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Cambridge or Oxford??

I suppose becuase if you were rejected by Cambridge, the chances are you would be rejected by Oxford, and each has many many applicants of whom they would like to interview as many as possible.
This may be very wrong, just an assumption!

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Zakz

My cousin goes to cambridge (started this year) and he is not posh, and he hates it there...he says all of the students are snobs lol...but abt oxford im not to sure, i've just heard things.

So are both posh?

Well, public schools are overrepresented but those people are still the minority (and the ones I knew were anything but snobs!). About half come from public schools or lesser known private schools and half from the state sector (mostly grammar schools but also from comprehensives). I never found schooling was an issue, but I guess some people are more touchy about it.

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I was referring to Cambridge above, by the way, but the make-up is similar at Oxford. Cambridge actually has a slightly higher proportion of state schoolers than Oxford, but there's not much in it.

Cambridge

both are equally good.
cambridge is gud for sciences
oxford is good for liberal arts

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Actually, neither teaches the liberal arts. Oxbridge courses are specialist - the liberal arts is a general, broad-based curriculum followed by American universities.

And speaking of the arts/science divide, there are some notable exceptions... for example, Cambridge has a better reputation for History, and Oxford has an older clinical school that is more well-known overseas (although admittedly Cambridge still has more medical research overall).

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dan

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It all depends on what you want to do.

I'd say cambridge is better because I want to do comp. sci.

For comp. sci its better because it is reportedly academically better than oxford for the course and has more places available.

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Olivya

But what I dont like about Cambridge is that it doesnt offer joint courses!!

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dan

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One course is going to be hard enough, why would you possibly want more!

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Olivya

But what I dont like about Cambridge is that it doesnt offer joint courses!!

Yeah, it's about time Cambridge started offering BA (Hons) in Hospitality and Tourism Management.

SPS is kindof jointy

no!! if u do do a joint degree, u dont need to do the complete syllabus for each of them!! i mean say u choose to do economics and history, u wouldnt be doing the same thing, u choose from the options whereas those students who do history/economics (single degree) would have to do all of them.

Cambridge should offer joint degrees for closely related subjects for people who has an interest in both of them!

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andy_cole2

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they offer stuff in different courses. the economics course is for the first year a quarter based around politics. why is this being debated here :p:

just as a little admission the only reason the oxford vote canes the cambridge is cos i posted in the oxford forum 'oxford sux' and told them to come vote :p:

sorry dan...don't hate me forever :p:

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Yeah, Andy, I saw that and voted for Cambridge. :p:

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danglenister

Quite simple..

Taken from the IB vs A levels thread a while back. Notice the order of the two names in the title ( best one first, second best after). :p:

Cambridge or Oxford??

You decide :wink:

PS. I vote Cambridge because I'm applying there and they rule :wink:

I think I'd actually go for Oxford... and I'd have applied if it offered Undergrad Business... bummer though..

But it does depend on the course you want, I guess, and also probably what sort of environment you prefer more.

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sak-y

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Burnin_Heart

I think I'd actually go for Oxford... and I'd have applied if it offered Undergrad Business... bummer though..

But it does depend on the course you want, I guess, and also probably what sort of environment you prefer more.

Well how do the 'environments' differ?

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sak-y

Well how do the 'environments' differ?

What I meant was they are obviously different schools which offer different extra-curricular activities and they are known for different academic areas.

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Burnin_Heart

What I meant was they are obviously different schools which offer different extra-curricular activities and they are known for different academic areas.

The extracurricular activities are pretty much the same. The main difference is between the towns and also the course structure for your subject.

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niraemius

Cambridge has the best Natural Sciences course!

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Jsuper

So how come you can only apply to one of them?

Have to dash off an answer here...the basic reason is that because the admissions process is so finicky, like interviews, close reading of personal statement, very thorough consideration of each candidate, they can't do double the number of applicants (which is what would happen if people could apply to both). In the past, you were allowed to apply to both, but what happened was that the second university automatically rejected you...so. Hope this was of help :smile:

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