Are good degrees from bad universities worthless?

No, this forum is filled with Oxbridge snobs who don't think that any university is worth going to unless it is oxbridge.

I personally don't think any university is rubbish so I'm quite interested in what people have to say about this. For people to get into university, they have to work hard to obtain those grades, I don't think any university would just "let anyone" in if they hadn't met with their requirements.

One user on here claimed to have called up Bolton University (one of the lower ranked unis) claiming to have a criminal record and no qualifications but yet was offered a place.

It think on there own perhaps not worthless but in comparison a law degree from Westminster isn't viewed as having the same worth as a law degree from UCL (for example)

One user on here claimed to have called up Bolton University (one of the lower ranked unis) claiming to have a criminal record and no qualifications but yet was offered a place.

Do you go to Oxbridge? Would you reject a potential boyfriend if they went to Leeds Met for example?

No I don't, but I'm going to LSE next year. Regardless of the fact I don't really do relationships, if you'd ask me that question a few years ago I would have said oh DEFINITLY I would reject him. However, I've changed a lot and I've opened my eyes to the world and looked beyond my very narrow view I held before. So now I would say, not completely. Very recently actually I was attracted to somebody that hadnt even gone to university and had no intention to. They came from a very different and less affluent life that I do and it was actually rather refreshing. I was still attracted to them despite their lack of university education.

However, I think that at the end of the day what university somebody goes to is going to affect my attraction to them to a degree. Purely because I am attracted to intelligence as an entity and universities to an extent is a way to gauge intelligence. I'm not saying that everybody at UCL is more intelligent than Bournemtouth universiry students, I'm just saying as entry requirements are generally higher at UCL, acceptance to said institution may mean that a student has higher grades and thus perceived increase in intelligence ( although I am the first to admit that grades are only one way to gauge intelligence) making them more attractive in my eyes.

Hi, just signed up to this forum after browsing it for some time now.


My question is: is having a well-regarded degree from a not so well-regarded university worthless? For example, a First Class Law degree from Middlesex or a First in Medicine from Plymouth. The impression I get from this forum is that such people have degrees 'not worth the paper they are written on'.


Would you all agree with this?

I have a friend who graduated this year from London Met with a first in his degree, something business related. Has been looking for jobs since. Though, he has had interviews but never made it passed that.

No university can be bad enough to be a burden when you do these sorts of degrees. Since i am planning on doing Law i can explain what i have found, a 1st at a uni like Middlesex is good, but the city firms 'might' know that it is easier to get a 1st from such a uni compared to Oxford. You could be fine in Law since typically a uni like middlesex or any of the others would provide graduates to local firms (highstreet). However a big magic circle or being a barrister is hard if not impossible. Most people on tsr would aspire to such targets so would conclude that they are not worth the paper they are written on. A degree in Law is hugely competitive, however a candidate needs more than a fancy named university in today's economic climate and a lower ranked competitor could easily outshine the top university grad.

I feel for people like that. Working harder than everyone else on the course to get a first and still getting nowhere. What about if your friend were to do a masters at a top 5 institution, do you think employers would give him the recognition that he deserves then? or will London Met be like a permanent scar on his CV