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Oxford and Cambridge Club

Apparently it's only £100 a year to join the O&C Club if you're actually studying at the university, which gives you access to various clubs in Cambridge and of course the club house in London. Do you think it would be worth shelling out the money if I have a place next year?

Reply 1

naelse

15

had no idea anything like that existed..

Reply 2

bret

OP

12

naelse

had no idea anything like that existed..

it's rather exclusive, but i know some people who have parents on the exec, so actually gaining access won't be a problem. It's the £100 lump sum which bothers me. The principle of shelling out slightly more than Union membership just for invites to a few (albeit very fancy) dinners a year and the Hawk's Club (of which I'll probably be asked to join anyway) seems wrong.

Reply 3

Willa

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bret

it's rather exclusive, but i know some people who have parents on the exec, so actually gaining access won't be a problem. It's the £100 lump sum which bothers me. The principle of shelling out slightly more than Union membership just for invites to a few (albeit very fancy) dinners a year and the Hawk's Club (of which I'll probably be asked to join anyway) seems wrong.

very few people are actually ASKED to join the Hawk's club, and anyway, you have to play for the uni to become a member, so what makes you think you'll get automatic membership?

Reply 4

coldfish

12

...what is the point to joining a club exclusively for Oxbridge students/alumni when you're in the university? You're surrounded by them.

Reply 5

Ticki

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Willa

what makes you think you'll get automatic membership?

Arrogance?

Reply 6

musicbloke

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coldfish

...what is the point to joining a club exclusively for Oxbridge students/alumni when you're in the university? You're surrounded by them.

read the thread - it's aimed at *****.

MB

Reply 7

Ticki

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naelse

had no idea anything like that existed..

http://www.oxfordandcambridgeclub.co.uk/

Reply 8

Ticki

8

bret

The principle of shelling out slightly more than Union membership just for invites to a few (albeit very fancy) dinners a year and the Hawk's Club (of which I'll probably be asked to join anyway) seems wrong.

Ok, teasing aside... £100 is just an annual fee at this club, whereas £80 covers life membership of The Union. I can't imagine you'd go to this place very often, but then again I don't know you. Only you can decide whether you think it's worth it or not. I know a few political types who are members of clubs and think it's worth the money. This one seems less objectionable to me than most of them as it not only allows women to become full members, but it lets us use the facilities too. If you're from the circle who commonly join these things, you could do worse than pick this one.

Reply 9

FadeToBlackout

15

I suppose it's for the poor little dons who can't leave the hallowed Oxbridge atmousphere and try to evoke it in London...

I'd imagine that the majority of the members are old people, not the kind of thing that young undergrads would go for. If you want to be alone in teh company of strange old crusted men guffawing and talking about the good old days, how they almost got a full blue in cricket but decided that they'd rather play croquet and having to get up frequently to change their colostomy bags, go ahead.

If you want an elite atmousphere, try the Pitt club.

If you want fun (ish...) try the union.

If you want genuine friends and people who care about you and who are witty, funny and interesting, try your college bar.

Reply 10

Gravastar

11

bret

it's rather exclusive, but i know some people who have parents on the exec, so actually gaining access won't be a problem. It's the £100 lump sum which bothers me. The principle of shelling out slightly more than Union membership just for invites to a few (albeit very fancy) dinners a year and the Hawk's Club (of which I'll probably be asked to join anyway) seems wrong.

I personally would recommend you avoid it like the plague dear chap. The caviar really isn't up to scratch these days, and it's just money that could be better spent towards a second yacht.

Reply 11

Troy :0)

bret

Apparently it's only £100 a year to join the O&C Club if you're actually studying at the university, which gives you access to various clubs in Cambridge and of course the club house in London. Do you think it would be worth shelling out the money if I have a place next year?

It looks like a boring place full of crusty old farts. Waste your money on something else, there is no shortage of 'fancy dinners' in Cambridge - especially if you'll be 'asked to join the Hawks club' hahahahahaha. Loser.

Reply 12

JHutcher

11

There are quite a few current students that are members... and its useful if you actually live in London. Its not uncommon for people to be members of various other clubs of this sort - such as the east india.

If you'll use the place then its worth it. I think it'd be nice to have somewhere to stop at in town if you wanted it.

I think people are being a bit harsh to be honest.

Justin

P.S. don't pick the O&C club over the union though.

Reply 13

bret

OP

12

Sorry. Reading back through, the original post leaves room for misinterpretation. I'm a final year student already. I've just been accepted onto my MPhil today (Woooo!) and will probably be in Cambridge the next 4 years. I don't live in London nor do I plan on doing so. I am also already a member of the Union. As for Hawk's, I missed the varsity powerlifting squad this year due to injury but I'll be either on that team or the uni small bore squad next year and so can most likely get access without having O&C membership. O&C membership, so I'm told, allows you to use Pitt Club facilities as well as gain full Hawk's access without getting off your arse (as well as fancy dinners and events in London and the two cities. Hope this clears things up.

Reply 14

JHutcher

11

I can't for the life of me remember what the reciprocal agreement was between the Pitt Club and the O&C... thinking its likely to be more in the direction of Pitt members using their facilities than the other way around... just a guess.

Justin

Reply 15

coldfish

12

JHutcher

If you'll use the place then its worth it. I think it'd be nice to have somewhere to stop at in town if you wanted it.

I think people are being a bit harsh to be honest.

I just have a thing about members only clubs. It's not about having a place to stop by in town -- there are plenty of places you could have a rest and a sit down without paying hundreds of pounds per year. It is entirely about snobbery. It's about wanting to be a part of something that others can't be, for the very reason that others can't be, and about trying to make the very most out of any "Oxbridge Advantage" that exists.

It grates me so much that I get lumped with the kind of people who would join this club.

Reply 16

Gravastar

11

coldfish

It grates me so much that I get lumped with the kind of people who would join this club.

Well, the difference in your reps would seem to indicate otherwise.

(Yes, because reps mean so much)

Reply 17

Emmalina

1

Whatever if its snobby.

Its nice to go to a place where everyone knows your name. And the oxford and cambridge club is niice! My besties daddy's a member. Its pretty sweet.

Reply 18

snak3uk

it looks like a cool place - found out randomly the other day that my great uncle is a member, as is an acquaintance of mine, so might well go for it :smile:

Reply 19

Troy :0)

snak3uk

it looks like a cool place

You are either a dullard or you are deluded. No offence.
:nn:

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