Why would you want to go to oxford or cambridge if you wasnt posh?

You gotta have had a good upbringing to go there, dont matter how clever you are if your scum they will reject you.

You gotta have had a good upbringing to go there, dont matter how clever you are if your scum they will reject you.

I dont wanna go to oxford or cambridge, was thinking of trying to get accepted though so I could turn them down

Im thinking of applying mainly just to see if i can get in. If i get an offer i dont know what ill do, but cam isnt my first choice really - id rather go somewhere where theres more safe people like maybe warwick or bristol

Most people don't think of themselves as scum and want to have the best education available in the UK.

This is a very short sighted statement, I have visited Cambridge and I don't think that by not applying to Cambridge I am passing up the "best education available". The reason that I will not be applying is because thier course for the degree that want to study for does not appeal to me. It is completely idiotic to suggest that Cambridge offer the BEST education in the UK, they certainly offer one of the most respected and admired (and rightly so in my opinion) but it is not the best for everyone.

In my opinon the best course for the degree I want to study for is offered by Imperial or Bath, this will be vastly different for people looking to go into different areas. For example, if you want a degree in computer science that focuses on CAD then UEA would be an obvious choice, for student interested in artificial intelligence, Manchester or York would be topping the list. I think that idea is that you chose the best education for YOU rather than picking the Uni based purely on its status!!!

Anyway getting back to the thread, if you have the ability to get into Cambridge then I would hope that you would have the mental capacity to understand that you are the equal of everyone else there reguardless of thier upbringing.

This is a very short sighted statement, I have visited Cambridge and I don't think that by not applying to Cambridge I am passing up the "best education available". The reason that I will not be applying is because thier course for the degree that want to study for does not appeal to me. It is completely idiotic to suggest that Cambridge offer the BEST education in the UK, they certainly offer one of the most respected and admired (and rightly so in my opinion) but it is not the best for everyone.

I agree. My brother didn't want to go to Cambridge (he just applied there because my parents are really pushy) and was ecstatic that he got an offer from Imperial because he considers it the best for his course.

Also, some people consider Oxbridge to be a bit shite for medicine because there's practically no patient contact for the first three years. If I wasn't a fanatic of science I wouldn't even consider applying to Oxford.

This is a very short sighted statement, I have visited Cambridge and I don't think that by not applying to Cambridge I am passing up the "best education available". The reason that I will not be applying is because thier course for the degree that want to study for does not appeal to me. It is completely idiotic to suggest that Cambridge offer the BEST education in the UK, they certainly offer one of the most respected and admired (and rightly so in my opinion) but it is not the best for everyone.

In my opinon the best course for the degree I want to study for is offered by Imperial or Bath, this will be vastly different for people looking to go into different areas. For example, if you want a degree in computer science that focuses on CAD then UEA would be an obvious choice, for student interested in artificial intelligence, Manchester or York would be topping the list. I think that idea is that you chose the best education for YOU rather than picking the Uni based purely on its status!!!

Anyway getting back to the thread, if you have the ability to get into Cambridge then I would hope that you would have the mental capacity to understand that you are the equal of everyone else there reguardless of thier upbringing.

This is a very short sighted statement, I have visited Cambridge and I don't think that by not applying to Cambridge I am passing up the "best education available". The reason that I will not be applying is because thier course for the degree that want to study for does not appeal to me. It is completely idiotic to suggest that Cambridge offer the BEST education in the UK, they certainly offer one of the most respected and admired (and rightly so in my opinion) but it is not the best for everyone.

In my opinon the best course for the degree I want to study for is offered by Imperial or Bath, this will be vastly different for people looking to go into different areas. For example, if you want a degree in computer science that focuses on CAD then UEA would be an obvious choice, for student interested in artificial intelligence, Manchester or York would be topping the list. I think that idea is that you chose the best education for YOU rather than picking the Uni based purely on its status!!!

Anyway getting back to the thread, if you have the ability to get into Cambridge then I would hope that you would have the mental capacity to understand that you are the equal of everyone else there reguardless of thier upbringing.

I actually like the Comp Sci course at Oxford, its the place I dont like !!!

That was sort of the opposite to me at first. I first preferred the course at the London unis but really loved the atmosphere at Oxford (maybe because I've lived in London for so long!), really busy and felt like a proper town (dare I say compared to Cambridge ).

As for Cambridge's music course, I could think of nothing worse than doing loads of theory for three years (I only did my Grade 5 theory and that was because I had to to continue with my performing grades)!

You realise that if you did get accepted, you would get a place that someone else really wanted. It wouldn't look like you're so clever you could turn down Oxbridge - you would look like a time waster. If i were you I'd only apply if you really want to get something out of it . If you do it for a joke it would just be hard work for a short laugh, and it would bugger things up for the person who would have got your place if you do get in! And I have to ask, if you got an offer on paper in front of you, all those opportunities - would you want to turn it down? I know some really bright people who have been devastated at not receiving an offer.

Oxbridge offer the best higher education courses nd are the two best multi-faculty institutions in the UK. So it is hardly short-sighted to say such a thing. I accept that some courses are better from different universities, but we are speaking generally.