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Reply 780
^^^ not that one again!!
i joined tsr about 18 months ago, and the first year was arguing that this wasnt the case. after winning arguments and slowly beating people down, a new wave of 17-18 year old ucas applicants start it all up again. it's madness what these schools are teaching their students. we had a post not so long back because a guy was distraught that he was given a place at imperial not cambridge! aaaaargh!!
i joined tsr about 18 months ago, and the first year was arguing that this wasnt the case. after winning arguments and slowly beating people down, a new wave of 17-18 year old ucas applicants start it all up again. it's madness what these schools are teaching their students. we had a post not so long back because a guy was distraught that he was given a place at imperial not cambridge! aaaaargh!!
Reply 781
no worries about the back up 
what little time i spend on tsr now is usually spent avoiding these issues.
what little time i spend on tsr now is usually spent avoiding these issues.Reply 782
Oh don't Boosh - my school even now when I'm 6months off finishing my course still look down their noses at me for studying where I am.
Reply 783
bunch of ****ers
if you went to a ****ty state school in the north east like me, then simply studying for a degree, regardless of location, is seen as something pretty special.
if you went to a ****ty state school in the north east like me, then simply studying for a degree, regardless of location, is seen as something pretty special.
Reply 784
The Boosh
bunch of ****ers
if you went to a ****ty state school in the north east like me, then simply studying for a degree, regardless of location, is seen as something pretty special.
if you went to a ****ty state school in the north east like me, then simply studying for a degree, regardless of location, is seen as something pretty special.
exactly - my old school tries year on year to get someone into Oxbridge but I don't think they've succeeded yet. Lack of interview practice etc might be one reason
Reply 785
could be. i remember a common trend when i worked in a bar in torquay - i met 4 or 5 girls who got into oxford or cambridge but turned them away because they didnt like the interviewer and attitudes of people they came across. i think they were also attracted to bigger, vibrant cities, so they all ended at london, bristol etc. perhaps if you try too hard to fit in you miss the point? dunno - i've never applied.
Reply 786
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Stickyvix
exactly - my old school tries year on year to get someone into Oxbridge but I don't think they've succeeded yet. Lack of interview practice etc might be one reason
That's something which always strikes me as very odd: why on earth is the success of UK schools so frequently measured (or at least talked about in the media) in terms of how many people they manage to "get into" Oxford or Cambridge? Even the schools themselves seem to perceive it that way.
Reply 787
it's our silly hierarchies - we divide the nation into types and then order them according to which type of person is better than the others. britain - or perhaps england specifically - is crazy for class divisions. the general university chat section on tsr shows our mentally.
Reply 788
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The Boosh
it's our silly hierarchies - we divide the nation into types and then order them according to which type of person is better than the others. britain - or perhaps england specifically - is crazy for class divisions. the general university chat section on tsr shows our mentally.
Indeed.
What's slightly ironic is that even those who claim to be opposed to those divisions (for papers, the most obvious example would be the Guardian) often don't even seem to be aware of the fact that they're actually doing what they can to reinforce them. Oh well.Reply 789
the guardian is a dodgy paper. it presents as a broad sheet, whilst reporting on britney spears and her booze sessions.
Reply 790
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Even a paper like the Independent, which claims to be so lefty and un-hierarchical, has loads of fillers about how Peterhouse weren't allowed their ball this year after not doing well in finals, or an Oxford student getting rusticated for spying on his neighbours, or how Teddy Hall students aren't allowed any Entz during Trinity term. Who the **** cares?
Reply 791
hahaha now THAT'S news!
Reply 792
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the_alba
Even a paper like the Independent, which claims to be so lefty and un-hierarchical, has loads of fillers about how Peterhouse weren't allowed their ball this year after not doing well in finals, or an Oxford student getting rusticated for spying on his neighbours, or how Teddy Hall students aren't allowed any Entz during Trinity term. Who the **** cares?
Yes, it rather seems like Oxbridge serves as a sort of academic Diana for the media, actually. Those stories usually have about the same "news" content as all those "Eyewitness: I saw Diana eat a cucumber sandwich"-stories...
Reply 793
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?p=10343396#post10343396
wow!!! now this shot at the alba has to be the funniest thing i've read on tsr in a while. if any of you fancy replying, please so do with the obligatory laughing smilies. what a muppet.
wow!!! now this shot at the alba has to be the funniest thing i've read on tsr in a while. if any of you fancy replying, please so do with the obligatory laughing smilies. what a muppet.
Reply 794
arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh - better be aware that I'm about to get my soapbox out
Reply 795
I thought I'd replied to that thread a while ago, but it was actually this one:
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=477157
Do you think we could set up a bot to deal with this sort of thing?
http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=477157
Do you think we could set up a bot to deal with this sort of thing?
Reply 796
Da Bachtopus
Do you think we could set up a bot to deal with this sort of thing?
Do you think we could set up a bot to deal with this sort of thing?
That, or organise a GOG-MOB in which the informed goggers flood the ignorant post in question with the actual truth.
Reply 797
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Da Bachtopus
Do you think we could set up a bot to deal with this sort of thing?
A GOG-bot? Excellent idea.
Reply 798
gog-bot would be superb. the same answers are given each thread anyway.
Reply 799
y'know everytime I'm at my wits end with TSR the GOGSoc restores my faith in common sense
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