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Reply 1
I doubt it.
Reply 2
I guess it wouldn't make much difference, but I have heard that some colleges are more prestigious than others (places like Merton and Magdalen probably have a better reputation than St. Hughs or LMH).
Reply 3
I should expect, and have been told by relatives who are employers, that it does not - the only exception I should think would be employers/interviewers who went to Oxbridge themselves.

Lol - I was speaking to someone a few months ago who went to Mansfield - when he asked which college and I replied 'Brasenose' he smiled and mentioned when he was up, it was known as a 'drinking' college.
I would have thought that the name 'Oxford' or 'Cambridge' would be enough and the college wouldn't really matter, but some colleges are more prestigious and harder to get into than others, so I guess it might make a small difference.
When you write down your qualification do you even write the college? Obviously I have no experience but I just imagined for e.g "2.1 English - University of Cambridge - 2005". That sort of thing. :confused:
Reply 6
you do the same course as people at different colleges. so no. if an employer has been to oxbridge and knows of your college, and looks down on it, then he/she isn't worth having as an employer- they should all know it's the degree that matters, not the college.


your degree certificate will only state the fact that you have one, no class, no subject, just ba hons cantab or something similar.
Reply 7
Joshworkinghard
When you write down your qualification do you even write the college? Obviously I have no experience but I just imagined for e.g "2.1 English - University of Cambridge - 2005". That sort of thing. :confused:


college will usually go on a CV though
Reply 8
Your college isn't even mentioned on your degree certificate. It would only mean something if your employer went to Oxbrige herself, as someone else has said above, so I wouldn't put it on my CV. That said, it's an obvious question to ask if your employer went to Oxbridge anyway just to get the conversation started. Colleges are all better at different things anyway so it's hard to measure prestigiousness. King's has a bad academic reputation, for instance, or a college might be bad overall but top for your particular subject. It's all swings and roundabouts and is generally ignored by employers.
Maybe the prestigousnes (word that doesnt exist) can be seen, not by the college name, but in the fact that they will have the best teachers and therefore you are more likely to gain a better degree from there.
Reply 10
Joshworkinghard
Maybe the prestigousnes (word that doesnt exist) can be seen, not by the college name, but in the fact that they will have the best teachers and therefore you are more likely to gain a better degree from there.


any decent employer is going to put enough time and effort into interviewing you that the simple fact of your college, nay your uni, won't end up making that much difference, probably none

BTW prestigiousness does exist as a word
Reply 11
Joshworkinghard
therefore you are more likely to gain a better degree from there.


How is this relevent when you are applying for a job and already have a degree of whatever class? Plus, particularly in later years, most teaching is not done by fellows of your college.
Well if you have better teahchers you may get a 2.1 not a 2.2. Im saying that the prestige lies in their quality of teching and therefore what degree class you will get.
Reply 13
Yes, but an employer is not going to care about whether a particular college may boast your degree class if they can see on the piece of paper in front of them what you got, rather than what you might get because of the college you go to (which is an arguement with very little merit anyway: as I said, most teaching won't be done by your college).
Reply 14
Mop

as I said, most teaching won't be done by your college).


Well that varies from degree to degree - for Oxford maths I'd say around 70% will be done at the college during a student's first three years
Reply 15
You seem to be forgetting lectures :p:
Reply 16
Mop
You seem to be forgetting lectures :p:


ok I was talking tutes - but your lecturers can't be affected by college choice at all
Reply 17
RichE


BTW prestigiousness does exist as a word


hahahahahahahahahaha
Reply 18
Exactly... which is why college choice is almost completely irrelevent with respect to the class of degree you come out with at the end, and hence why I don't believe in the idea that some colleges are more pretigious than others for acedemic reasons.
Reply 19
~Raphael~
hahahahahahahahahaha


But that one didn't make the dictionaries I think