British University Rankings

collegemom3717
Tue, 15 Aug 2017 20:47:38 +0000

Also, the focus of the Economist article was the relative level of increase. Schools whose intake has a higher proportion of privileged, high achieving kids are necessarily at a disadvantage, as the scope for relative increase is lower to start with. Somebody who sits the SAT with no prep and scores a 1000 is going to find it easier to get their score to go up 200 points / get a 20% increase than somebody who is well prepped and scores a 1400. The point of the Economist article is where you get the most ‘return’ on your tuition pound.