC-USA
Member of the Global Selection Programme Selection (GSP) Team and
the UWC International Board Selection and Admissions Task Force

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First Name

Last Name

1. UWC attending (or attended)?

2. Current Student or Alum?

3. Which benefits of being a TCK resonate with you? *

Being more adaptable than others.

Being less prejudicial than others.

Having more empathy than others.

Having an expanded worldview.

Being very skilled and knowledgeable about travel.

Being an excellent observer.

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4. Which challenges of being a TCK resonate you?

Difficulty connecting to others.

Having many friends all over the world, but only a few deep relationships where you are.

Being seen as less patriotic than others.

Being Impatient with others.

Confusion about loyalty to one place.

Feeling rootless.

5. Which aspects of your UWC experience have helped you to become a more effective leader?

6. Think about the people at UWC to whom you're the closest. What is the main thing you have in common with them?

7. Would you say that a UWC education is more beneficial for a TCK than a traditional international school education? Yes or No & Why?

Yes

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7a. Why? (Your response to your Yes or No answer to question 7.)

8. How can UWC do a better job of supporting TCKs?

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