UNIVERSITY DESTINATIONS AND IB RESULTS
UNIVERSITY DESTINATIONS AND IB RESULTS
Around half of our students( 40 per cent) typically study degrees in the Arts and Humanities; 30 per cent study STEM( Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) subjects, and 25 per cent Liberal Arts and Combined programmes, in the UK and in the USA. Studies for these interdisciplinary degrees, often covering both the Arts and the Sciences, fit very well with the breadth of IB studies undertaken at Sevenoaks.
The most popular UK university destinations for our students are:
Bath Bristol Cambridge Durham Edinburgh Exeter Imperial KCL
Popular international university destinations for our students are:
Bocconi Brown Chicago Columbia Cornell Johns Hopkins McGill Michigan
LSE Manchester Newcastle Nottingham Oxford St Andrews UCL Warwick
Northeastern NYU Sciences Po Toronto UC Berkeley UCLA USC Yale
University success is achievable because our students are confident, articulate, very welltaught, and enjoy a high reputation for academic achievement. Indeed, their exam results are outstanding.
IB Results at Sevenoaks Sevenoaks students’ results are among the highest in the world. The maximum Diploma score is 45. The average worldwide score is around 30 points. Our students’ average Diploma score at Sevenoaks is 39.
All IB students join a genuine international elite, and universities around the world know that these students will provide something special. Every year, a significant number of students achieve the maximum 45 points for the IB Diploma, and well over half gain Diplomas with 40 or more points. At Sevenoaks, over 97 per cent of our leavers gain places at their firm or insurance choice university. Research shows that IB students have a greater chance of attending one of the top 20 UK universities than students who study traditional A-levels, and they also have a greater likelihood of earning a first-class degree compared to their A-level peers. A recent report from the Higher Education Statistics Agency( HESA) also identified that IB students are more likely to be employed in graduate-level jobs and earn, on average, more than their A-level counterparts, particularly in professional, scientific and technical careers.
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