My Wolverhampton comprehensive advised us (many able students who went on to get straight A A-level results) not to apply to Oxford as "they only generally let in one student a year from our school and we've already picked our most likely candidate"https://twitter.com/JuliaHB1/status/987319155778088961 …
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Hmm, so maybe you were privileged to have teachers and a school who recognised your intelligence?
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I’m another one. They had didn’t “have time” and didn’t want to risk place of preferred candidate, etc. I joined a part of civil service years later dominated by Oxbridge grads. We all had to have IQ tests. I beat most of them. That’s what privilege looks like
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