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The poshest universities?

I have seen one or two threads about this kind of thing but everyone seems to give the usual (Oxbridge, St. Andrews, Durham etc.) so I want to know if there are any other universities that seem to attract 'posh' students. Universities that aren't Russel Group?

Reply 1

arfah

St Andrews isn't russel group

Reply 2

Roving Fish

Russell Group means bugger all - they're just a bunch of unis with shared research interests.

:yy:

Reply 3

FeelingDepressed

Some of the Made In Chelsea cast went to Oxford Brookes, they're posh people LOL

Reply 4

Sancte

I don't know what you're trying to differentiate. It's consistently the same dozen or so universities that attract wealthy or well-connected people. It could be a range of factors from better education and upbringing to simply having the right guidance or wanting to be with like-minded people. One factor many of them have in common are strengths in the arts and humanities. Many of them also tend to be institutions that value tradition.

From my experience I would narrow it down to Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, Bristol, St Andrews and the old London colleges (University/King's), possibly Edinburgh.

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Reply 5

RoundTrip

Everyone I've met from Warwick was a stuck up ****.

Reply 6

khalid78628

I heard its University of East london (UEL). Some posh arrogant people there.

Reply 7

Chris Scamander

All the RG unis have a substantial portion of "posh" students. That's true for the top 30, I daresay.

Reply 8

username738914

Original post by khalid78628

I heard its University of East london (UEL). Some posh arrogant people there.

Posh and stupid*

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Reply 9

yabbayabba

Original post by RoundTrip

Everyone I've met from Warwick was a stuck up ****.

Lol do tell?

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Reply 10

Sancte

Original post by Princepieman

Posh and stupid*

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I can state with relative certainty that he was only joking. East London is famous for its working class roots.

Reply 11

gutenberg

I've heard from a few sources that Exeter is quite posh? At least, it attracts some quite wealthy people who weren't quite good enough for Oxford/Cambridge :dontknow:

Reply 12

lonely-otaku

Original post by gutenberg

I've heard from a few sources that Exeter is quite posh? At least, it attracts some quite wealthy people who weren't quite good enough for Oxford/Cambridge :dontknow:

Exactly what I heard, lots of rich privately-educated country kids there.