All Harvard kids are rich rowers, all Oxbridge students are posh sons and daughters of politicians and aristocrats, and all these state-educated kids were rejec

All Harvard kids are rich rowers, all Oxbridge students are posh sons and daughters of politicians and aristocrats, and all these state-educated kids were rejected simply because they didn't wear the right clothes, amirite? Bla. I do around 50-60 admissions interviews a year, and we don't even know to which schools the applicants went when we question them. What you've seen in action is a few anecdotes and whiny parents who blame external factors for their child's rejection letter. NB, I'm not saying there isn't a problem. There's still a lot of room for improvement; both universities are doing plenty of outreach work and are fully aware of the situation. But your portrayal of Oxbridge is ridiculous.