Settle a private v state argument for me?

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Givemyheadpiece · 19/07/2023 08:17

Friend sent kids to prep schools, and now doing senior private schools til GSCE.

then the plan is to put the kids in state school for A levels to ‘fool’ the Uni admissions people - Oxbridge in particular- into thinking the kids were state schooled all along and get them into good unis - as many universities are now trying to give more bright state schooled/ low income kids a chance to get in.

I told her that they can see which school the kids studied at pre 6th form and that will be considered -

YANBU - of course it won’t fool admissions
YABU - she’s right, you can go Eton all the way then switch for A levels and no-one will know

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Lifechangesalot · 19/07/2023 09:07

maslinpan · 19/07/2023 08:47

DH
teaches at Cambridge and they are all very well aware of the state 6th forms favoured by private school parents, it's thought of as student laundering.

That's one way to make sure they have a wash

Lifechangesalot · 19/07/2023 09:06

They won't get away with it. Their GCSEs will give them away.

UnfortunateTypo · 19/07/2023 09:04

She’s not wrong. There’s a Sixth Form in Cambridge is the classic for doing that, the Uni’s obviously know but don’t seem to care. All DD’s friends who went there from their private school got into Oxford/Cambridge/Russell Group.

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Givemyheadpiece · 19/07/2023 08:57

‘I don’t have a clue. But I do remember that my private school used to hold specific oxbridge coaching sessions in sixth form, and everyone who attended them got an offer (although it was only around 10 or so girls). ‘

yes, but the ‘problem’ for private school parents is that uni’s are now not offering places to those schools the way they used to.

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maslinpan · 19/07/2023 08:47

DH
teaches at Cambridge and they are all very well aware of the state 6th forms favoured by private school parents, it's thought of as student laundering.

Minfilia · 19/07/2023 08:39

I don’t have a clue. But I do remember that my private school used to hold specific oxbridge coaching sessions in sixth form, and everyone who attended them got an offer (although it was only around 10 or so girls).

I also have a friend who went to state school who went to Cambridge.

I suppose it depends which is best for you. Academic ability and character will come first and foremost and IME both things are built well in private schools.

But I suppose technically if they are applying from a state school in sixth form then that would be the thing the universities look at. Personally I’d be going for grades above anything else though which usually means private is better!

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