Riverside Highlights Issue 20 Half Term Highlights Term 3 2017-18

HALF TERM
HIGHLIGHTS
TERM 3 ISSUE 20
2017/2018
SHREWSBURY’S GLOBETROTTING CLASS OF 2018
Shrewsbury’s graduating Class of
2018 have received 425 highly
sought-after offers from universi-
ties and colleges around the
world. Nearly half of these are to
the world’s top 100 ranked univer-
sities, with 131 offers from institu-
tions in the UK, USA, Canada, Ja-
pan and Australia that make up
half of Times Higher Education’s
list of the World’s top 50 universi-
ties.
Northwestern, Michigan and Car-
negie Melon, all of whom rank in
the World top 25. Other highlights
include two offers to the Universi-
ty of Tokyo, and three offers to
the University of Melbourne, the
highest ranked university in the
Oceania region.
dol and Chulalongkorn universi-
ties.
These world-class statistics are a
fantastic reflection on the calibre
of Shrewsbury’s students, but also
on the specialist support provided
by the school’s dedicated Higher
Education team who have built
The depth and breadth of the
excellent relationships with lead-
courses chosen by Shrewsbury
ing universities in Thailand and
students is testament to the
abroad. Director of Higher Educa-
school’s commitment to nurturing tion, Jo Fretwell said “Students
Earlier this year, Shrewsbury an-
and supporting a wide range of
have access to an amazing level of
nounced eight offers to Oxford
passions. Offers range from Engi- advice and expertise at Shrews-
and Cambridge Universities – re-
neering at Cambridge and Com-
bury, both from the Higher Educa-
spectively ranked 1 and 2 in the
puter Science at Carnegie Mellon, tion team and from our teachers
world. The complete offers list
to Liberal Arts at Tufts and Psy-
and alumni. Our focus is to ensure
now also includes 15 offers to Im- chology at University College Lon- that all students are given the ad-
perial College London (ranked 8th don. Closer to home, there are al- vice and support they need to
in the world), and 21 offers
so numerous offers for Thailand’s pursue Higher Education choices
to elite American universities; UP- best medical programmes at Mahi- that are right for them.”
enn, UCLA, Berkeley, Cornell,
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