UCL or Exeter

Ah, but I didn't say I hadn't seen it; I said there were "some" people like that at Exeter. I have only encountered that sort of character on one occasion, however, I'm sure that that sort of person could attend any university, not just Exeter. And, if they did, then we could quite easily have someone making your exact comment for any university.

I went to a comprehensive school, I didn't get any A*s at GCSE and I got the maximum grants/bursaries at university, but I've never had any ill-treatment for it and I studied there for four whole years. That's not to say it doesn't happen - you provided an example of such a case, but something can seem ubiquitous to a person when it has happened to them or, conversely, uncommon to a person when it hasn't happened to them, so we don't really have anything concrete on which to judge the situation.

I'm interested to know, do you know which halls this person lived in?

Ah, but I didn't say I hadn't seen it; I said there were "some" people like that at Exeter. I have only encountered that sort of character on one occasion, however, I'm sure that that sort of person could attend any university, not just Exeter. And, if they did, then we could quite easily have someone making your exact comment for any university.

I went to a comprehensive school, I didn't get any A*s at GCSE and I got the maximum grants/bursaries at university, but I've never had any ill-treatment for it and I studied there for four whole years. That's not to say it doesn't happen - you provided an example of such a case, but something can seem ubiquitous to a person when it has happened to them or, conversely, uncommon to a person when it hasn't happened to them, so we don't really have anything concrete on which to judge the situation.

I'm interested to know, do you know which halls this person lived in?

Indeed, but there is a far higher concentration of such people at Exeter than at most (or perhaps any) UK universities. As individuals they are fairly harmless and can sometimes be affable and generous. but when there are groups of them, life becomes difficult for others.

The main point is that such people are less interesting than other students, and you learn less in terms of social development and general cultural knowledge by being in that kind of social background than you would elsewhere.