Following a theme off the other thread it sounds like the best way to get into Brit universities now is to send your kid to a poor state school and spend money on tuition! I realise the peer group may pose a problem however. The hardest way to get a place looks like being if you are average or below in a high achieving, selective school even if you get good grades.
This is all a result of too many A grade A levels and the resultant confusion among uni admissions as to which are in fact the best students.
It doesn't really matter whether you believe standards are higher or there is grade inflation (I incline to the latter), the result is this confusion. Although looking at the school's averages to decide whether a particular student there is any good sounds meritocratic, won't it lead to parents who previously went private entering the state system just for the exam years and paying for extra help for their kids?
