<p>And this comes back to what I said earlier about context. A Cambridge A-level is a very different exam than a Hong Kong A-level, which in turn is quite different from a Nigerian A-level, but they all go into the same spot on the form for A-levels. But you see the thing is, because the admissions office gets lots of applicants from all of these regions, they know this too. The application is evaluated in context. Where the context is particularly unclear or unusual, it is the job of the EC to provide some context. This system works quite well (though it is not without its flaws).</p>