Trinity Hall mustn’t confuse opportunity with ability

‘Trinity Hall has historically championed students who have the potential to grow into Cambridge.’ Photograph: Robert Harding/Alamy

As a comprehensive-school-educated alumnus of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, I was dismayed to read your recent article on the college’s new admissions approach (Cambridge college to target elite private schools for student recruitment, 7 January).

I chose Trinity Hall precisely because of its inclusive, anti-elitist ethos. I arrived in Cambridge from the Midlands (an underrepresented geographic region) with a good state education, a passion for languages, but little understanding of the educational privilege enjoyed by many of my peers.