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Lord Huntroyde

You've got thae grades, which is half the battle, and you know that you are pretty much guaranteed a place at a top uni, even if it isn't Oxford. Just give your interview your all and in the future we will be seeing
edders BSc (Oxon)

Or MSc (Oxon) or whatever course you are doing.

MPhys (Oxon) :smile:

did i ever tell you that i love you huntroyde? :biggrin:

Reply 161

elpaw

edders

MPhys (Oxon) :smile:

did i ever tell you that i love you huntroyde? :biggrin:

what is oxon?

Reply 162

edders

MPhys (Oxon) :smile:

did i ever tell you that i love you huntroyde? :biggrin:

No, but d has.

Reply 163

not1

elpaw

what is oxon?

shorthand for oxford pawel, people put it in brackets after their degree title so others know where they got their degree from. ie

Pawel ... MPhys (Oxon)

Reply 164

elpaw

edders

shorthand for oxford pawel, people put it in brackets after their degree title so others know where they got their degree from. ie

Pawel ... MPhys (Oxon)

where does the 'on' come from?

Reply 165

elpaw

what is oxon?

You can put Oxon in brackets after you graduate from Oxford to show everyone where you've been. I first realised in the Rumpole books where it showed his name as

Horace Rumpole BA (Oxon)

Reply 166

Juwel

edders

shorthand for oxford pawel, people put it in brackets after their degree title so others know where they got their degree from. ie

Pawel ... MPhys (Oxon)

Does Cambridge have such a suffix?

Reply 167

elpaw

where does the 'on' come from?

Oxon is short for Oxfordshire, so I presume it comes from that.

Reply 168

not1

elpaw

where does the 'on' come from?

Oxon. (`„ks�n) abbrev. for (in degree titles) of Oxford.[from Latin Oxoniensis]

Reply 169

ZJuwelH

Does Cambridge have such a suffix?

Probably (Cambs) or something.

Doesn't sound as good, does it?

Reply 170

Sazzle

Cambridge people put 'Cantab' after their degree

Reply 171

DanMushMan

Lord Huntroyde

Probably (Cambs) or something.

Doesn't sound as good, does it?

cantab sounds soooooooooooo much better than oxon

Reply 172

Juwel

I heard from a (usually reliable) source that three years after graduating from Cambridge your degree is made a Master's automatically. True or balls? Help!

Reply 173

DanMushMan

cantab sounds soooooooooooo much better than oxon

People will think 'Cantab, where's Cantab? Probably an ex-poly or something'.

Wheras with Oxon they will say 'Ahh, Oxford, that great seat of learning'.

Reply 174

ZJuwelH

I heard from a (usually reliable) source that three years after graduating from Cambridge your degree is made a Master's automatically. True or balls? Help!

I've heard that, after six years I heard.

Reply 175

not1

Lord Huntroyde

People will think 'Cantab, where's Cantab? Probably an ex-poly or something'.

Wheras with Oxon they will say 'Ahh, Oxford, that great seat of learning'.

lol theres one in the eye for the cambridge supporters :tongue:

Reply 176

DanMushMan

ZJuwelH

I heard from a (usually reliable) source that three years after graduating from Cambridge your degree is made a Master's automatically. True or balls? Help!

its something like that. Same with Oxford, but I think they take longer.

Reply 177

Juwel

Sazzle

Cambridge people put 'Cantab' after their degree

Cantabulous!

Reply 178

DanMushMan

Lord Huntroyde

People will think 'Cantab, where's Cantab? Probably an ex-poly or something'.

Wheras with Oxon they will say 'Ahh, Oxford, that great seat of learning'.

anyone who I would care about would know that Cantab is Cambridge, they other idiots you can forget about.

Reply 179

From Trinity College site -

"Members of the College who are Cambridge Bachelors of Arts can become Masters of Arts six years after the end of their first term of residence, provided that two years have elapsed since they took the B.A. degree. They should write to the Junior Bursar's Clerk, College, Office, Trinity College, Cambridge, CB2 1TQ, normally giving at least four weeks' notice, saying whether they wish to take the degree in person or in absence, and she will send full details. "