LAURA Spence might have been spared her Oxford University ordeal if she had engaged the services of Application Research.
The company claims that for pound;80 it can coach would-be Oxbridge undergraduats in the art of interview technique. And if they fail the fee is refunded.
On the other hand, if Oxford had offered her a place to read medicine, Laura wouldn’t have ended up at Harvard.
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