Outstanding US Offers
19 April 2024 - Academic
Our 24 US university applicants received their outcomes during the Easter holiday. A total of 83 offers were received from many of the most selective institutions in the world, including Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, University of Pennsylvania, Yale University, Stanford University, UCLA (4), UC Berkeley (2), University of Chicago, Duke University and University of Southern California.
Decision Day (usually 1 May) is the deadline to accept US offers, after which universities will want to fill empty class seats. Some of our pupils have also chosen to accept Waitlist offers; this happens when an applicant is considered admittable but there is no space in the class. At this point, there is a chance, albeit slim, that a further offer may be made.
This fantastic set of results demonstrates both the breadth and depth of ambition fostered by Wycombe Abbey pupils who are considering US institutions. Each university has its own identity – be it curriculum, ethos, community or location – and for this reason, matching one’s academic and co-curricular achievements is critical to stand out in application. Our girls have worked very hard with our in-house US Universities Office to align their aspirations with the right universities, and this has clearly paid dividends. It is great to see a range of institutions represented amongst these admittances. We are really proud as a School of the exceptional results achieved this year and this stellar recognition of our US applicants’ achievements both within and beyond the classroom.
| Amherst College | Barnard College | Boston University |
| Brown University | College of William and Mary (2) | Columbia University |
| Cornell University | Dartmouth College | Duke University |
| Emory University (2) | Georgia Institute of Technology (2) | Hamilton College |
| Haverford College (3) | Johns Hopkins University (2) | Merrimack |
| New York University (2) | Northwestern University | Pitzer College |
| Purdue University | Rhodes College | Scripps College |
| St Olaf College | Stanford University | Syracuse University |
| Trinity College | Tufts University | UC Berkeley (2) |
| UC Davis (3) | UC Irvine (4) | UC San Diego (6) |
| UC Santa Barbara (5) | UC Santa Cruz (2) | UCLA (4) |
| UNC Chapel Hill (2) | University of Chicago | University of Florida (2) |
| University of Miami | University of Michigan (3) | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (3) |
| University of Pennsylvania | University of Southern California | University of Virginia (2) |
| University of Washington Seattle (2) | University of Wisconsin-Madison | Vassar College |
| Washington University in St. Louis (2) | Wesleyan University (3) | Yale University |
Mrs Jacky Tidbury (Director of Sixth Form) and Mr Ed Tourle (Head of US and International Universities)
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