Seren Network Students Alys and Chloe Represent Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor at Cambridge
Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor A Level students Alys Atkin and Chloe Zarate recently attended a prestigious residential school at Cambridge University with the Seren Network.
“It was such an amazing experience…it inspired me to try and achieve the goal of being able to say I study at Cambridge University.” - Chloe
Only open to students expected to achieve the highest grades possible nationwide, the residential courses are difficult to get into.
17-year-old Alys, studied a history course during her time at Cambridge. With only five to ten students on each course, “We received a lot of attention from the lecturers,” said Alys, who is studying A Level Mathematics, Further Mathematics, History and Chemistry at Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor.
“My favourite part of the trip was getting a taste of life at a leading university and venturing around the city,” she added.
A Welsh Government initiative, the Seren Network works with the brightest students in further education and schools across Wales to make sure that they achieve their full academic potential, supporting them to gain entry to leading universities across Wales, the UK and overseas.
16-year-old Chloe took part in the Human, Social and Political Sciences residential course at Cambridge.
Studying A Level History, Maths and English at Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor. Experiencing student life at Cambridge, Chloe enjoyed the “accommodation” and the “food” plus seeing “the colleges such as Magdalene and Cambridge.”
“We got tours of the city and the other college campuses, which really showed how connected the whole place is”, added Chloe.
“It was such an amazing experience and it inspired me to try and achieve the goal of being able to say I study at Cambridge University.” - Chloe,
The future is definitely bright for our Seren stars. Alys has plans to study mathematics at Edinburgh University. Chloe, not sure what subject she wants to study yet, also has university in her sights but has plans to take a gap year first to “learn more about the world”.
“I will push myself to get the best grades I can so that I can keep my options as open as possible”, said Chloe.
Fflur Rees Jones, Assistant Principal at Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor said: “A huge well done to Alys and Chloe on their fabulous academic achievements so far. We are sure there are great things to come for them and we are very grateful for the opportunities that the Seren Network provides for our learners.”
To find out more about A Levels at Grŵp Llandrillo Menai visit: https://www.gllm.ac.uk/courses...