In France, Polytechnique is probably the most sought after. There's an oral exam to get in, and guess what ? Only 25% of student from Paris are eliminated, vers

In France, Polytechnique is probably the most sought after. There's an oral exam to get in, and guess what ? Only 25% of student from Paris are eliminated, versus 40% of kids from la province. 7% of girls are eliminated in the Computer Science branch (MP-Info), versus 27% of boys. More info, in french: https://www.lemonde.fr/campus/article/2014/11/25/l-ecole-polytechnique-ce-concentre-d-inegalites_4529264_4401467.html https://www.lemonde.fr/campus/article/2014/11/25/l-ecole-pol... And besides, the real filtering is actually done after the Baccalauréat: not everyone gets to be admitted to the big Parisian Lycées (Henry-IV, Louis-Le-Grand, etc.).