If you don't get in to Oxbridge, does it mean you are inferior?

That includes people that never applied

No just have a good memory, vaguely remember you were doing something biology related so I picked between that and biochem


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they cost far far more

Not in the sense that they favour people by virtue of their being private school candidates, but in the sense that private school candidates simply do better, and have more access to resources that prepare them for the specific demands of the Oxbridge admissions procedure, hence are more likely to be accepted, which I highly doubt can be attributed to innate ability/potential. Their procedures try to ascertain how people will cope/how well they will be able to succeed at Oxbridge (well, in particular at Cambridge for Cambridge and Oxford for Oxford obviously), not in general, and I think that their tutorial system, which the interview is, from what I have heard, meant to be similar to, is more suited to those who are more self-assured and articulate, and private schools churn these out far better than state schools.

No it's not.

My friend did engineering at oxford, enjoyed doing electrical engineering, did a PhD, then left to work for a consulting firm and now works as a quant for a top hedge fund.

No one is doing that from southampton lol

You you me self know Southampton is not target, why the hell are you saying all this crap - because Alexion is your buddy and you don't want him to feel bad?

Nobody should want to actually work in the electronics industry. It's crap.

People do engineering at places like Oxbridge and then get extremely well paying jobs in the city. You just can't do that from somewhere naff like southampton.

Yeah I wanna do biochem and if I get the grades for Cambridge, I'll be doing bio natsci there and specialise in biochem in the third year

That includes people that never applied

Good luck fam, only one month till we're all put out of our miseries


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So he doesn't work in engineering and the field he ended up in has nothing to do with engineering either? Btw, as someone who knows a fair amount of people within the finance industry, yes, people from Southampton have done exactly what you've stated - sorry to break it to you*

Southampton is a top tier engineering school, especially for electronics. All sorts of tech and engineering companies actively recruit their graduates because they know for a fact that the blend of theory and practical work embedded into the degrees there equip grads with solid skills. Engineering employers on the whole are much less elitist and frankly, couldn't care less about the Oxbridge moniker. My dad used to hire new grads at Shell (he was a VP) and oftentimes his fellow coworkers would comment on how ill prepared some Oxbridge grads (not all) were for the job.

Because he's talking about engineering and NOT finance. There is a difference. Even if Southampton 'isn't a target' doesn't mean their grads don't go into front office finance (news flash: they do).

Yes I'm sure Goldman Sachs and Mcskinsey are just lined with Southampton grads

Newsflash, stop talking socialist ****

Oxford, Cambridge, imperial, UCL, Warwick or GTFO

Oxford, Cambridge, imperial, UCL, Warwick or GTFO

Warwick and UCL have weaker engineering departments than Soton

Yes I'm sure Goldman Sachs and Mcskinsey are just lined with Southampton grads

Newsflash, stop talking socialist ****

Oxford, Cambridge, imperial, UCL, Warwick or GTFO

Or put in more misery
Good luck to you too man

and then what? Oxford and London Metropolitan University both cost £9000 for a year. Are you saying that they both provide the same level of education because they cost the same? (Your answer implies that more expensive unis are better)

Nah my mum will kill me if I do too badly , so there's a bonus


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Yep

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Where are you going by the way? What's your offer?




I'd much prefer engineering Bristol, Bath or Soton to UCL or Warwick.

normally you pay for quality so hence my university of choice is £12,500 a month as it so specialised but sets you up to a £60,000 career if you work for someone else or a lot more if you choose to work for yourself