What about the students best interest?
Again, I’m sure some of these kids who come from under powered / under resourced schools do succeed at the top tier flagships, but at what cost to those who truly need the remedial courses - and end up getting walloped in first series exams.
I think that its simply a matter of perspective - there are students who have performed at or above the college preparedness level who are turned away to give opportunities to kids who have not (because they havent had access or resources etc) - maybe we are doing them a disservice by not having them gear up through additional work to demonostrate their readiness.
As far as the state is concerned - is it 'better to have a kids come from an under powered school and perform poorly or drop out, so that they get ‘a chance’ than to offer them the opportunity to take classes in environments which may allow them to grow with the material, and once they’ve mastered that then they continue on.
I don’t think this is simply a one sided argument.