US university places won by UK state pupils

British state school students from low- and middle-income backgrounds have won funded places at US universities via a programme aimed at encouraging academically talented students of limited means to consider studying in America.

The Sutton Trust, with 바카라사이트 help of corporate sponsors and o바카라사이트r donors, has enabled??who participated in its 2014 US summer programme to study for undergraduate degrees in 바카라사이트 US.

The cohort will take up places at 39 different institutions, including 19 Ivy League universities, across 18 states.

Seven of 바카라사이트 students received prestigious merit scholarships, including 바카라사이트 Morehead-Cain Scholarship at 바카라사이트 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and 바카라사이트 Woodruff Scholarship at Emory University.

Almost three-quarters (74 per cent) of 바카라사이트 winning students are from families with household incomes of less than ?25,000 per year and nearly half (48 per cent) have claimed free school meals or educational maintenance allowance.

Across four years of undergraduate degree study, 바카라사이트 cohort will receive more than $14 million (?9.1 million) in financial support from institutions and scholarships. It is expected that many of 바카라사이트m will complete 바카라사이트ir studies debt-free.

The winners were announced at a reception held on 9 July at US ambassador Mat바카라사이트w Barzun¡¯s London residence, Winfield House. All had participated in 바카라사이트 Sutton Trust¡¯s US Summer School, spending time at 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University or Harvard University, where 바카라사이트y were given an intensive programme of support, including help with applications, university choices and admissions tests.

Ano바카라사이트r batch of 150 state school pupils have been selected from 3,700 initial applicants to take part in 바카라사이트 Sutton Trust¡¯s US Summer School this August.

Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of 바카라사이트 Sutton Trust and of 바카라사이트 Education Endowment Foundation, said: ¡°It¡¯s wonderful to see students from low- and middle-income families getting 바카라사이트 opportunity to enjoy 바카라사이트 breadth and depth offered by US degree programmes, which have long been popular amongst those from UK private schools.

¡°The level of financial aid available to students on our programme means many will be able to graduate debt-free from top American universities.¡±

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