As is customary at this point in the year, we are delighted to share a summary of the university outcomes for our recent Upper Sixth leavers, the Class of 2021.
Despite the challenges of this year, 92% of our leavers achieved their first-choice university. 88% of the cohort (up from 82% last year) accepted an offer from one of the Russell Group universities, the self-styled university Premier League. All of the familiar UK favourites are on this year’s list of destinations, although the North has provided a particular attraction: Durham (32), Newcastle (31), Edinburgh (27), Exeter (25) and Bristol (18) were the top five.
In global terms Marlburians also fared well, with 57% of those applying internationally winning places at one of the QS Top 100 universities and our international university application rate continues to be consistently double the UK independent school average. The most recent 2021 cycle saw Tate O accepted into Brown, Emma S to Michigan State University, Collette M to NYU, Emma P to UCLA, Massimo B to Georgetown, Finlay S to CU Boulder, Honor M to McGill, Cosmo V to University of British Columbia, Avni K to Parsons, Allie K to Boston University, and Sara K to U Miami with pupils also receiving offers not taken up to RISD, Duke, Middlebury, Vassar and the University of Toronto.
Despite the challenges of this year, 92% of our leavers achieved their first-choice university.
The following pupils take up places at Oxford or Cambridge (with several more of the cohort intending to apply this year with exceptional exam results): Harmony A will read Chinese at Wadham College, Oxford; Louis D, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Robinson College, Cambridge; Rose O, Music at Christ Church, Oxford; Rupert P, Engineering at Exeter College, Oxford; Eva S, History at Lincoln College, Oxford; and Charlie W, Engineering at Robinson College, Cambridge.
Despite applications for Medicine being particularly ferocious this year, four Marlburians gained entrance: both Stella D and Honor E at Nottingham University, Patrick M at Queen Mary University of London and Laurena M-D at Newcastle University.
Our 2021 leavers should be warmly congratulated on their prestigious and varied array of university places and we wish them every success as they embark on this next stage of their education.
Guy Nobes
Head of Guidance
Twitter: @MCol_Guidance
