Who actually cares? All three are occupied by the academic elite of the U.K., are extremely prestigious, and most of their students will attain professional positions- and many of them will become the leaders of the U.K. labour force. On the other hand, I selected Durham, simply because, growing up in the North East, near to Durham, it's reputation in the region is legendary and is recognised a lot amongst people in that region- and so I selected it because my friends and relatives would hold me in high esteem, and because I wish to be employed locally, so that wow factor will help. Besides that, nothing else separated them for me, though if I had to choose two offers from the three, they'd be Durham and St Andrews.