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Are good degrees from bad universities worthless?

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Reply 40

Anonymous #2

Original post by hellodave5

Original post by kayleighisonfire

Ex-polys unite! :yep:

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TSR really are scraping the barrel with threads like these recently...

Reply 41

S1elyak1

Original post by Anonymous #2

Ex-polys unite! :yep:

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TSR really are scraping the barrel with threads like these recently...

Yay! Which uni are you at?

Reply 42

hellodave5

Original post by Anonymous #2

Ex-polys unite! :yep:

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TSR really are scraping the barrel with threads like these recently...

*assembles together like the transformers* (.... or is it power rangers?...)

Yup, these threads are quite an enduring feature of TSR

Reply 43

james22

Original post by DiddyDec

No, this forum is filled with Oxbridge snobs who don't think that any university is worth going to unless it is oxbridge.

I haven't ever seen such people, but I hear a lot of people talking about them. I think it's just a myth.

Reply 44

Anonymous #2

Original post by kayleighisonfire

Yay! Which uni are you at?

UCLan in Preston :smile:

I don't even think anybody on TSR has heard of it :lol:

Original post by hellodave5

*assembles together like the transformers* (.... or is it power rangers?...)

Yup, these threads are quite an enduring feature of TSR

Either way we will assemble together!

You've got to laugh though :lol:

Reply 45

hellodave5

Original post by Anonymous #2

UCLan in Preston :smile:

I don't even think anybody on TSR has heard of it :lol:

Either way we will assemble together!

You've got to laugh though :lol:

People in their own little world :tongue:

Reply 46

S1elyak1

Original post by Anonymous #2

UCLan in Preston :smile:

I don't even think anybody on TSR has heard of it :lol:

Either way we will assemble together!

You've got to laugh though :lol:

Yeah they probably haven't. I considered applying there :smile:

Reply 47

arminb

It is harder to get a good degree from a **** uni. If you look at their stats, maybe 40-50% get 2.1 or above but this is 80-90% in a prestigious university. But certainly a 1.1 from a **** uni is not worthless because you have worked for for it. But a 2.1 from London Met. is not as valuable as a 2.1 from UCL ( very obviously). However, employers WILL respect that.

Reply 48

donutaud15

Original post by jamesb22

Hi, just signed up to this forum after browsing it for some time now.

My question is: is having a well-regarded degree from a not so well-regarded university worthless? For example, a First Class Law degree from Middlesex or a First in Medicine from Plymouth. The impression I get from this forum is that such people have degrees 'not worth the paper they are written on'.

Would you all agree with this?

No I don't agree with it. My husband graduated from a supposed inferior uni with a first class degree and he got the second job he applied to, beating those who went to Oxbridge but lesser grade.

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Reply 49

Anonymous #2

Original post by hellodave5

People in their own little world :tongue:

Yep, some of them are completely deluded. You've got to feel sorry for them really :tongue:

Original post by kayleighisonfire

Yeah they probably haven't. I considered applying there :smile:

It's alright, I came through clearing so wasn't sure what to expect but it's been fine so far :smile:

Reply 50

hellodave5

Original post by Anonymous #2

Yep, some of them are completely deluded. You've got to feel sorry for them really :tongue:

It's alright, I came through clearing so wasn't sure what to expect but it's been fine so far :smile:

Be very awkward if they hold these opinions and their prospective employer turns out to have gone to a non-RG uni at some point!

Reply 51

S1elyak1

Original post by Anonymous #2

Yep, some of them are completely deluded. You've got to feel sorry for them really :tongue:

It's alright, I came through clearing so wasn't sure what to expect but it's been fine so far :smile:

Aww good

Reply 52

donutaud15

Original post by Anonymous #2

Ex-polys unite! :yep:

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TSR really are scraping the barrel with threads like these recently...

*waves*

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Reply 53

Anonymous #2

Original post by hellodave5

Be very awkward if they hold these opinions and their prospective employer turns out to have gone to a non-RG uni at some point!

I know, it's a bit awkward for everybody involved really.

Original post by donutaud15

*waves*

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Reply 54

Juichiro

Original post by jamesb22

Do you go to Oxbridge? Would you reject a potential boyfriend if they went to Leeds Met for example?

Been there, done that.

Reply 55

Alltimesarah

If London met opened a medial school it certainly wouldn't be worthless

Reply 56

Juichiro

Original post by Zuki

I have a friend who graduated this year from London Met with a first in his degree, something business related. Has been looking for jobs since. Though, he has had interviews but never made it passed that.

Reply 57

Juichiro

Edinbourgh explicitly says that, for postgrad courses, they don't consider all degree classifications from all unis equal (i.e. a 1st from Durham vs a 2.1 from Manchester Met).