Is Exeter a respected university?

Bristol, Durham and Warwick are only three uni that might be actually better than Exeter IMO
The ranking table might not be exactly right, but it does mean something

Exeter is a fairly good uni, I'd say it's better than QMUL but slightly below Bristol.

So much of this hyping Exeter going on from its undergrads. Are they paying you guys? Within the RG, (which you might want to learn to spell correctly), Exeter is distinctly middling. It occupies a no-man's land between the likes of Sheffield and Leeds and the ones you mentioned. It's not as great as you keep bashing on about.

Bristol undoubtedly outstrips Exeter.

The difference being I haven't said anything out of sync about Bristol, whereas he has overhyped Exeter.

How would an open day allow you to asses the academics of an institution? If you're after a fairly bog-standard graduate job, then yes, they are all in the same league. But the higher up you go the more important the gap that does exist between the likes of Exeter and Bristol in the eyes of employers becomes. I stand by what I said. Durham and Bristol are slightly more reputable than Exeter, though I would say it is on a par with Bath.

Other things come into the equation that will also affect your grad chances, such as how targeted it is, how good the facilities and teaching are and the like. In these areas, Bristol undoubtedly outstrips Exeter.

Quality of life is incredibly subjective and vague, but most students will find their needs and tastes better served in the busiest and richest city in the South-West.

I don't know how you can think that Exeter's campus is 'way nicer' than Bristol. I've always found campus universities ugly. Rather artificial and segregated from the wider community. Bristol seems to have much more history and soul to it than glass-plate and concrete dominated Exeter.

Here are some of the first images from Google that come up for each uni. I haven't tried to skew it in Bristol's favour, but it presents an interesting contrast.

Bristol


Exeter


Maybe it's just me. Perhaps you just have very different aesthetic tastes. But I think if we're really honest with ourselves here, we can both agree that while Bristol gives off an aura of history and class, Exeter looks comparatively depressing and uninspired.

And there was me thinking your debating couldn't get any worse.

Look for yourself if you don't believe me. The Exeter campus really is that inferior!

Exeter looks nice.

Look for yourself if you don't believe me. The Exeter campus really is that inferior!

I say it is a wannabee, pretender university which tries to con those in thinking they are great

Exeter had to lick anuses to get into RG but is still far off the rewards that accompany it

Sorry, but from what I've seen, it's revolting. It's very easy to post pictures. Go to the media with a square picture with a tree in on the navbar or whatever. Unless you're just making excuses? I honestly chose some of the first few I could find, and you'll see that I also tried to correlate the pictures with parallels; libraries, lectures etc. It's as close to being a controlled experiment as it could be, and Exeter comes out thoroughly on bottom, contrary to what you said earlier.

I, for my part, cannot understand how you can look at the image comparisons I made above and still maintain that Exeter is more attractive a campus, if it is attractive at all, than Bristol.

Where can we find the quantification of this consensus? And why is the opinion of a writer in a newspaper more valid than mine? And you realise Bristol is equally part of this selection as Exeter? I, for my part, cannot understand how you can look at the image comparisons I made above and still maintain that Exeter is more attractive a campus, if it is attractive at all, than Bristol.