I have been approached by a student who is beginning his last year of school at the very tender age of just 15. He will turn 16 later this month, and wants to apply now for autumn 2017 entry.
He will be literally just about to turn or just recently turned 17 when he starts. Will this put off some unis?
He is brilliant and wants to apply to Cambridge, Imperial, and three other top-ranking names for Engineering. It's going to be a huge rush to get his application in, I know, but my question at this point is about his age.
On Cambridge SAQ he will probably tick the box saying if there is no place for him 2017 he is happy to have a deferred offer.
We are in France. He is not terribly excited about doing a year at prépa (specialist pre-university schools). But if he gets a deferred offer from Cambridge he would probably need to do so to fill his gap year.
Thanks for any advice about his age.
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shockthemonkey · 21/09/2016 10:19
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Draylon ·
30/09/2016 10:43
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