Scottish applicants from good schools and affluent areas have been turned down by the University of Edinburgh, new figures suggest.
Only priority applicants from more deprived areas were accepted to courses including law, business and philosophy.
Labour MSP Michael Marra, who obtained the data, said reliance on income from UK and overseas students meant many "ordinary Scots" were missing out.
The university said it was making a sustained effort to widen access.
Mr Marra, Regional MSP for North East Scotland, said one of his constituents made a freedom of information request after her son failed to gain a place to study law, despite having good grades.
