Now that the key decisions have been made, here’s what we know about the new undergraduates who will be joining us this autumn.
There will be 118 freshers: 95 home students, and 23 from overseas. They have high achievements already, with those who did A-Levels attaining an average 3.0 A* (arts and social sciences 2.5 A*, sciences 3.7 A*). The students who did the International Baccalaureate averaged 42.8.
Our admissions team report: “Because of the record number of applicants in autumn 2023, there were strong fields in most triposes so the proportion that made their offers was higher than usual.” Congratulations to them all, including the 18 students who will be coming to Selwyn via the winter or summer pools. (And around 60 of our original applicants were made an offer at another college via the same system.)
Our state school proportion will be 80%, which is consistent with recent years. We have also met all the regulator’s targets for widening participation among UK-based students. POLAR4 measures the intake from areas with historically low levels of participation in higher education, and Selwyn’s proportion from the two lowest quintiles is 21.2% against a target of 16.6%. On the IMD (index of multiple deprivation) we have recorded a figure of 23.2% against a target of 21.2%.
We know it’s a long process for applicants - and there’s a lot of hard work for our academics and support teams too - but now we are hugely looking forward to meeting our freshers. We wish them all the best of luck as they start planning for their arrival in Grange Road.
