About the private schools I wasn't talking about English ones .... I meant Arabic private schools. And that was my point...it's mostly students from the schools you mentioned who are getting accepted. Am I any less qualified just because I didn't go to any of these schools? Oh and I didn't make a blanket statement...the facts remain that Qatar is paying a lot of money....most Qatari's don't get in these universities and the ones who do probably never studied in a public school....and it is mostly operated by Western expats....believe it!