Oxbridge is heavy - think about what you're getting into

Which one would you be more likely to befriend?

I would rather talk to a fascinating physics genius than some bimbo who was really 'nice'.

Hi, my name's Josh.

I didnt say he was jealous of me personally. His previous comment seemed to be directed at people who judge people and compare themselves favourably to people who went to lesser universities. He seems to be one of those jealous people who achieve little in life and fall back on the argument that if people arent nice about it and pretend everyone is equal and has their own strengths then they are childish.

And yes I am aware that some people dont want to go to oxbridge. Some people are only interested in money grabbing, rather than academic pursuits, and others are too lazy, like the OP.

I have not and am not going to imply that anyone and everyone who went to a Russel Group university is inferior to me personally unless I get a good grade for my degree. I am well aware that a first from durham is better than a third from ox. So please stop implying that I am.

And yes, puppy, I'm sure you are exactly the right person to advise me on what to do to fit in at Oxford, since you were so at home at Cambridge you settled in within days.

edit: the answer to the who would I befriend question is neither. There are plenty of people who I think are nice and are intelligent. No reason to bother with the numpties.

I didnt say he was jealous of me personally. His previous comment seemed to be directed at people who judge people and compare themselves favourably to people who went to lesser universities. He seems to be one of those jealous people who achieve little in life and fall back on the argument that if people arent nice about it and pretend everyone is equal and has their own strengths then they are childish.

And yes I am aware that some people dont want to go to oxbridge. Some people are only interested in money grabbing, rather than academic pursuits, and others are too lazy, like the OP.



And yes, puppy, I'm sure you are exactly the right person to advise me on what to do to fit in at Oxford, since you were so at home at Cambridge you settled in within days.

Rubbish - absolute tosh. 3 years of hard work to set you up for life. You just didn't get the grades for Oxbridge for undergraduate - don't try and deter others. You jealous ****er

Rubbish - absolute tosh. 3 years of hard work to set you up for life. You just didn't get the grades for Oxbridge for undergraduate - don't try and deter others. You jealous ****er

Don't know what money grabbing has to do with anything- I assumed money grabbing people would go to Oxbridge.

The reason I didn't fit in straight away was because I went to a state comp and there was quite a bit of adjustment required. If I'm not mistaken that's your situation too so perhaps you should listen to me.

Money grabbers go to LSE, and stereotypes always work. I do not automatically respect people because they went to Oxbridge. And my main problem with you is that I dont like you, not that I dont respect you. btw 'respect for your elders' is the most ridiculous argument I have ever heard come out of any oxbridgians mouth. I am not going to respect someone just because they managed live 3 years longer.

Yes I did go to a state comprehensive. But quite frankly I think you are just being anti-public school and disliking an environment which I find extremely appealing. No-one at the interviews, open days, or conferences that I met from private school was at all unpleasant (except for the Rugby group schooled guy who ate the bread from the wrong side at dinner leaving me with none )

None of the people I know at Oxbridge have complained at all about the middle class environment, except for one who is a communist. I dont think I am in the least bit like you, so I dont think your advice will be very useful.

All my friends here went to public school except two. Hello, I do Classics- I can't really be that against public school can I else I wouldn't cope day to day with the people on my course? I'm not anti-public school in the least, I always wanted to go but my parents wouldn't let me and I couldn't afford to send myself. I'd send my kids there infact. I said the stereotypes where true and that public school people got on better at Oxbridge- that doesn't mean I don't spend my spare time with public-schooled counts and heirs having a bloody good time.

My main problem with you is that you're a narrow minded idiot. You have absolutely no reason to dislike me (well you're probably jealous but that aside), so- how you say?- bite me.

And I prefer absolutist to narrow minded, but you say tomayto.

Edit: You are gonna have to post em again helzel I cant find any of your posts

If that is true, then why would you find it hard to settle in. Surely the two things are mutually contradictory. And I prefer absolutist to narrow minded, but you say tomayto.

Edit: You are gonna have to post em again helzel I cant find any of your posts

Because it took me a year to settle in?

Last year I hated it, but now I've changed and I love it here.

Yes but they usually are competing against other oxonians/tabs in the interviews. And also not everyone gets a first, so they might have to be interviewed against someone with a first from other decent unis.