Oxbridge Students are you from a Working Class background or Middle Class?

I heard they favour students from a middle/upper-class background? Also private schools/colleges than state ones?

There are a disproportionate number of privately schooled students at Oxbridge, and therefore a relatively high proportion of middle/upper class students. This is not a result of any preference by the universities (although it may once have been). Indeed, both Oxford and Cambridge actively encourage state school applications and may consider a student's background in terms of their future potential.

I went to an independant Church school, and am from an upper-middle class background. My friends at Cambridge range from Old Etonians to people from failing comprehensives to people from military schools, and they're all very nice people

Think this would work better as public/private schools, theres a huge difference in what many people consider "middle class".

Upper/Middle Class is basically you A/B/C1 workers and Working class is C2/D/E to me in the social class table.

That's not the same though

Upper class to me is landed gentry, lords, nobles etc

That's not the same though

Upper class to me is landed gentry, lords, nobles etc

Hey,

I was just wondering if you Oxford & Cambridge students were from a working-class or middle/upper-class background?

I heard they favour students from a middle/upper-class background? Also private schools/colleges than state ones?

Thanks

Amit

That's not the same though

Upper class to me is landed gentry, lords, nobles etc

Upper/Middle Class is basically you A/B/C1 workers and Working class is C2/D/E to me in the social class table.

Class is not necessarily denoted by what job you do. As another poster said, Lords and Ladies probably don't have jobs but they're still upper class.

And where would you put professions like builders and plumbers - are they what you refer to as 'C2/D/E' professions because some of these will be earning the same amount of money as a solicitor or a teacher.

Class is not necessarily denoted by what job you do. As another poster said, Lords and Ladies probably don't have jobs but they're still upper class.

And where would you put professions like builders and plumbers - are they what you refer to as 'C2/D/E' professions because some of these will be earning the same amount of money as a solicitor or a teacher.

I'm from the arse end of chav-ville, I somehow got in on my personality at interview

And your amazing intelligence?

I'm from the arse end of chav-ville, I somehow got in on my personality at interview

It was probably the character building nature of the tentacle monsters found in the Arkham area.