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The Class of 2019 Reflect
2020-21 Sixth Form leavers’ destinations
At the end of the College’s Quatercentenary, we thought it would be interesting to follow the lives and careers of the Class of 2019. Their stories continue here.
Most popular university choices: • NUMBER OF DULWICH COLLEGE PUPILS Every year, talented Alleynians leave Dulwich to make their way in the world. Some leavers begin their university studies immediately, taking on challenging studies at world-leading institutions, while others take gap years to travel, do charitable work or gain invaluable internship experiences, and some go directly into their chosen profession via apprenticeships and entrepreneurship. Dulwich College prepares our leavers to take their next steps, wherever they might be, with confidence.
James Barnett (10-19) I read Maths, Physics and Biology at A Level and like so many of my cohort applied for university through the UCAS system in the usual way. At the same time, I also applied for apprenticeships at Rolls Royce and Airbus. I was fortunate to receive several offers from universities to study aerospace engineering, but in the end decided to pursue an apprenticeship with Rolls Royce because I could get paid to work and study at the same time! I have certainly enjoyed my time at the company, having experienced placements in aerospace to nuclear engineering and if they will have me I plan to stay on at Rolls Royce for years to come, even after my apprenticeship finishes in September 2023, having completed a four-year programme. My apprenticeship has given me a head start. I am doing exactly what I want to do. In fact, I have recently accepted a job that will allow me to continue on as a manufacturing engineer at the company working in their nuclear business. Max Bliss (14-19) I left Dulwich in 2019 with my mind set on Exeter University, I was anxious to start and sure I was making the right decision in not taking a gap year; I still needed my life to be a bit more structured. Looking back, I am sure I made the right decision. Now however, I am chomping at the bit to get away from academia and live my life a bit more freelance after this, my final year of university. I plan to go traveling and have made connections with a possible internship in Australia starting next year (provided I pass all my exams). During my time at Exeter, academics, which I am sure my mother will be dismayed to hear, has at times not been my main focus. I have spent a lot of my time in and around the high-performance sports program, specifically rugby, playing in the freshman’s first team and making my BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Sport) super rugby debut as well as being invited into train with Exeter Chiefs later in my first term at Exeter. Unfortunately, just before everyone was stopped from playing by Covid, I had a series of hamstring injuries which ended with me having an operation which had subsequently took me out of sport for just over a year. Fortunately, I am back playing BUCS now, really enjoying it and trying to make the most of my time on the pitch! I have enjoyed the academics during my time at Exeter and each year I have felt myself enjoying it more. It certainly helped being able to specialise in modules that I both enjoy and am interested in. This year my main challenge is writing my 12,000-word dissertation on the ethics of climbing Mt Everest, basing my data on literature and interviews I am currently undertaking with Sherpa’s, mountain guides, and Western climbers who have summited. I would say what I have struggled with most is balancing sport, academics, and social aspects of my time at university. But I see that as a positive thing; I would rather look back and think that I made the most of my time (albeit occasionally stretched wafer thin) than reflect back on opportunities lost.
London
The University of Edinburgh •6
Imperial College London •13 UCL (University College London) •19 King's College London •6
Durham University •17
University of Manchester •11
University of Nottingham •7 University of Warwick •16
University of Cambridge •7
University of Oxford •6
University of Bristol •10
University of Exeter •10
University of Bath •10
In addition to UK destinations, we are seeing an increasing number of OAs taking the opportunity to study abroad. In 2021 we saw destinations including, ETHZ Zurich, Hong Kong University, McGill University, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore University and a number choosing to study in America including at Georgetown University, Georgia Tech, New York University, Penn State University, Rhode Island School of Design and University of California.
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