Exeter College Oxbridge offer rate sets new record 

Students at Exeter College are celebrating offers to world-renowned institutions, the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.

A record 24 students hold offers to the most prestigious universities in the UK, commonly referred to as Oxbridge.

This year saw 60 students apply. Nine hold offers for the University of Cambridge and an incredible 15 for the University of Oxford. The college’s new record success rate (40%) of applications to offers studying at Oxbridge puts it among the best in the country, even eclipsing the rates of many independent schools.

Students hold offers for a wide range of subjects including the highly competitive computer ccience, fine art, and music. In addition, offers have been made in classics, law, biology, history, English language and literature, philosophy, politics and economics. This reflects the broad, exciting range of courses on offer at Exeter College.

Sandy Mulcahy, who progressed from St Peter's School in Exeter, holds an offer to study computer science at Oxford and is excited at the prospect of living there next year.

He said: “The process was quite long, with a lot of time spent doing practice MAT papers. However, Martin helped me all the way through with talks and one-to-ones to help with my personal statement.”

Sandy is also a keen musician, with music as one of his A Level subjects, alongside double maths, further maths and computer science.

He added: “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed Exeter College; I really like the freedom you have to be out and about in town, it’s almost felt like university already.”

Students with offers to study will find out if they are guaranteed a place after their 2024 exam results.