Headteachers have warned that talented young people are being refused places at university due to a lack of places.
Teenagers with five As at Higher are being knocked back from medical schools, while others who expected to win a place at their first-choice institution are being accepted only by their second-choice university.
Ian Jones, rector of Madras College in St Andrews, said: "What we are finding is that, not in all cases, but in some cases, pupils we would have expected to get unconditionals are getting conditionals, and those we thought would get conditionals are being rejected, and that has a knock-on effect on everyone.
"One pupil has five As and wanted to get into medicine because she comes from a medical family. She did all the relevant work experience, had a great reference from the school and didn't even get interviewed."
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