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is there a lot of stuck up rich kids?

emma t

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im in lenton & wortley hall and im hearing that nottingham in general is full of toffs? is it true?

Reply 1

LisaPizza

Theres a lot of people who have very rich parents..none of my flatmates had paid for their accommodation or tuition, or had loans. QUite a few have rather flashy cars, new BMWs etc. Some are toffs..some arent. A lot are private schooled, but theres usually a good mix.

Reply 2

all red and ermine

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when i went to the open day/english open day i got this impression WILDLY

i made friends with 5 random people and went round the uni etc - all 5 were snobby to an extent (parents moreso..LOL)

BUT! don't worry at all, snobby or not, we're all in the same boat i.e. going to uni first time by ourselves etc

however this is my experience and in uni there are loads of different types of people. so i guess it'll be fine.

but, if one looks at the breakdown of first year undergraduates from last year and the year before into location or family income i think there is a majority of people coming from the south-east and family income was highish

i can't remember the link, sorry!

btw i'm at lenton and wortley too!! congratulations on getting in and what are you studying?

PS: there was a story in the times about this girl getting into nottm english but her twin not! :O

Reply 3

all red and ermine

EDIT: i'll shut up LOL

Reply 4

Brotherhood

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I'm probably the most common person you'll ever meet. so rest assured!

Reply 5

cloudless

when i went to the open day. on the accommodation tour, the group i was part of was full of posh girls.

Reply 6

-Pete-

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There's a fair few but Lenton & Wortley was one of the best halls of last year. I'd say that Cavendish and Ancaster are a bit more 'rich kid' heavy. People being rich isn't necessarily a problem, it's when people are up their own arses. I met as many nice rich people as not nice and there were plenty of people as poor as me who were idiots as well so it is pretty much down to the individual person.

What got me was private school people actively looking down on non-private school people.

Reply 7

all red and ermine

woah they do that s***??

WHY? when obvs us compies got the grades to get in...

i naively thought we were beyond that at uni! ha

Reply 8

blone_bomb

There are alot of rich people. However they are mostly really nice people and uni is all about meeting new types of people. There are alot of 'normal' people as well and you generally dont know if people went to private school or not, unless you facebook stalk them lol. The people who annoy me though are the ones who show of all the time and parade their school leavers hoodies around going look at me and my posh school or act like public school *****. There are 'normal' people out there who are equally as annoying.

Reply 9

kinkajou

15

there are rich kids at any uni really. depends on the individuals. some rich kids are perfectly nice, some are stuck up.

Reply 10

sabby ohh

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Brotherhood

I'm probably the most common person you'll ever meet. so rest assured!

ey i had a sneaky suspicious you were from bradford when i read that.

Reply 11

EskimoJo

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Brotherhood

I'm probably the most common person you'll ever meet. so rest assured!

How many people are you though? :wink:

Reply 12

EskimoJo

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Yessssss! Loads of rich kids you say? Make friends, gain their trust and rob them blind. Easy! They don't care, mummy and daddy will sort them out. Excellent. Remind me not to bother with my student loan. :biggrin:

Reply 13

giraffehaveabath

It's the way of the world, get used to it. Everywhere you go from now on you'll come across people with wildly different backgrounds from your own. Wouldn't be any fun if everybody was the same now would it?

Reply 14

sophia33

what is cavendish like in terms of rahs then?

Reply 15

markdr

2

There are a few, yes.

blone_bomb

There are alot of rich people. However they are mostly really nice people and uni is all about meeting new types of people. There are alot of 'normal' people as well and you generally dont know if people went to private school or not, unless you facebook stalk them lol. The people who annoy me though are the ones who show of all the time and parade their school leavers hoodies around going look at me and my posh school or act like public school *****. There are 'normal' people out there who are equally as annoying.

Absolutely, this.