<p>Right, oldspc, it seems to be true mostly across the board, according to the stats, that those from "other" (non-UK) educational systems do have it tougher. There was some comment by students that Oxbridge had lowered their standards for international fee payers, but these stats argue against that. It was mentioned on the international students admission web site, as I recall, that most successful candidates are in the top 2% of school leavers - that's probably true regardless of the previous educational preparation. </p>
<p>I'm wondering if the differences in acceptance rates per subject are also because the level of preparation demonstrated by students having completing A-Levels successfully has not been borne out by those having completed qualifications. They don't say, no way to know, maybe factor in quotas for internationals?</p>