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is oxford brookes in oxbridge?

Reply 20

anonymous1985

hobnob

The "ooh, you must be very clever, then" reactions are cringeworthy even if you are at Oxford, though. I have a friend who for a while actually told everyone back home she was at Brookes in order to avoid that...

Edit: highly embarassing typo.

lol, i would that to happen to be.

Reply 21

Picnico

The Anthropologist

In short, no, it's not a prat of Oxbridge.

Best typing error ever?

Reply 22

Profesh

20

The Anthropologist

lol, i would that to happen to be.

Do you ever actually submit posts comprising in excess of one sentence; or would that impede your 'efficiency'?

Reply 23

Wilko_777

10

It's nice to know that some people think i'm going to Oxford Uni when I mentioned that I applied to Oxford Brookes. Makes me sound intelligent until they realise they are two completely different unis.

Reply 24

simon123

Wilko_777

It's nice to know that some people think i'm going to Oxford Uni when I mentioned that I applied to Oxford Brookes. Makes me sound intelligent until they realise they are two completely different unis.

Its all pretty cringeworthy though isnt it! I know you probably dont do this but the kind of people that say yes I go to Oxford, or I go to Bristol, when really they go to Oxford Brookes or UWE are very sad individuals!

Reply 25

Wilko_777

10

simon123

Its all pretty cringeworthy though isnt it! I know you probably dont do this but the kind of people that say yes I go to Oxford, or I go to Bristol, when really they go to Oxford Brookes or UWE are very sad individuals!

Yeah you're probably right :biggrin:

Reply 26

musicbloke

17

It's always funny when you're chatting to someone who slips things into the convo like "when I was at Oxford...", and you cotton onto the fact they're a bit of a thicko and go "you were at Brookes, weren't you?" as they turn bright red.

MB

Reply 27

tbtommyb

11

louisedotcom

Haha I find alot of students at Anglia ruskin say that- well with cambridge rather than oxford.

Rather than saying 'I go to Anglia Ruskin' They say 'I go to university in Cambridge' and of course people assume they are at Cambridge.

It annoys me when people say that. Or you ask where they go to university and they tell you "Edinburgh" and they're actually at Napier or Heriot-Watt. If you ask someone where's they're studying you want to know which university, not which town, usually anyway.

Reply 28

simon123

tbtommyb

It annoys me when people say that. Or you ask where they go to university and they tell you "Edinburgh" and they're actually at Napier or Heriot-Watt. If you ask someone where's they're studying you want to know which university, not which town, usually anyway.

Exactly, and they do it conciously because they know that were they are going is very ordinary but if they say Bristol, or Edinburgh then it sounds way better. Until you get found out and you just look like a prat that is!

Reply 29

jointhedots

16

simon123

Its all pretty cringeworthy though isnt it! I know you probably dont do this but the kind of people that say yes I go to Oxford, or I go to Bristol, when really they go to Oxford Brookes or UWE are very sad individuals!

I used to say that I went to Brighton (I actually went to Sussex) because I found that an alarming number of people don't know where the hell Sussex is...But slightly less of a distinction :wink:

Reply 30

KinkayGema

11

simon123

Exactly, and they do it conciously because they know that were they are going is very ordinary but if they say Bristol, or Edinburgh then it sounds way better. Until you get found out and you just look like a prat that is!

My friend is at Oxford Brookes and constantly tells people she goes to Oxford- crrrriiiinnnngggggeeee!

Reply 31

Philosoraptor

18

HAHAHAAAAAHAHAHAHA!
Sorry that cracked me up!

Reply 32

Nally

10

It's the same with Southampton and Solent students, 'oh i'm at southampton' often means 'I'm studying at Solent'

Reply 33

loopylauren

10

Nally

It's the same with Southampton and Solent students, 'oh i'm at southampton' often means 'I'm studying at Solent'

Yeah I have a friend who does that with Sheffield, but goes to Sheffield Hallam. Nothing wrong with that but saying so makes him sound like the biggest idiot ever.

Reply 34

loopymeg

13

One of my mates goes to Oxford Brookes, and to avoid confusion he just tells people that he goes to... "Brookes". He rants at people who try to make out that they're at Oxford, particularly since he's proud to be at Brookes as it is.

In a nutshell, Oxford Brookes is not a part of Oxbridge.

Reply 35

happy cola

Trying to clutch some prestige that they clearly don't deserve is pathetic.

Reply 36

simon123

happy cola

Trying to clutch some prestige that they clearly don't deserve is pathetic.

It really is, and its so so cringeworthy and delusional. My friends both do it with UWE and say Bristol, I actually have to correct them if they say it in front of people I just cant take it!

Reply 37

Werty675

I've yet to come accross anyone from UWE who doen't say they go to Bristol. In fact, because people have become so used to this, when I say I go to Bristol they think I mean UWE as far more from my area go there.

Reply 38

simon123

Werty675

I've yet to come accross anyone from UWE who doen't say they go to Bristol. In fact, because people have become so used to this, when I say I go to Bristol they think I mean UWE as far more from my area go there.

It actually annoys me, I know it should not but to say you go to a prestigious top 10 university when in fact you go to a crappy former poly is really sad on the part of students that say it.

Reply 39

Werty675

simon123

It actually annoys me, I know it should not but to say you go to a prestigious top 10 university when in fact you go to a crappy former poly is really sad on the part of students that say it.

It really annoys me as well. A few weeks ago I was with someone who goes to York st John and when we where in a conversation with someone else, I said I went to Bristol and they said they went to York. As by Bristol they thought UWE, you could see they held the other person in higher regard.

is oxford brookes in oxbridge?

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