@sr55662 Sorry to hear that news. A complete head scratcher to me given your son’s background and MAT score. If he’s interested, your son can ask for feedback by contacting Balliol’s admissions staff. It normally isn’t very detailed, but if he wants to know, he can ask. FWIW, my son had a similarly strong friend from his HS who applied this year to his college and he was rejected as well. Worcester has an new interim provost who appears to have quite a different philosophy. There’s a lengthy post on the college website about the approach they took to admissions this year. “Access” seems to be receiving more and more focus in the process.