E TON COLLEGE can boast of educating more than a third of Britain’s 57 prime ministers over its 583 years. Less impressive is the fact that the number of its pupils winning places at the universities of Oxford or Cambridge fell by more than half between 2014 and the 2021-2022 school year. Some parents pick private schools in the hope that their kids will benefit from more attention or less bullying. Others bet that these institutions will lead to a better education, higher grades and a place at a venerable university. But soaring costs and changing university admissions policies are prompting discussion of whether the crests and crenellations are worth it.
埃顿学院（E Ton College）可以在583年内教育英国57名总理的三分之一以上。令人印象深刻的是，在牛津大学或剑桥大学的学生中获胜的地方数量在2014年至2021-2022学年之间下降了一半以上。一些父母选择私立学校，希望他们的孩子将受益于更多的关注或减少欺凌。其他人则敢打赌，这些机构将导致更好的教育，更高的成绩和一所古老的大学的位置。但是，成本飙升和大学录取政策的变化促使人们讨论了徽章和克雷恩的值得。
