17.02.10. Even having A* students faced with the refusal of universities

The new system of evaluation of knowledge A-level, designed to help universities select the most qualified candidates, risks instead of solving the problem itself become a victim of the depreciation of the marks. According to the newspaper Sunday Times schoolboy from Lincolnshire, which according to preliminary projections will get in the finals three A* and one A, was refused admission at three colleges of the University of Cambridge (University of Cambridge), Durham (University of Durham), Warwick (University of Warwick) and University College London (University College London). Admission committees of universities have not given comments on the case, but noted that the competition in the departments of English, where did this young man was very high. 70 seats of University College London received 1500 applications, of which the interview admitted 300 students.