Success in USA College Applications

Lancing has yet again seen an increase in pupil applications to study in the USA and other international destinations. In the last five years applications have increased and now some 8–10% of pupils proceed to take up offers.

Whilst there is a universal boom in applications, the appetite within the Lancing College community is especially strong and current students benefit from OLs currently studying across the USA. Notable successes so far this year include :

Nana has been awarded a highly sought-after Moorhead-Cain Scholarship to study Politics and Government, Entrepreneurship and Global Development at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Nana was one of seven students in the UK awarded this scholarship out of over 2,000 applicants.

Awarded a scholarship to study at Pomona College in Claremont, California, where she will be majoring in Politics.

A further nine Lancing students are in various stages of waiting for, or receiving, their offers.

The process of application to the USA is not as straightforward as in the UK through the centralised UCAS process. Each application is made independently, and therefore a level of determination and resilience is necessary. The possibilities that such a place can offer are exceptional. The College team starts to raise awareness of the opportunities of overseas universities in the Fifth Form, which provides time for consideration, research and planning.

Once pupils start in the Sixth Form, the College offers dedicated and personal support, including staff with specialist expertise in supporting US applications, and also an SAT centre on site.

With some 40 different nationalities, Lancing has a strong international ethos and multinational environment, building international sympathies and enhancing global awareness. Commenting on this year’s success, Dominic Oliver said:

‘This is a highly competitive process and across the staff body we have a great deal of expertise to support the complexities and nuances of US applications. As someone who was lucky enough to spend some time in the US system as an undergraduate, I know just how exciting and varied the opportunities in the American College and University system can be: bravo to those who have received offers this year. Lancing’s ever-growing and loyal American alumni group will soon be gaining some excellent members.’

Kitty Chadwyck-Healey (2022 Leaver)