Cambridge University, which has three female-only colleges and mixed colleges, last year admitted a record 1,379 women undergraduates, who now constitute 44.5 per cent of the total.
But despite changes to the entrance system, state school students are still less successful than independent school students, with 28.9 per cent of applicants compared with 38.6 per cent accepted.
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