I should clarity that Cambridge is a Collegiate University, and
admission to undergraduate courses is down to the individual colleges.
As some are seen as more prestigious than others, and as some are very
rich (and others certainly not) and can offes all sorts of facilities;
whilst admission standards for all Cambridge undergraduate degrees are
very high, within that "some [Colleges] are able to be [even] more
selective in admission policy than others".
When I used to recommend graduates for admission to our Post-Graduate
Certificate in Education programme as physics specialists (a graduate
programme, so admission was by the University centrally), I know I
rejected people that most of my colleagues working on initial teacher
education physics courses elsewhere would have accepted. But the fees
and grants were common across different universities.
Keith
On 28/09/2022 20:16, Prof. Keith S. Taber wrote:
I'm sure Cambridge would not have admitted me.
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