Half of Oxford's colleges in the red

That isn't suprising, everyone around Oxford knows a lot of colleges are in the red and that there is a big difference between the richest colleges and the poorest.

What's strange is how a college like Pembroke (Ox) can be so poor on the face of it, but its boat club and JCR are both pretty loaded. (So my friend tells me anyway)

That because all of Pembroke's finances goes to the Boat Club, it's pretty much the only thing they have to shout about. And they have university rower, which brings in more sponsorship from external sponsors.

As a college it's pretty poor though, especially considering the amount of students they have.

I always thought Pembroke would be loaded, what with the cash for places scandal

The "not being loaded" is, I'm guessing, what drove them in that direction...

That's the story I've heard. College which are strong financially can select candidates on academic merits; poor old PemBROKE couldn't do that.

Nooooo - 'cos only the really stupid end of the AAAA spectrum applies there

That's the story I've heard. College which are strong financially can select candidates on academic merits; poor old PemBROKE couldn't do that.

I didn't actually mean that.

Hey, I think you twisted my words a bit!

Not really, because I've been told this by other people too; so I'm not really referring to your words at all. Merely agreeing with the assumption.

OK, but if my friend ever comes to this forum, those were your words, not mine

And I'll be in deepest, darkest Cambridge, as won't really care. And they're all allegations anyway, with little to no evidence too suggest they're true.