No, the main problem is that not enough state schools teach pupils up to the level needed for Oxbridge. https://twitter.com/toadmeister/status/676041374349860864 …
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@JuliaHB1@MichaelLeam@Fox_Claire@cijane02@toadmeister things have changed. In fact it's now often the other way round. -
@peterfrankopan@MichaelLeam@Fox_Claire@cijane02@toadmeister that can't be true or more comp kids would be at Oxbridge, surely? -
@JuliaHB1@MichaelLeam@Fox_Claire@cijane02@toadmeister private pupils (often) better drilled - which helps with some subjects. - End of conversation
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@JuliaHB1@Fox_Claire@cijane02 At my university the privately educated kids were no better educated. Just overconfident. Anecdotes hey? -
@MichaelLeam@Fox_Claire@cijane02 definitely more confident, yes, and that helps in the interviews, but my uni peers were far better read -
@JuliaHB1@Fox_Claire@cijane02 Not so. State schools kids at Oxbridge much more likely to get a first http://www.economist.com/blogs/blighty/2013/08/oxbridge-admissions … -
@MichaelLeam@Fox_Claire@cijane02 @EconBritain yes, precisely because the state school kids who do apply and get in are exceptional.
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@JuliaHB1@MichaelLeam@Fox_Claire@cijane02@toadmeister if I compare my state daughter to private friends she knows less. -
@JuliaHB1@MichaelLeam@Fox_Claire@cijane02@toadmeister we try to do extra at home but hard -
@JuliaHB1@MichaelLeam@Fox_Claire@cijane02@toadmeister I hate the thought of private but we did consider it but we simply couldn't afford -
@JuliaHB1@MichaelLeam@Fox_Claire@cijane02@toadmeister when I see what I wrote then it's disgusting that in 2015 this even exists
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