Potentially made a mistake, Birmingham or Warwick

Explain

If you're serious, well ... I will be utterly confused as to how your university and that email are linked.

If you're joking, you are truly the most bizarre troll I have ever read. Ever.

you sure that wasn't from your girlfriend?

You're treating this thread as rather normal, but are you not somewhat perturbed - as I am - by the contents of the OP?

The Birmingham clearing/adjustment department sent it to everyone who declined an offer. It's a joke, and IMO, marketing genius. There's several threads about it on TSR, with the general opinion being that it's 'creepy'. Who knows - it's genuine though.

Haven't you read the other posts? Several people seem to have received the same email.

You're treating this thread as rather normal, but are you not somewhat perturbed - as I am - by the contents of the OP?

go to Birmingham and then say goodbye to research + PhDs at top institutions and top banking/finance jobs.

Simply not true, I didn't go to Birmingham but I would say you have minimal extra impact by having Warwick on your CV than Birmingham.

You don't get a job by going to Warwick, Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial etc. There is lots more you need to do.

TSR members place too much emphasis on the university they go to. I know plenty of C*nts that go to Oxbridge, would they fit well into an organisation? No. Would they fit well into a separate building working by themselves? Yes. I'm not saying this is true for the majority that go to top unis, I'm just saying you need so much more than to write a university name on your CV to get a decent job.

Back to the topic theme.... I would vote Warwick if you want to study hard and dislike the city life. I would vote Birmingham if you enjoy the city life, like to party a little and like to study a little.

Ignore the girlfriend. It will probably go tits up in the next year or so, quite a defining period, if you really want to make a go of it then go to your local uni.

Dear Daniel,
I know this is slightly awkward as I haven’t been in touch for a while.

I just wanted to take this one last chance to let you know that I have never given up on you and there’s still time for us to be together.

You can’t have been listening when I said that I really am in the top league … I’ve had some amazing times with some of the best people ... I’m a great lover of fine art and culture and I’ve travelled the world to broaden my mind and provide the best for you.

Even Usain Bolt wants me.

If, in one of those moments of quiet reflection, you ever wonder how good it could have been, there’s still time; take a look.

We could be great for each other.

who came up with that idea??

A good marketeer?

Surprised at all the put-downs on the Birmingham-vs-Warwick thing going on in this thread - is Warwick really so superior to Birmingham? Doubt it in reality.

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For Maths, I don't think it would be unfair to suggest that Warwick is on par with Oxford and a bit below Cambridge. Birmingham is a good uni for Maths but that's about it.

? Have you looked into all the courses at Birmingham in depth then? You must have done to make such a sweepingly silly and unjustifiable statement.

I've just had a look at the Birmingham Maths Dept website. Entrance requirements are AAB compared to Warwick's A*A*A/2 and it doesn't look like Bham do Analysis in Year 1, unlike Warwick where it makes up 20% of the year. So I would say Warwick is a fair bit better. What makes you say otherwise?

You meant for Maths, which i don't disagree with? Your earlier statement "Birmingham is a good uni for Maths but that's about it" suggests you were saying that Birmingham has no other courses than Maths that are good, but did you actually mean to say "Birmingham's reputation for Maths is good only, not exceptional" or something along those lines? Was just confused about your grammar, but that's perhaps not your area of expertise.

We're talking about 1 person here - he is the same person whether he goes to Warwick or Birmingham so you can't bring in personality as being important for the job - we're not talking about 2 different people.