Nine high-flying students from Caistor Grammar School spent a day at Cambridgelearning more about life at one of the country's top universities.

All are considering making an application to Cambridge and will redouble theier efforts to achieve the grades required..

Andrew Dobson, 17, from Caistor is applying to study engineering, liking Cambridge over other university because the breadth of the course gives him a chance to find out which branch he is interested in.
"I've always loved making things and I've been interested in engineering since I was about ten when my parents organised an annual go-cart race round the main square in Caistor inspired by the Palio in Siena."
Helen Gould, 17, lives in Grimsby and said that being a Cambridge student would give her an excuse for "being horribly geeky" about her favourite subject, English literature.
"Cambridge has so much to offer. It's a really pretty place, the facilities are excellent and you would be taught by world experts," she said.
"Not only do the libraries at Cambridge have manuscripts detailing authors' own corrections, but the main University Library receives a copy of every new book that's published. That's really cool."

Accompanying the party was headteacher Roger Hale and head of sixth form Terry McTernan. Mr Hale studied law and history at Trinity College, Cambridge, and has fond memories of being a student.
"We do all we can to encourage our pupils to be ambitious and stretch themselves. A day like this is really valuable in giving them the chance to get a feel for the University and find out more about applying."

They were hosted by Christ's College which works with schools in Lincolnshire to encourage more applications from state school pupils. The day was organised by the college's schools liaison officer Selina Hawkins, from North Thoresby who attended Monk's Dyke Technology College in Louth and Franklin College in Grimsby. She studied Natural Sciences at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and graduated in 2005.

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