Aspiring UK medical students in limbo because of exam fiasco Thousands of graduating high school students in Britain are scrambling for university spots following the government’s disastrous decision to award final grades using an algorithmLONDON -- Chris Byrne and Khadijah E. Olonade worked hard to get into medical school, but the computer said no. Aspiring doctors are particularly in limbo because the hands-on training medical schools provide means the number of slots can’t easily be expanded to accommodate those turned away by the algorithm debacle. Universities offer final-year high school students places based on grades predicted by teachers, but admission is contingent on final exams, known as A Levels. “How do we make decisions fairly on behalf of everybody?” said professor Jenny Higham, principal of St. George’s University of London medical school. “It’s all about the final exam, which many medical students were gearing and preparing themselves towards.

Source: ABC News August 20, 2020 10:07 UTC