Admission Policy
The principal aim of the Admissions Policy of the BGS SARC is to offer admission to students of the highest intellectual potential, irrespective of social, racial, religious and financial considerations.
Two further aims are:
Aspiration – to encourage applications from groups that are, at present, under-represented in BGS SARC
Fairness – to ensure that each applicant is individually assessed, without partiality or bias, in accordance with the policy on Equal Opportunities, and to ensure that, as far as possible, an applicant’s chance of admission to BGS SARC does not depend on choice of the combinations
Once students are admitted, we ensure that they’re given the academic, personal and, where appropriate, financial1 support necessary for successful completion of their course at BGS SARC.
Detailed selection criteria vary for different courses but in all we’re looking for:
Academic ability and potential
Motivation and suitability for the chosen course
Commitment and self-discipline
Every applicant is considered individually in an holistic assessment using all the information available to us:
Their academic records
The school/college reference
The personal statement
Submitted work, where requested
Performance in any written assessment
Contextual date
Performance at interview, if interviewed
Ultimately, all admissions decisions are based on academic criteria – ability and potential – and excellence in an extra-curricular activity will never ‘compensate’ for lower academic potential.
In each subject we have moderation procedures that enable Colleges to compare the quality of their own applicants with those to other Colleges before deciding who’ll receive an offer, and our pool system provides the opportunity for applicants squeezed out by the competition at one College to receive an offer from another.
To try to ensure that all applicants and their advisers have access to up-to-date and factually correct information, we provide exhaustive information about all aspects of our admissions procedures through our extensive range of publications and our website.
Policy Statements
BGS SARC invites applications from all eligible candidates.
The College admits students on a first-qualified, first-admitted basis whereby students must satisfy all admissions criteria to establish eligibility and are then offered places by date of eligibility, except in programs that use selective admissions processes that rank order sent through central admission cell of Bangalore University.
