A SEDBERGH girl has secured herself an unconditional offer to go and study at one of the world's top universities next year.

Caroline Rosenzweig, who is head girl at The Mount School in York, has accepted an unconditional offer to study Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, better known as MIT.

Caroline, whose family own Laura's Loom in Sedbergh, made it through a two-year-long application process, including subject-specific SATs, to secure her place at the renowned institute.

"I applied to six different colleges," explained Caroline, who began her applications process in the Lower Sixth Form. "In America they don’t have a cap on it, so you can apply to as many universities and courses as you want to; but you do have to pay a fee for each one. I received offers from MIT, San Diego and Santa Clara.

With 32 departments over five schools and one college, MIT is widely regarded one of the world’s top universities. As of 2015, the MIT community counts no less than 85 Nobel Laureates, 52 Medal of Science recipients, 45 Rhodes Scholars and 34 astronauts among its community of current and former affiliates.