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Very concerned about Warwick

Anyone not from the south or who speaks with a similar accent be prepared to get your own accent ripped into, thats about it.

And I believe the Flag flying thing is with regards to "not excluding students whose nation is not represented in an upcoming sporting event". Says nothing about county flags though, and my Derbyshire one is going up when I'm back on campus for my 4th year.

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andy_cole2

wow u snubbed cambridge how they must cry themselves to sleep at night in the knowledge taht you did so...and the hipocrisy in your statement is that you come across as kindof snobbish saying you snubbed somewhere that would most likely not take you anyway. and yes the university has no interest in its students, who was telling you this stuff anyway? sounds like crap to me. Most universities are left wing anyway it makes sense to suck up to the man in the best position to increase your funding. and you say very concerned about warwick as if its some international crisis just hit the uni lets just hope it doesn't burn down anytime soon...or not until its given me an offer at least :rolleyes:

I really don't get what's snobbish about not wanting to go to somewhere i consider snobbish. I don't understand how you would know the likelihood of me getting into Cambridge either.

I wrote 'very concerned about Warwick' because I had pretty much decided to go there and then I read all these negative things- they aren't my opinions . I simply stated that I had come across them a few times and wanted to establish their validity. It's normal to be concerned about making the right choice.

I don't think Warwick is 'below' me. I get the feeling that it is far less pretentious than places like Durham and that appeals to me. I just got accepted today anyway.

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Llama86

Anyone not from the south or who speaks with a similar accent be prepared to get your own accent ripped into, thats about it.

And I believe the Flag flying thing is with regards to "not excluding students whose nation is not represented in an upcoming sporting event". Says nothing about county flags though, and my Derbyshire one is going up when I'm back on campus for my 4th year.

Do you like it there then?

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Cambyses

The second thing I can understand but the first?? Banning the flying of the English flat??? Surely that is not right, and if it is certainly NOT rightly so. :confused:

Yes, it is true.

I think having the basketball team fined was a little OTT myself.'Queer' doesn't even necessarily mean gay.

Reply 24

Llama86

Yes I like it here, I'm not one of these people who think this is the greatest place ever, but yes I like it.
There have been times I've noticed some snobbery - I know a lot of people also who have no idea what i'm talking about when I say this - but after a few weeks I just ignored it, after all we are all here on merit and nothing else should happen.

Reply 25

Happy1

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Spig

-It's full of Oxbridge rejects. (This was something I was hoping to avoid having snubbed Cambridge in favour of somewhere which lacks it's snobbish atmosphere.)

No its not. Only subjects such as Law, the sciences and engineering can be said to be "full" of ox bridge rejects. However, even those attract very little snobbery. Most people in my law course applied to Oxbridge, and yes, there is a certain amount of arrogance and snobbishness, but i;m sorry, you get tht at any uni. Most people aren't at all snobby, despite being very rich and very clever.
Other courses, especially things like languages and management etc have much lower grade requirements, and there are many courses not taught at oxbridge, so you find very very few oxbridge rejects in there.
In all, thats not something that should have any bearing on your choice of warwick. Its such a small problem.

Spig

- It's highly commercialised and is always trying to squeeze money out of the students. It is however rather uninterested in said students. It has very strong links with industry.

Well i dont know who told you its uninterested in students! :eek:

Ignore them! Yes its highly commercialised, but it does mean that the facilities etc are all kept as brand spanking new looking as possible and it looks good.
Prices are a rip off, but to be fair, you dont have to use the union as coventry and leamington are hardly far away and most pubs and clubs there have student nights, and you dont have to shop at costcutters... tesco is very close. So really, you dont have to be ripped off.

spig

-It has strong links with new Labour and is very politically correct. Neither of these appeal to me.
Absolute rubbish. Ok... there are some very socialist people here, but its a univeristy. At all universities you get the idiots who vote lib dem despite the fact that their sole aim in going to uni is to get a good job and earn loads of money that a lib dem would take away straight away. However, there are a lot of right wing views and policies coming out at the moment, including a the union, and to be fair i would personally say that there is a good balance at the moment. We have societies for all political parties... join the conservatives.
Remember that there may be more emphasis on New Labour's views etc at any univeristy because they are the current government, and they control funding etc. Common sense will tell you that that hardly makes the uni prodominantly left wing.

I would say that you did a very silly thing in choosing a univeristy without researching it fullt beforehand... but hey, its done now, and warwick is a fantastic place.

Everywhere has good and bad points... you will never find a uni you like comepletely. there will always be things you dislike. That's life unfortunately.

Seems to me like you want reassurance that rejecting cambridge was teh right thing to do. Sorry but we cant help there.

Also... to the person above who said that hey were considering choosing lndon over warwick purely on nightlife... youre an idiot to do that. You should never choose a place you have to live for 3 years (or more) and study at based on its nightlife. That is the silliest thing i've ever heard.

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Cambyses

Llama86

And I believe the Flag flying thing is with regards to "not excluding students whose nation is not represented in an upcoming sporting event".

I find that absolutely shockingly ridiculous, and it makes me feel slightly reserved about choosing Warwick should I get an offer...though I know, on a reasonable level, that most places are like this to a certain degree now and it isn't really a reflection on how I would enjoy being there.
Things like that just anger me greatly!

Reply 27

jesus_navas

is warwick any good for computer science?

Reply 28

aqfrenzy

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SplidgeSplodge

Also... to the person above who said that hey were considering choosing lndon over warwick purely on nightlife... youre an idiot to do that. You should never choose a place you have to live for 3 years (or more) and study at based on its nightlife. That is the silliest thing i've ever heard.

who said it was purely based on that? i like both places equally and subject reputation and qualities are of high standard in both. i wouldnt say it's an idiotic thing to use to help differentiate between uni's when deciding to go...? if i'm gonna be working my ass off or be generally busy during the days i wanna know that i can do things at night to chill out, unwind and have fun. why don't you tell me why it's such a stupid thing to do and i'll go ahead and tell you why you're wrong(!)

Reply 29

LH

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jesus_navas

is warwick any good for computer science?

it's the dog's danglies.

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andy_cole2

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Spig

I really don't get what's snobbish about not wanting to go to somewhere i consider snobbish. I don't understand how you would know the likelihood of me getting into Cambridge either.

was what i inferred from the naivety of your 'concerns' and the immaturity of the reason for not applying and the ridiculous pandering to steretypes.

The idea wasn't snobby but the expression of it was, i can fully understand the reasoning but saying you snubbed cambridge is rubbish. Cambridge didn't want you and they won't lose sleep about not having you either.

but congrats on your place :p:

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Chrrye

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this is a great thread as it breaks up all the myths ppl were having about the place. Interesting reading.

Would be better if ppl ceased their lame arguments about snobbery. Your going to get all sorts of ppl at any uni, you'll find a niche and similarly minded friends to share it with.
And I can say without any amusing have-applied-there-will-get-really-defensive-of-it-if-anything-negatives-are-highlighted bias that Cambridge is highly unlikely to be 'full of snobs' or any stupid generalisation like that.
I would also think that choosing unis based on such silly generalisations is not the most sensible thing I've seen. (Not that that makes it snobbish either?!)

But whatever. Talk about Warwick some more.

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iis

This is derailing the thread I know, but I had to answer the above:

At all universities you get the idiots who vote lib dem despite the fact that their sole aim in going to uni is to get a good job and earn loads of money that a lib dem would take away straight away.

I'm pretty sure the libs only pledged to increase taxes for those earning +100k, and it's unlikely that they'd earn that much without a degree. Besides, these idiots might like some of the things that their money would be spent on, such as abolishing tuition fees.

Anyway, the main problem with politics at the moment is that no party will state any actual policies in case it turns away voters. PR might give power to more extreme views, but it would certainly make politics interesting again, and not about whether three million grandmas spread across the home counties think David Cameron's a nice boy. And guess which major party supports PR? (Well, tbh they're never going to get in on first-past-the-post.)

But whatever. Talk about Warwick some more.

I had an open day (for CS) today. I was quite impressed.

Reply 33

Chrrye

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iis

I'm pretty sure the libs only pledged to increase taxes for those earning +100k,

And thus, potentially higher-earning unigrads would be in favour of less taxes for themselves and therefore be acting hypocritically if they voted liB Dem?
Anyway I agree with the rest, although some facetious ppl may say all politics is PR..

What did you reckon was the best and worst points of Warwick?

Reply 34

LH

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Chrrye

And thus, potentially higher-earning unigrads would be in favour of less taxes for themselves and therefore be acting hypocritically if they voted liB Dem?

Not necessarily. Some people don't mind paying higher taxes. Plus the Lib Dems no longer have a policy of a supertax for those earning 100k+

Reply 35

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andy_cole2

was what i inferred from the naivety of your 'concerns' and the immaturity of the reason for not applying and the ridiculous pandering to steretypes.

The idea wasn't snobby but the expression of it was, i can fully understand the reasoning but saying you snubbed cambridge is rubbish. Cambridge didn't want you and they won't lose sleep about not having you either.

but congrats on your place :p:

I never applied to Cambridge so whether they would want me or not is impossible to tell. My grades would have been more than adequate.

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Chrrye

this is a great thread as it breaks up all the myths ppl were having about the place. Interesting reading.

Would be better if ppl ceased their lame arguments about snobbery. Your going to get all sorts of ppl at any uni, you'll find a niche and similarly minded friends to share it with.
And I can say without any amusing have-applied-there-will-get-really-defensive-of-it-if-anything-negatives-are-highlighted bias that Cambridge is highly unlikely to be 'full of snobs' or any stupid generalisation like that.
I would also think that choosing unis based on such silly generalisations is not the most sensible thing I've seen. (Not that that makes it snobbish either?!)

But whatever. Talk about Warwick some more.

Stereotypes and generalisations so often have a foundation of truth. They do not simply come out of nowhere.
I never said that these opinions about Warwick were my own. In fact I explicitly stated that they were simply opinions I had come across from various sources and I wanted to establish whether they were true.

It's not true that all universities all attract the same type of people or that you'll be happy wherever you go.

Reply 37

crankycaz

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Above poster I think you've gotten yourself confused. You can snub a uni by not even applying to it, which is what the OP has done. Also, I thought the OP made it quite clear that the points they made were things they'd heard and were to be discussed - they were not straight statements deemed to be true by the OP.

Reply 38

username84864

Hmm, I don't want to turn this thread into a semantic battle over the word 'snub' but I'd tend to agree with wawrwinka. You have to have been in a position to accept something in order to snub it. Otherwise it's a bit like saying you've snubbed Angelina Jolie by not asking her out.

Reply 39

Chrrye

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:dito:
Fact.
If they dont want you, you're just sort of lamely dissing them by not applying there. And the fact that they certainly dont care if you dont apply there makes the action completly meaningless in terms of any effects on Cambridge.

Very concerned about Warwick

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