Cambridge Graduate - Failing at Life! =/

Alright! I'm not his best mate.... just posted a short message to somebody who was struggling. and how do you know his 'true character' love people who slag off anything to do with oxbridge, just because its to do with oxbridge.

well, in fact, when i was looking at applying for entry to Yale graduate school a couple of years ago they had a list of accepted academic qualifications from the UK. Kingston (for instance, sorry to pick on it) wasn't listed. They simply did not recognise a degree from there. They requested a minimum 2:1 from most other universities, but Oxbridge graduates only needed a 3rd.

I should point out I was only refering to the guy who started this thread... But I do think Cambridge (even a 2:2) is very very impressive on a C.V...

The relevance? Applying to a university for further education is not the same as applying for a job requiring a 2:1 or above degree. Universities tend to favor Oxbridge graduates more but most employers won't make any exceptions for a 2:2 or below Oxbridge graduate. Employers are hiring people to make money for them after all, so there's no chance a 3rd or a 2:2 graduate will get accepted.

I don't know the whole of his character. I only know the bits he posted in the OP.

I don't have any reason to slag off Oxbridge. Oxford was a marvellous experience. I am not quite as fulsome about my (somewhat atypical) Cambridge experience.

well, in fact, when i was looking at applying for entry to Yale graduate school a couple of years ago they had a list of accepted academic qualifications from the UK. Kingston (for instance, sorry to pick on it) wasn't listed.

Having worked in recruitment in the past I have seen applicants with a 1st from a lowly ranked university barely able to string a sentence together.

a) Yale is Yale
b) Just because it wasn't on the list doesn't mean they won't consider someone from there. The UK has lots of universities, they may just have not heard of it.

Why make a list then? Regardless a Cambridge degree is vastly more valuable than one from a polytechnic.

Arrogance at its finest. This whole post reflects an attitude problem and a sense of self entitlement just because you went to Cambridge; as much as it may hurt you to hear this, the "Oxbridge and set for life" ship sailed ages ago and has now been torpedoed, unless you are loaded and well connected in which case your degree doesn't even matter because you are usually guaranteed work through nepotism. Get used to it, and that goes for all of you Oxbridge quacks out there.

There are plenty of unemployed people with absolutely nothing who would kill to be in your position. £19k + £3k bonus isn't half bad considering how duff the job sounds, so I'd stick with it as a job's a job and at least you're getting paid - can you imagine being paralysed in academia again, being broke and chained down for the sake of qualifications with zilch guarantee of work at the end? Sounds awful, doesn't it?

Bottom line: you didn't put the effort in, and didn't do well. Nobody is responsible for this bar yourself, so take this on the chin and try to look ahead.

You can't know that in the next five years you won't let your exceptionally high academic standards slip as you prioritise other things.

The list means nothing...I was accepted to a top graduate programme in the US and my university wasn't listed. I had to select other and then put in the details manually.

Its probably just a list of places that people have applied from before...

Sorry. you are completely right. kingston is highly respected and a degree from there is a million times more valuable than some ****ty certificate from a fusty old place like Cambridge.

Ended up working with chavs, uneducated pricks, and wastemans
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How is that in any way related to what I said?!

I said that the list you spoke of is meaningless...I didn't even comment on the universities you are talking about.

You were given so many advantages over most people, yet you still think less of people who weren't given half as much help as you. Your "chavs and uneducated" peers at your workplace have ended up at the same place as you, despite thousands of pounds being spent on your education and not theirs. Basically, you messed up and it's nobody's fault but your own. I can't really sympathise with you when you think you're better than people doing the exact same job as you, especially when you had so much more help than them.

well, in fact, when i was looking at applying for entry to Yale graduate school a couple of years ago they had a list of accepted academic qualifications from the UK. Kingston (for instance, sorry to pick on it) wasn't listed. They simply did not recognise a degree from there. They requested a minimum 2:1 from most other universities, but Oxbridge graduates only needed a 3rd.

I should point out I was only refering to the guy who started this thread... But I do think Cambridge (even a 2:2) is very very impressive on a C.V...

Really? I got the exact opposite impression.

Any links?