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2018
WELLINGTON SCHOOL LIFE
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
Offer List 2015-2017
Wellington College International Tianjin
UK USA China
St Andrew’s University
Durham University
Imperial College
University College London
Warwick University
The London School of Economics and
Political Science
Lancaster University
Loughborough University
University of Bath
University of Leeds
Birmingham University
Bristol University
Sheffield University
King’s College London
University of Glasgow
Manchester University
Royal Holloway University of London
Edinburgh University
Liverpool University
Queen Mary University London
Stirling University
Coventry University
Brighton University
Brunel University
Bournemouth University
Northumbria University
Southampton University
Oxford Brookes University
Central Saint Martins University of London
University of Westminster
London College of Fashion
St. George’s University London
Camberwell College of Arts Cornell University
UC Berkeley
UCLA
University of Virginia
Carnegie-Mellon
University of Rochester
New York University
UC Irvine
San Diego
UC Davis
University of Illinois Urbana-Champagne
Penn State University
The George Washington University
University of Connecticut
Syracuse University
Fordham College
Rutgers University
Virginia Tech
University of Iowa Peking University
University of Hong Kong
Nankai University
Nottingham Ningbo
Canada
University of Toronto
University of British Columbia
Australia
University of New South Wales
University of Queensland
Monash University
Bond University
In addition to the first-choice offers, senior school pupils have received,
offers and scholarships from a much wider range of universities, with the
clear majority of pupils receiving on average 3-4 offers from universities and
colleges in the US, UK, Korea, Australia, and Canada.
These offers secure the College’s reputation for excellence in preparing
pupils for further education all around the world, building upon and
complementing the wonderful successes of pupils studying at Wellington
College in the UK.
South Korea
Korea University
Sungkyunkwan University
Sogang University
Kyung Hee University
Chung-Ang University
Hongik University
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Dankook University
Soongsil University
Inha University
Liberal Arts College
Hamilton College
Bard College
St. Olaf College
Denison
Art College
Parsons School of Art and Design
Rhode Island School of Design
Art Institute of Chicago
SVA (School of Visual Arts New York)
LOOKING
BEYOND IB:
Wellington’s
leaving pupils
prepare for the
next step
Wellington College International Shanghai
In 2017, Wellington International
College Shanghai has seen its first group
of year 13 pupils graduate from the
International Baccalaureate diploma
programme (IBDP). This will be a
genuinely happy occasion for the school,
only slightly tinged with sadness, saying
goodbye to its first leavers; a group
of talented young men and women,
many of whom were present during
its inaugural year and every step taken
since then.
Now, with college or university life
looming large before them, five of our
IB pupils have shared their perspectives
on how Wellington has prepared them
to take this hugely exciting next step in
their lives.
applications stand out most was the
variety of experiences that I’ve been
lucky enough to have during my time
here at Wellington. The College has
helped me go to Tanzania to work with
an orphanage, I’ve been able to perform
in theatrical productions and the CCA
programme in general has helped me
gain a whole range of new skills.
Elisa
Studying IB at Wellington has been great
as I’ve always been able to personalise
my learning to make my six subjects as
relevant to one another as possible. For
example, I want to study medicine at
university, so during my French lessons
I’ve started to study topics related to
traditional and alternative medicine. The
IB allows you to personalise your learning,
which then allows you to make all of your
subjects more relevant to whatever it is
you wa nt to pursue in the future.
This applies to the Extended Essay too,
because it allows you to pick a personal
interest and explore it in as much detail
as you want. This is great because not
only do you get to investigate something
that is very important to you, it also
gives you a chance to show your target
universities a bit more of yourself and
your individual interests.
This concept is also supported by the
facilities and resources on offer to us. In
chemistry, for example, for our group
projects we were able to perform a much
wider range of experiments because the
science labs are equipped to a very high
standard that not all schools can offer.
So this gave us the opportunity to
perform the experiments which really
interested us.
I think another key aspect is that the
Wellington teachers are always willing to
listen to any ideas that we have and will
allow us to decide how to get the best out
of our education here. Recently, I helped
put together a pupil-led science fair after
taking the idea to our teachers; they are
always so enthusiastic about letting us take
the initiative and make our own education
as relevant as possible, but also fun!
In terms of helping me prepare for
university life, the thing that made my
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I have an offer from Queen Mary
University of London to study medicine.
Joseph
I think the IB was great for allowing me
to pick and choose the most engaging
and relevant elements in most of my
subjects, especially English. Obviously,
maths has a lot of essential topics to
cover but even so it still felt tailor-made
for me and the other members of my
maths class. The internal assessments
(IAs) were particularly good for allowing
independent and personalised learning,
as you have to research an entire topic
of your choice, on your own. The same
goes for the extended essay.
As for the applications process itself,
the support has always been there
whenever I’ve needed it. I originally
applied to study engineering and I
received an offer from Imperial College
in London, among others. However,
I then changed my mind and decided
that I want to study maths, so I’m going
to apply again for maths courses. Our
director of higher education was always
free to discuss any element of the
process, and when I decided to change
courses I was well informed about all of
the options that are open to me. I feel
that whatever courses I apply for, I’ve
got the support on hand to guide me
through what I need to do in order to
have the best chance of success.
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