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How important are ethnic and social factors to studying at Cambridge? I am white British, private school background and due to the quotas on disadvantaged or minority students, am I at a disadvantage?

How important are ethnic and social factors to studying at Cambridge? I am white British, private school background and due to the quotas on disadvantaged or minority students, am I at a disadvantage?

No. The only disadvantage you could face is if your GCSE grades aren't great and they see that you went to a private school.

You're privileged, accept that instead of making yourself seem disadvantaged for some reason.

How important are ethnic and social factors to studying at Cambridge? I am white British, private school background and due to the quotas on disadvantaged or minority students, am I at a disadvantage?

I got 7A*s and 3As at GCSE but the whole quota system is stressing me out!

There are no 'quotas'.

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I got 7A*s and 3As at GCSE but the whole quota system is stressing me out!

I know there aren't quotas in the sense of company boards, but they do take contextual factors, like postcode or education into account.

I know there aren't quotas in the sense of company boards, but they do take contextual factors, like postcode or education into account.

ITT: Victim complexes in the making

I know there aren't quotas in the sense of company boards, but they do take contextual factors, like postcode or education into account.

There's no such thing as quotas. Stop acting like the system is against privileged people.

Correct. So, as you know there are no quotas why did you say there were? That kind of ill-formed thinking is hardly Oxbridge quality.

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I'm not acting like its against anyone! I'm trying to understand the actual system which is surrounded by misconceptions, not whinging about my upbringing.

It's a generalisation of the contextual factors they account for? With all the myths surrounding this I think anyone can be forgiven for believing that this selection is akin to a diversity quota

Oxbridge won't compromise on standards, I'm pretty sure both universities have said they're not pandering to this, just making it easier for those who are exceptionally able from disadvantaged backgrounds to be considered equally, in turn that makes anyone coming from an independent school held to a higher standard. That isn't like a quota

I know the actual system isn't a quota, I'm saying a lot of the information I've been told about the process is along the lines of Oxbridge having to accept a certain number of ethnic minority or state school students, which is false, I know the academic standards are of foremost importance. However, these myths make the system seem like a quota system prejudiced against privileged students, hence me asking this question on a forum to clarify what is fact and what's not.

'due to the quotas on disadvantaged or minority students' just made me think you thought there was a quota. All you can do is get top grades and do so much extra to show you're incredibly passionate about your subject