The Sutton Trust and the US-UK Fulbright Commission are delighted to announce the cohort for the Sutton Trust US Programme 2014. Congratulations to the 175 students who were chosen from an original pool of over 2,000 eligible applicants to participate.
They were highly impressed by their qualifications and commitment to the programme as demonstrated in their application forms, their video submissions and their performance at the recent April Introductory Residential.
The aim of the US programme is to encourage academically talented, low and middle income British students to consider studying at American universities. Selected students come from across the UK and many will be the first in their family to go to university.
Students participate in a summer school in the US at either the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT), Yale or Harvard (which joined the programme this year). They will spend a week living on campus and visit a number of other US universities in the area. Participants benefit from residential activities and receive an intensive programme of support, delivered by the US-UK Fulbright Commission over a number of months. This covers admission tests, college choices and help with applications.
The Sutton Trust and the US-UK Fulbright Commission are delighted to announce the cohort for the Sutton Trust US Programme 2014. Congratulations to the 175 students who were chosen from an original pool of over 2,000 eligible applicants to participate.
One of our Year 12 students Robyn Elms was lucky enough to be selected. Here is her story…
After a long wait, on 28th of February I was emailed the following exciting news:
‘Dear student,
Congratulations! We are delighted to inform you that you are one of 200 applicants who have been invited to the Introductory Residential weekend on 24 – 27 April in London. Having received over 2,000 applications from qualified students, we were overwhelmed by the number and quality of applicants and were thoroughly impressed with your application.’
Then I had to do a series of surveys and tests such as the PLAN and Mock ACT tests (which US universities use as well as A Level Grades that test English, Maths, Reading and Science knowledge through multiple choice questions). The April residential was overwhelmingly informative and an eye-opener. We were given a huge wad of paperwork to read through and complete; lots of lectures and a 2 hour PLAN test.
On the 30th of April I was emailed the following:
‘We are delighted to inform you that you have been selected as one of the 175 participants to continue on the programme and travel to the US in August 2014. You should be proud of yourself having been selected as one of 175 participants out of over 2,000 eligible applicants for the Sutton Trust US Programme. We were highly impressed by your suitability and commitment to the programme as demonstrated in your original application, as well as your performance in last week’s residential. It was an extremely strong applicant pool and we hope you look forward to the exciting opportunities which lie ahead.
We have randomly assigned students to the US weeks. You have been selected to take part in the MIT (August 5 – 12, 2014) week.
I was so thrilled, having expected I wouldn’t make it through to the next stage as everyone at the residential were so smart, confident and highly achieving. It was a privilege and joy to be around such people.
We wish Robyn all the best for her trip to America in August! She was the only student in Leiceste shire to be selected.
Mrs L Holdback
Head of Sixth Form Education