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Win Lottery or Oxbridge Offer?

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Choose an option:

So which is it?

1. Win the lottery purely by chance.

2. Get an oxbridge offer by yourself i.e. good grades, good interview performance etc. and of course by chance (there are so many eligible applicants).

I personally want to get into Cambridge.

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Reply 1

packupthemoon

Oxford Medical offer > Million quid.

Reply 2

beach surf babe

be bored or be have a comfortable lifestyle living off the interest? Hard choice!

Reply 3

Excalibur

Win a million pounds. Although I would love to go to Oxbridge, it is surely not the be all end all - and there are plenty of other universities in the UK, and in the world, that would serve just as well. In the long run, it wouldn't make as huge a difference whether you went to Oxbridge or another very good university, but money will last :wink:

Reply 4

Happyness

I would choose one million pounds and return to my homeland and subsequently i would "live it up", more so in India of most places.

With an oxbridge offer, it is still not certain if I would get a good enough job which would pay me well. I have seen many ox and cam graduates looking for a job for many a year.

Reply 5

713

I would choose an oxbridge offer because if i would win the million pound everyone would say 'oh you didn't do something for getting that money', but when gaining a place at oxbridge they would have to admit that i am not as stupid as i am supposed to be.

Reply 6

Q.E.D

Oxbridge offer, because I'd rather stimulate my brain into productivity than simply satisfy irrelevant luxurious desires.

Reply 7

guccilittlepiggy

i'd rather have offers of other unis other than oxbridge :P

Reply 8

Happyness

guccilittlepiggy

i'd rather have offers of other unis other than oxbridge :P

Yea, LSE!!

*dreams*

Reply 9

guccilittlepiggy

lol i didn't say that :biggrin:

Reply 10

M_Jenkins

I'd rather go to a US univeristy than win the money. :smile:

Reply 11

leona

Get the money and run.....I dont think I'd actually like it at Oxbridge...I'd feel so inadequate...lol

Reply 12

pezz

I would win 1 million pounds and get into UCL :biggrin:

Reply 13

musicbloke

Million quid please. OK, so it's a bit silly cos I'm already at Cambridge so don't need an offer, but TBH it's just a ****ing university.

MB

Reply 14

becky.fm

I would have the £1 million and then work my arse off to go to Oxford/Cambridge, but i would also be happy with another uni :smile:

I would prefer to work to get into good unis, rather than for something that is unearned.

Reply 15

Legyviel

One million pounds, please and thank you. :biggrin:

Reply 16

Christophicus

I'd rather have the money thank you. I can't believe how many people would rather go to oxbridge than have money handed on a plate. As musicboy said it's only a bloody university. Oxbridge doesn't have the massive advantage over unis like it used to. Although it still does have an advantage, it's not the end if you go to a top 5 uni for your subject rather than oxbridge. It's not detrimental to your life.

Reply 17

713

Q.E.D

Oxbridge offer, because I'd rather stimulate my brain into productivity than simply satisfy irrelevant luxurious desires.

:dito:

Reply 18

Asriel

The money! An Oxford / Cambridge offer would be nice but there are loads of other good universities in the UK and i could live comfortably with no debt etc.

Reply 19

Christophicus

Asriel

The money! An Oxford / Cambridge offer would be nice but there are loads of other good universities in the UK and i could live comfortably with no debt etc.