Tens of thousands of A-level students are expected to miss out on their first-choice university as 'Generation Covid' find out their results
The first pupils to sit traditional exams since the start of the pandemic will be awarded about 80,000 fewer A and A* grades than last year’s students.Some 40,000 candidates could be rejected by their first choice if they miss a grade, with one estimate showing there will be 80,000 fewer As and A*s than last year.
Ucas chief executive Clare Marchant said the government's policy of lowering grade inflation so that results return to pre-lockdown levels was necessary. She said that applicants for the most popular courses such as medicine and dentistry will likely be affected the most.
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