Admission requirements to study a Bcom at UCT (at which an offer is more likely) are to achieve a matric bachelor pass with 60% + for Maths and either 50% + for English Home Language or 60% + for English 1st Add. Language. In 2013 just 6% of the 575,704 matrics that wrote the NSC exams met these criteria. (Department of education data, download the free infographic here http://bit.ly/1ziMGtG)

This week’s theme: Higher education