I wish I went to a private school...

Noticed a couple of things on this thread, been an interesting read! I think in regards to Oxbridge, the reason a lot of people get hung up about private vs state schools is that about 40% of students at Oxford or Cambridge come from private schools, even though only about 10% of students are educated privately in the UK, which shows that you have a better chance if you were educated privately.
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There were three things about private/independent schools that made me fall in love:
1) They have so much fun in their free time, they are away from parents, so they go to parties, got to festivals, and just enjoy their teen years together.
2) Sport is such a big thing, which is what I LOVE! I love sports with a passion, and I am always keen to get involved. Especially rowing!
3) You still get to visit home during holidays

University.

I really feel for you. Have you considered wearing a facial mask and averting your gaze when brushing past those in poverty?

Are you just seeing what you want to see? I'm from a poor family myself. Besides, I hang out with other poor people, my GF is one of them, and once I do go to Oxford, I might even hang around poor people from time to time, to remember my roots. When I say I hate living amongst poor people, I mean, the usual poor people like chavs and pikeys. I happily look down on them, urgh. But, normal poor people like myself are fine.

This is a working class/underclass thing, right?

*sigh*

I give up on you, I think you're trolling tbh.

And you're not.

Funnily enough my public school has been in several national fjnals and have produced dozens of rugby players and it matches the results of private schools. .

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N.b. public school is a term that refers to boarding schools if you don't pay for school it's a maintained or state school. (I.e. Eton is officially a public school)


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Not sure what you mean exactly, but if you are talking about 'unfair' advantages, I don't think that's true - people have to work just as hard to get into an Oxford college in my experience when they come via the fee-paying route - there are no guarantees and no special places reserved for private schools. Maybe teaching standards are higher in some cases, but you have to make the grades and do well at interview and in admission tests, your teachers can't do it for you.

No, I'm not. I have better things to do with my time.

I've seen you in my threads before, and several trolling posts, I suggest you learn to do better things with your time.

If you're not just taking the piss with your posts, then it's time to say that they suck. Maybe you should restrict yourself to Chat, as they are impossible to take seriously.

We're still waiting to hear which college and course at Oxford has accepted you.

There must be some element of better preparation/education otherwise what are you paying for?

Some state schools, mainly grammars and elite sixth form colleges like Greenhead, Hills Road, KE Stourbridge etc., but the majority offer nothing like the interview/entrance exam prep you'd get at a top public school. My cousin found out Oxford interviewed when she got the letter calling her for one, her school had no idea and thought it was just Med like elsehwere, and that was a pretty decent comp, somewhere underperforming you'd be even worse off.

Not quite, there are day schools that are public (eg. St Paul's), though the majority are boarding.



There must be some element of better preparation/education otherwise what are you paying for?

Some state schools, mainly grammars and elite sixth form colleges like Greenhead, Hills Road, KE Stourbridge etc., but the majority offer nothing like the interview/entrance exam prep you'd get at a top public school. My cousin found out Oxford interviewed when she got the letter calling her for one, her school had no idea and thought it was just Med like elsehwere, and that was a pretty decent comp, somewhere underperforming you'd be even worse off.

I'm no expert on public sector schools, but from friend's anecdotes, this kind of thing seems to vary a lot between state schools - I had friends in my college from state school backgrounds who had been helped, prodded and pushed in the direction of Oxbridge in every way, while I know of others who did it all pretty much on their own initiative.

I don't know all the details, but I believe there is a tendency for both Oxbridge and Cambridge to target particular schools for outreach in the state sector, where they have previously sourced high rates of intake - this might lead to a number of schools being 'overlooked' and the teaching staff feeling uninterested? I assume a lot depends on the initiative of heads and teachers.

One thing that often confuses me quite a lot about these stories is that it shows people haven't googled/looked for information on/from Oxford, Russel Groups etc.? This applies to both the teachers and students-there's so much verified information online it just baffles me how things like this could happen. I am completely self aware in that I realise this may sound snobbish or elitist of me, for which I apologise, but I'm genuinely curious if anyone could shed some light?

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