360° TOUR University Support
We support our pupils in their applications to leading universities across the globe, ensuring they are fully prepared for the next stage of their academic journey.
In Years 12 and 13, pupils follow a comprehensive programme of university preparation. Admissions officers and visiting academics are invited to deliver information sessions and subject lectures. Pupils are guided through researching universities and courses, crafting and submitting application materials, and preparing for interviews and for life at university.
No matter whether you plan to apply to universities in one country or several, the Sixth Form team is always available to provide bespoke advice. With years of collective experience and thousands of successful applications, the team offers specialist guidance in areas such as US college applications, Oxbridge preparation, and competitive courses including Medicine, Law and Engineering. We also have extensive expertise with applications to universities in Hong Kong, Mainland Chin, Canada, Europe and beyond, ensuring tailored support for every pupil’s aspirations.
Our weekly Beyond Harrow lessons explore a range of issues related to life at university and the world of work, including relationships, mental health, global citizenship, academic enrichment, networking skills and careers education. It is an entirely bespoke programme, written by the Sixth Form Team and with several units requested and partly designed by the pupils themselves.
OXBRIDGE ENTRY
At Harrow Hong Kong, our dedicated staff will guide you through the Oxbridge application process and what you should do each step of the way to prepare. We identify our most gifted pupils and invite them to take part in activities to challenge themselves academically and to develop their confidence in debate and discussion, skills which are essential for the interview. In the first term of Year 12 there is an information session with our own successful applicants – alumni currently at Oxford or Cambridge – and also a visit from an admissions tutor from Oxford or Cambridge who comes to talk about what they look for in a successful applicant.
In Year 12 all pupils applying to Oxford or Cambridge are put on a full programme of personal support throughout the process. They are assigned a Tutor – a subject expert who monitors a personalised programme of study to stretch the pupil beyond the demands of A-Level. Pupils attend individual and small-group sessions, designed to model the Oxbridge tutorial system and, later on, are given extensive formal mock interview practice.
