Universities arent judge off of academia experience or whatever, they are judged mainly of reputation with employers, i would take a Duke degree over Durham any day and so would you. That is if you had one, which you don't.
Im am EU citizen so its much more cost effective to do my degree here, as my homebase is in Germany and when im in America im too far away from my real estate responsibilites.
Had i applied to Duke I likely wouldnt have gotten in. No shame in admitting that,
Why you are naming these globally insignificant second tier not even elite universities are you trepid defense is unexplainable.
We were discussing Durham vs Duke
Duke is a much better known name around the world and a simple google search by an employer would convince them Duke is the far superior university.
I also stated this girl came from PRIVATE foundation. Not Durhams foundation, a truly elite university would not need to make offers to foundation courses looking to scoop up international students.
As the truly elite instuitions of this country rarely do, ie LSE, Oxbridge, UCL (only from their foundation).
I know quite a bit about the procedure,
further you might want to put your elitism aside and go ahead and respect Nottingham. Do what you like, its a global university, im not going to let some cupcake like you tell me otherwise.