Well the ones in the higher math classes would have been, but that's perhaps a small class size effect. I mean half of them did do either a math or engineering degree, one did a math PhD. I'm not too knowledgeable about the ones doing other subjects like history or art.

But yeah it would seem of the people who were on the path to apply to Oxford (or any other mathy course at a university) would have been fine if they had gotten in.

I'm extrapolating that the other kids in other subjects were just as qualified.

I mean of course I'm not saying people who hadn't done the prerequites would be fine, just the ones who did and didn't get in would be.