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alastairr

Are there many upper class people at Newcastle ? Is it true it's the new sloane University ? X

Reply 1

hedfunk

Well the grandaughter of the Duke of Beaufort is on my course. And there are very, very many rahs. Whether this is a bad thing is up for debate.

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Reply 2

Crimsonchilli

hedfunk

Well the grandaughter of the Duke of Beaufort is on my course. And there are very, very many rahs. Whether this is a bad thing is up for debate.

out of interest, whats newcastle like for politics ? The offer confuses me aswell, AAA-ABB ?

Reply 3

shepstar1

alastairr

Are there many upper class people at Newcastle ? Is it true it's the new sloane University ? X

Simply put, yes. However, it would be unwise to stereotype them all. Yes, some of them love themselves and think they're God's gift but many are quite friendly and sociable. :rolleyes:

Reply 4

hedfunk

Crimsonchilli

out of interest, whats newcastle like for politics ? The offer confuses me aswell, AAA-ABB ?

So far, so good, you have to do 40 credits worth of non core modules, 20 of which have to be non politics related. (There's 120credits for the year, usually 10credits per semester), So I've picked up a history module and a couple of economics ones, which is pretty cool tbh.

http://nclpoladmissions.blogspot.com/ - if you go to the second page on that and scroll down, it explains the AAA-ABB thing pretty well. The guy who's blog it is, is the admissions tutor for the course.

EDIT: If you're thinking of applying that blog is very informative of the whole process.

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Reply 5

keynesismyhomeboy

alastairr

Are there many upper class people at Newcastle ? Is it true it's the new sloane University ? X

I think people very much misunderstand the term 'sloane'.

What I think you are talking about is in fact - public school kids.

Newcastle has always attracted public school kids. I think even more so since Princess Beatrice joined.

St Andrews, Bristol and Oxford/Camb are a lot more 'sloane' though. I don't think Newcastle could ever earn their rah-ratings

Reply 6

alastairr

Yes It's a good thing I do love a sloane and a rah X

Reply 7

Gontak

I don't think Newcastle has anywhere near as many Rah's as it's made out to be. Either that or most people whom I interact with (In henderson hall) are the ones which are exempt from this.

Politics course is great by the way.

Reply 8

Paul Blake

I found Newcastle very full of rahs, they usually stick together and can be found in Castle Leazes or after that Jesmond. They're not as bad as many make them out to be despite their bizarre tramp/farmer fashion sense.

Reply 9

Empire08

Yes there are lots of Rahs.

Reply 10

GRIMBOB

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Reply 11

nuclearwinter

The Uni is full of rahs. Castle Leazes is where 90% of them go. Half of the ones I've met have been lovely though.

Reply 12

Tabris

Original post by alastairr

Are there many upper class people at Newcastle ? Is it true it's the new sloane University ? X

Upper class, not really.

Middle class rahs, plenty.

Not as big a deal as people make it out to be though.

Reply 13

Aubydoll

Original post by shepstar1

Simply put, yes. However, it would be unwise to stereotype them all. Yes, some of them love themselves and think they're God's gift but many are quite friendly and sociable. :rolleyes:

Very true. There are lots of lovely ones. I've met more nice ones than stuck up ones, so I wouldn't worry.

I spoke to a boy who does politics the other day and he said they just do lots of debates and stuff. Sounds so fun in comparison to Law.