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An outstanding year amid uncertain times
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It was another outstanding year for our 2021 university acceptances with our graduates here at Dulwich Pudong receiving high quality offers and many of them being admitted to their top choice school.
While we saw decreased interest in US universities owing to COVID-19 uncertainties, 80 percent of our US applicants were admitted to one of their preferred choices, receiving offers from top 20 institutions such as MIT, Northwestern, University of California, Berkeley and Swarthmore. Our MIT-bound graduate was admitted to the undergraduate and the PhD programs — truly outstanding!
These results were especially encouraging as this year saw unprecedented competition for places among the very top universities as removal of standardized testing requirements due to COVID-19 led to a surge in applications.
Our graduates continued to perform very strongly in the UK where offers were received from top institutions such as Cambridge University, Imperial College London, University College London, St Andrew’s and King’s College. This was very impressive given that competition for spaces was much more acute this year as COVID-19 deferrals from last year greatly reduced the number of available spots.
We also saw continuation of a trend toward interest in universities around the globe including our first university acceptances from Sweden. Canada and the Netherlands drew increased attention with offers received from the University of Toronto, McGill, and the University of Amsterdam.
Our graduates continued to perform strongly in specialist programs with successful applications to Sports Science (McGill), Film (London Film Academy), Fashion (University of the Arts London) and Medicine (Cardiff Medical, University College Dublin, King’s College London Medical). One applicant in medicine received interviews from all institutions applied to, a rare accomplishment!
“I’m incredibly proud of the hard work put in by our 2021 graduates,” says Alison Derbyshire, head of Senior School. “In a year of unprecedented challenge, they rose to the occasion, showing great resilience. The results speak for themselves!”
Dulwich Pudong’s best-fit approach to university and career counseling remains a core strength of our school. Our graduates average only 5.2 applications per student, an incredibly low number. A low number of applications per student strongly indicates that are our graduates are very clear about the pathways which are best for them and are well prepared to succeed in them. These are exactly the type of applicants prestigious universities are looking for.
“While the future of admissions remains uncertain, we are confident that our best practices that focus on deep research, fit, and student-centric counselling will ensure that our students remain competitive regardless of how the landscape changes,” says Michael Wert, head of University and Career Counseling at Dulwich Pudong.
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