Some of the graduates who gained admission.
One in three of Qatar Foundation’s Academic Bridge Program (ABP) graduates gained admission to HBKU’s partner universities in Education City this year.
In May 2013, the ABP graduated 177 students and 58 students or 33 percent got accepted to a HBKU partner university in Education City, making it the largest percentage ever admitted from a graduating class.
Some students received more than one admission as the universities offered 58 ABP graduates 68 admission letters. The breakdown of students offered places at HBKU’s partner universities in Education City is as follows:
• Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar: 4
• Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar: 4
• Texas A & M at Qatar: 12
• Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar: 21
• Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar: 15
• Northwestern University in Qatar: 12
In addition, almost 40 percent of ABP graduates were offered places at universities in the United Kingdom, the United States and other universities abroad while many others went onto other universities here in Qatar.
Dr Miles Lovelace, Director of the Academic Bridge Program, observed that last year’s slogan “Your Gateway to Education City Universities” proved true for the 58 ABP students who completed the program in May 2013. “These 58 graduates received a total of 68 offers of admission from HBKU university partners. Almost 50 percent of those who applied to the six American universities in Education City were admitted, and this equals 33 percent of the graduating class. The previous high had been 30 percent of the graduating class,” Dr. Lovelace stated.
This confirms that the ABP Class of 2013 (80 percent of whom were Qatari) was the most successful ever in achieving admission to HBKU’s partner universities.
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