Middlepath, studi was refering to the sponsor scheme.
BA is the same deal, hundereds of applicants applying for few jobs. They took the best out of the applicants. If one hundered people apply for seven positions, then only seven are going to be hired, thus a 7% pass rate. LH are not looking for 100% perfect examples of pure excellence, but they simply take the people who fit there requirements the best for a small number of jobs. As the number of these applicants is so huge, then only 7% of them get through. Its the numbers of applicants that push the pecentage down. Same case for BA.
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