Impressive Offers from UK, US and International Universities
19 February 2024 - All
Upper Sixth pupils are celebrating an impressive set of offers from UK, US and international universities, and the 2024 application cycle is far from over. It has been great to see girls choosing a wide range of degrees at top universities across the globe, with some of the most popular areas of study this year being Geography, Medicine, Classics, Economics, Politics, Law and Natural Sciences. Eighteen pupils have received offers from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, whilst other world-class universities such as UCL (20), Imperial (9), KCL (28), Durham (22), Edinburgh (9), St Andrews (4), Bath (8), Warwick (16) and Bristol (22) remain extremely popular with our pupils. We are also delighted that an Upper Sixth pupil has been offered two prestigious degree apprenticeships with Deloitte and KPMG.
Applying to US institutions is an in-depth process requiring motivation, diligence and organisation for each application, and successful applicants are met with outstanding, world-class opportunities. Lower Sixth applicants meet weekly with Mr Tourle, Head of US and International Universities, from January onwards. These sessions support them with the formulation of college lists, academic monitoring, and the development of co-curricular profiles. The cohort also meet weekly on Wednesday evenings to focus on research and hear from external speakers and previous applicants and graduates for further insights.
Records have been broken by our 26 US applicants this year, both in the number and diversity of institutions applied to; 220 applications were submitted to almost 100 institutions! The final deadline for results will be around late March/early April (with 1 May being Decision Day for non-binding applicants), and our pupils await outcomes for 150 applications. We are delighted to announce that pupils have so far received offers from the following US institutions: Barnard College, Brown University, Cornell University, Georgia Institute of Technology (2), Johns Hopkins University (2), New York University, Merrimack College, Purdue University, University of Chicago, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Michigan – Ann Arbor (4), University of Miami, UNC Chapel Hill, Yale University.
UVI pupils have also applied to a range of other international universities, including those in Switzerland, Italy, Ireland, Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Australia, and to date, several offers have been secured from HKU (7) and Bucconi (2). We remain very proud of each girl and celebrate every offer they receive. Having aimed high – as is right for our girls – and worked hard, this cohort has faced fierce competition for places and been rewarded with great success. We wish all of our applicants the very best as they wait for their remaining offers, whether they be for UK or international institutions, and focus on their upcoming A level exams.
Mrs Jacky Tidbury
Director of Sixth Form
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