Indeed, for many of the more able students, pressure exists to provetheir academic superiority by not only achieving straight A grades, butalso taking more subjects as well as qualifications such as advancedextension awards where only merits and distinctions are given in singlesubjects.
Universities find it hard to differentiate between students and many areset to introduce entry exams and more rigorous entry criteria.
Some feel current results imply the system isn't working: the fact thatstudents can re-sit for higher grades and drop their worst A-levelsubjects after the first year makes it difficult to fail.
But doesn't this system encourage perseverance? It means one has theoption to succeed in further education rather than to surrender tofailure.
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