Students at Shrewsbury International School Bangkok Riverside are celebrating six offers from the University of Cambridge, ranked 2nd in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018.
The offers add to Shrewsbury's outstanding track record of university placements around the world, as recognised by the school’s recent win in the International School Awards.
Chanop (Chap) Sethiwan receives an offer to study Engineering whilst Singh (Leo) Atipunumphai secures an offer to study Natural Sciences (Physics). With her offer to read Economics, Pornchanit (Sand) Sunyabhisithkul has the opportunity to join her sister, Sense (Shrewsbury Class of 2018) at Cambridge, whilst Nerinat (Nae Nae) Yongphiphatwong (Engineering) also completes a family double, with sister Pun Pun (Class of 2018) now studying at rival Oxford University.
Woramon (May-May) Wattanawanitchakorn receives an offer to read Economics, whilst fellow Music Scholar and star mathematician, Sithipont (Pino) Cholsaipant, is now in the extraordinary position of being able to weigh up offers from both Cambridge and Stanford University, which is ranked third in the world.
For Leo, Nae Nae and Chap, the achievement marks the culmination of a carefully structured learning journey, which began in Shrewsbury’s Early Years programme. For all six students, the offers are a testament not only to their dedication to their studies but also to their academic curiosity. They have all consistently shown great willingness to explore content and concepts beyond the examination syllabus, something which is encouraged and supported by Shrewsbury staff, and through the Sixth Form’s “Reading the World” critical thinking programme.
Assistant Principal (Head of Academic) Rob Groves notes, “As our students will have found out through their own research of the Oxbridge admission processes, and from listening to the advice of our own Higher Education Team as well as Oxford and Cambridge universities’ own admissions personnel, who we have been pleased to host here at Riverside in recent months, what these top universities are looking for is an ability to talk with passion and confidence about supra-curricular subject matter that really expose their curiosity and analytical skills.”
“Having had the pleasure of watching their progress through the years, it is no surprise to me that these six exceptional students were able to stand out in such a competitive global field. In addition to being academically very gifted, they also have an exemplary work ethic and demonstrated the courage to take on a challenge,” Rob continues.
“I have seen this confidence develop in many different ways, but in particular through the co-curricular and leadership opportunities that are offered here at Shrewsbury and which all of these students have grasped with both hands. Congratulations to them, and very good luck to all of our students in both their university applications and A level exams that follow.”