Are universities biased against independent schools?
1. There is no evidence to support this myth: virtually all our leavers gain places at the university of their first choice. 2. The best universities are looking for students who have been academically stretched, can think for themselves, and have enjoyed a broad education. Truro School consciously aims to provide all these things. 3. A survey in 2006 of 67,530 applications to 4,206 courses at 226 universities by the Independent Schools Council concluded that there was no evidence of systematic discrimination against independent school pupils by universities. It also found that 98% of pupils in ISC schools received at least one offer to one of their six chosen universities.
