SUMMARY

Please note that last year's figures are shown in italics in brackets.

Table 1.1 Applications and acceptances by type of school/college and gender

• The total number of applications is 14,498 (14,105) an increase of 3% on the previous year.
• The total number of applications from the maintained sector is 6,689 (6,214) an increase of 8%.
• The total number of applications from the independent sector is 4,095 (3,949) an increase of 4%.
• The total number of acceptances is 3,531 (3,390) an increase of 4%.
• The total number of acceptances from the maintained sector is 1,762 (1,517) an increase of 16%.
• The total number of acceptances from the independent sector is 1,277 (1,327) a decrease of 4%.
• The male:female ratio of accepted students is 52:48 (51:49).

Table 1.2 Home applications and acceptances by type of UK school/college and gender

• For applications from Home students attending UK schools/colleges the proportion of acceptances by school/college type are:

  Maintained	59% (55%)
  Independent	41% (45%)

Table 3.1 Applications and acceptances by UCAS tariff scores and gender

• Of those accepted 98% (97%) achieved three grade As (or more) counting only their best three A levels excluding General Studies.
• The number of unsuccessful applicants who went on to achieve three grade As counting only their best three A levels excluding General Studies is 5,494 (5,453).

Table 7.1 UK domiciled applicants and acceptances by socio-economic classification

• The proportion of those accepted whose socio-economic group is known and who declare themselves to be from one of the lower socio-economic groups as defined by UCAS (groups 4-7) is 12% (11%). In addition 12% (10%) of those accepted chose not to declare their socio-economic classification.

Table 8.1 Home applications and acceptances by ethnic origin

• The proportion of those accepted whose ethnicity is known and who declare they have an ethnic minority background or other is 15% (15%). In addition 10% (4%) of those accepted chose not to declare their ethnic origin.

Table 9.1 Applications and acceptances by disability

• The proportion of those accepted who declare they have disability is 4% (3%).

Notes for information

• These statistics refer to applicants making an application in October 2007, either for entry in October 2008 or deferred entry in October 2009. Applicants holding a deferred offer from the previous admissions round are not included. Please note that the statistics also exclude 221 (206) applicants through UCAS who did not submit a Cambridge Application Form (CAF) in addition to a UCAS application.
• The term 'Home' refers to applicants who have indicated that they are in UCAS residential categories A, B, C, D and G (that is all categories except O). For more information about UCAS residential categories contact UCAS via www.ucas.ac.uk.
• Acceptance figures include only those applicants who received an unconditional firm offer of a place. It excludes those made conditional offers who were unsuccessful at confirmation.
• In many places percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number, so values given do not always add up to 100.