Lucy Cavendish Computer Science Admissions Statistics (2022)

To Eve Semat

By email [1][FOI #871908 email]

Dear Eve Semat

Our ref: f2022-012 Computer Science Admissions Statistics

I acknowledge your FOI request, set out below, and am responding on behalf
of Lucy Cavendish College as follows:

The information requested, insofar as it is held (noting that the current
undergraduate applications cycle is ongoing), is exempt under section
36(2)(c) of the Act because its disclosure would be likely to prejudice
the effective conduct of public affairs, in this case the integrity of the
College’s applications and admissions process which form a fundamental
part of its mission as an educational institution.

The current undergraduate applications cycle is ongoing and applications
are still being submitted and assessed. The College considers that the
disclosure of detailed statistics about applications made within the
current cycle would be likely to prejudice the notion of a fair and
confidential admissions process whereby each applicant has the same
information at their disposal and partial granular data is not disclosed
to specific members of the public while the process is ongoing.

As this is a qualified exemption, the College has considered whether, in
all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the
exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. The
College considers that, while some people might have an understandable
private interest in these statistics, there is no genuine public interest
in them when set against the extensive statistical information available
about previous admissions cycles published at
https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.u... statistics, coupled with
the prevailing public interest in maintaining a level playing field in
terms of the information available to all applicants.

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From: Eve Semat <[FOI #871908 email]>
Sent: 18 June 2022 08:18
To: LCC Freedom of Information Officer <[Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Lucy Cavendish Computer Science
Admissions Statistics (2022)

Dear Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge,

I request you to provide Computer Science (G400) admissions statistics for
UCAS application year 2022 (applications opening in Sep-21 to confirmation
in Aug-22), as per the following criteria:

1. Number of total applicants (direct / open), the number of interview
calls and % of interview calls (taken from the total number of
applicants), and number of offers and % of offers (from the total number
of applicants).

2. The number and % of offer holders without A Level Further Maths.

3. The number and % of deferred entry offer holders.

4. The average TMUA score in numerical form and % for offer holders.

Yours faithfully,

Eve Semat

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