Scots students secure places at top US universities

SEVERAL Scottish state school pupils have secured places at top American universities.

Seven students from Scotland will take up places at institutions including the Ivy League University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Skidmore College and Northwestern and the University of Rochester.

Kerry O’Neill, 17, from Notre dame High School in Glasgow, is the first in her family to go to university and has been offered a place at the University of Pennsylvania.

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The applications have been made possible by the Sutton Trust which encourages academically talented, low and middle income British students to consider studying at American universities.

Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust, said: “Our US Programme is a life-changing experience so I’m delighted that so many young people from low and middle income backgrounds have benefited from it this year.

“The 43 talented students will enjoy a broad and varied curriculum and, with generous financial aid packages on offer, will graduate from some of the world’s best universities debt-free.

“I hope more young people will look to their success and realise that a university education in America is well within their grasp.”

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