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探花直播UCAS system of Adjustment provides students with a second chance of getting on to their first-choice course.

Adjustment is an optional process that allows students who have met and exceeded the terms of the conditional offer that they are holding to refer themselves for consideration by another institution.

Seventy one students from under-represented backgrounds who referred themselves for consideration on A-level results day (15 August) were offered places on courses from English to Computer Science, and 67 accepted. Seventeen听medics got places through Adjustment, while others will study听Economics, Engineering, Law and Natural Sciences.

City & Islington College student听Kaan听Evcimen听will be studying Natural Sciences at Trinity Hall after gaining his place through Adjustment. He said: "Getting into Cambridge was simply a dream, which is now somehow reality - I'm super grateful for the opportunity and I'm excited to get started with studying the subject I love at the best university in the world."

Nikodem Czarlinski, who received 4 A*s -听in听Maths, Further Maths, Physics, and Chemistry听-听after studying at听 探花直播Priory Academy LSST听in Lincoln, will arrive听at Trinity College in October to study Engineering. He said: "My parents have always supported me and they taught me the value of hard work. Adjustment felt like a second chance and I kept the possibility in the back of my mind right through my exams. My family and my teachers were all very happy when I told them I鈥檇 got the place to study at Cambridge."

Katie Yuan will read Economics at Murray Edwards College after receiving 4 A* in Maths, Further Maths, Geography and Economics, and is the first pupil from Whitley Academy in Coventry to study at Cambridge. "I didn't tell my parents that I might be able to get a place through听Adjustment, and I only told one of my teachers, so everyone was so surprised. Adjustment is a fantastic idea - it opens up the door for lots of people from lots of backgrounds. Cambridge is the best place in the world to study and I'm so happy I'm not going to miss out on听that opportunity."

Zein Al-Hindawi, who attended the Al-Sadiq Islamic School in Brondesbury Park, London, and achieved three A*s at A-level, said: 鈥淪ome students might decide not apply to Cambridge because they think they have no chance of getting in. 探花直播truth is you just need to work really hard and ignore the stereotypes.鈥�

Bhasvic College Portslade student Alessandro Mashat Mettry, who moved to the UK to take his GCSEs, admits: 鈥淲hen I was growing up in Italy I鈥檇 never heard of Cambridge, but when I got A*s and As at GCSE I started thinking maybe I鈥檒l try for it.鈥�

探花直播four A* student admits to being inspired by reading Stephen Hawking鈥檚 A Brief History of Time, adding: 听鈥淚 thought if this man got inspired this way by being at Cambridge, I want to be inspired there too.鈥�

Cowes Enterprise College听student Mimi Poulton, who got three A*s at A-level, had an unconditional offer from another university when she was told of her eligibility for Adjustment at Cambridge. 鈥淚t was very motivational,鈥� she says.

And Sara Renmiu, who took her A-levels at Ashcroft Technology Academy in Putney, London, admits the chance of an Adjustment place drove her to study even harder. 鈥淚 did not have tutors or help outside of class 鈥� when the lessons ended it was up to me to do all the extra work to get the grades for Cambridge, but because I loved the course there so much it was worth it.鈥�

Dr Sam Lucy, Director of Admissions for the Cambridge Colleges, said: 鈥淲hen we announced the Adjustment scheme, we received many emails from students saying the second chance of a place at Cambridge was inspiring them to work even harder to achieve the best A-level results they could.

"It is wonderful to see that so many who may not have managed to show their full academic potential during the main Admissions round have gone on to excel at A-level due to their hard work and determination.鈥�

She added: 鈥淲e are delighted to have been able to offer so many of them a place at Cambridge in the pilot year of Adjustment and hope that more disadvantaged students will make an application to Cambridge in future years with the knowledge that this route will also be available to them.鈥�

Each student who applied under the Adjustment scheme had to meet at least three criteria (known as 鈥榗ontextual flags鈥�) demonstrating they have not had the same educational advantages as others.

Competition for Cambridge鈥檚 approximate 3,500 undergraduate places grows fiercer each year, with more than 14,000 students who apply not being made an offer.

Adjustment is the latest in a series of schemes aimed at boosting diversity, with generous financial assistance available through the and via Colleges' bursaries, a being introduced at Corpus Christi College next year and a听 探花直播-wide Transition Year programme set to launch in 2022.