The University of Cambridge today congratulated students who have met their offers to begin studying in October.

Several colleges and societies took to social media to welcome newly-admitted students upon receiving A-Level results this morning.

Trinity College posted via Instagram to state “a huge congratulations to everyone receiving their results,” suggesting students regardless of results should “take time and reflect” on “all the hard work and effort” put in. King’s College advised newly-incoming students to “take time to relax over the Summer”.

Aside from colleges, many of the University’s societies have expressed congratulations to this year’s successful applicants. The Cambridge Union, the University’s independent debating society, extended its “warmest wishes” to all students joining Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin universities next year.

Many University sports teams have similarly taken the opportunity to welcome incoming students, with sports such as cricket and golf, among others, inviting freshers to reach out for more information on getting involved.

Students in the August Reconsideration Pool will have to wait until Friday to hear whether or not they have found a place at Cambridge. Those eligible for the Pool had until 1pm today (14/08) to apply for consideration.

Eligible students must have been interviewed during the regular admissions process, as well as meeting one of the University’s three “widening participation” criteria, or have received an offer in January but narrowly missed their required grades.

While the University is yet to publish new offer statistics for this year, the positive trajectory of A-Level results across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, continued from last year with record numbers of students achieving first-choice places.

The share of top A*-A grades achieved rose slightly from last year, up from 27.8% to 28.3%. Following this, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson declared on the BBC this morning that the results showed a “steadying of the ship” post-pandemic, as grades start to even out.

But inequalities between highest and lowest-performing regions in England have widened, with the percentage point gap between London and the North East, this year’s lowest-performing region, jumping from 8.8% to 9.2%.

This year’s results come after Varsity revealed in June that in 2024 the proportion of students admitted to Cambridge from state schools fell for the second year in a row.

Similarly, Varsity revealed in June that 27% of Cambridge students have parents who attended either Oxford or Cambridge. 

At the time, a Cambridge University Student’s Union (SU) representative told Varsity: “The class divide at Cambridge isn’t defined by income alone, but also by confidence, community, and access to insider knowledge. That’s why even naturalised initiatives like bridging weeks, college families, and society buddy schemes are so vital.”