Teddy hall - rugby
Worcester - ducks
Corpus - no one's ever met anyone from there. Tends to be muddled with Oriel
Wadham - probably not as gay as one'd expect. Magdalen's much gayer and has some massive gaybudget which goes into lots of pizza and for a fancy dinner with the gay tutors. Some LGBT students do apply to Wadham and Hilda's because of both the gay rep, & the more laid-back liberal atsmophere rep. Teddy hall & pembroke also seem to have a large contingent.
Merton and Hilda's - Get the most stick, with some people utterly believing the stereotypes. both probably get sick of rubbihs jokes.
PPHs - religious freaks
St. Johns - rich
St. Peter's - paupers
Trinity - lawn
Keble - sportyish
Balliol - politics
ChCh - prettyboy toffs
We apparently have a rep of being very rah and very private school, which I suppose to some extent might be justified. Generally our rahs are very nice and you can't really tell where most people went to school
Everyone says Merton's full of workaholics and nobody cares about anything other than academia, but I'm sure that's not true. At least, I bloody well hope not, based on my work ethic over study leave so far...
Oh, and Corpus people just aren't known outside of Corpus and it tends to be forgotten about; at least, that's the impression I get (I'll find out more if I get in!)
Oh, and Corpus people just aren't known outside of Corpus and it tends to be forgotten about; at least, that's the impression I get (I'll find out more if I get in!)
The only things I can think of that came from Corpus are Gail Trimble, and The Monk's Passage. Someone from Corpus pick which they want for their stereotype?
The only things I can think of that came from Corpus are Gail Trimble, and The Monk's Passage. Someone from Corpus pick which they want for their stereotype?
Corpus people would probably like to be known for the pelican
Originally Posted by LizB
What about Brasenose? What would people say that its stereotype was?
Their stereotype is being full of rahs. Completely untrue, I should think, but that's what they're known for!
Corpus people would probably like to be known for the pelican
Their stereotype is being full of rahs. Completely untrue, I should think, but that's what they're known for!
Hehe no problem with that, ridiculously posh people amuse me. Trying to smother laughs at interview when people would say things like "Which school did you go to?" "Oh yes we sail against them." to each other was great fun.
The only things I can think of that came from Corpus are Gail Trimble, and The Monk's Passage. Someone from Corpus pick which they want for their stereotype?
John Ruskin, Keble, David Milliband, and um.... I can't think of any more
Hehe no problem with that, ridiculously posh people amuse me. Trying to smother laughs at interview when people would say things like "Which school did you go to?" "Oh yes we sail against them." to each other was great fun.
During the open days when looking around the Oxford Union we bumped into someone from Brasenose - he said it was largely conservative (said with, let's be honest, quite a posh voice). At Balliol the guy there warned us about it because it was 'right wing'...!
They were just two opinions though so I'm sure it's fine realllly
During the open days when looking around the Oxford Union we bumped into someone from Brasenose - he said it was largely conservative (said with, let's be honest, quite a posh voice). At Balliol the guy there warned us about it because it was 'right wing'...!
They were just two opinions though so I'm sure it's fine realllly
I'm sure stereotypes are reinforced a bit due to certain people applying because they feel they will "fit in more".
That said, there are bound to be people of all types at every college.
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