No-Longer-Prince Andrew

[Winnipeg]

Or, they could have gone to university and trained for a career in almost any subject...........they would not have had to worry about student loans and tuition payments. What a great opportunity to advance one's learning.

If I was in the spot I would likely have pursued an academic position after a Ph.D. from Cambridge or Oxford or London School of Economics.................sounds pretty good to me.

 

[Vagabond]

Or, they could have gone to university and trained for a career in almost any subject...........they would not have had to worry about student loans and tuition payments. What a great opportunity to advance one's learning.

No, they couldn't have.

When Andrew was of an age to go to university, only seven percent of all British people in his age group went to university, and only about twice that number received any sort of tertiary education at all. (Nowadays, about half of Britons in this age group do go to university.) Andrew reportedly got three A-levels, but I don't think his marks have ever been disclosed, which suggests that they weren't high enough to earn a place at any British university that would have been deemed suitable.

Harry got only two A-levels, namely an a B in Art and a D in Geology. Even now, applicants need three A-levels and better marks to get into university.

 

[kwanfan1818]

They would easily have been accepted to an elite school in the US. I'm guessing Canada as well.