ABSTRACT
A distinction is made between prospective higher education students who pursue ‘normal’ and ‘choice’ biographies. In the former case, prospective students from families with experience of higher education typically see university entry as the normal route to take on completion of school, so their decisions focus on which university and course to attend. In the latter case, prospective students from families with little or no experience of higher education will have to make a very conscious choice to do something different.
