Why do YOU want to go to Oxbridge?

Damn, I have been brought back in. I don't care what anyone from LSE said anyway. They rejected me, they must all be talking rubbish...

Also, an oxbridge degree looks more attractive to employers than one from the lesser unis.

Bull****. Imperial is not difficult to get into for Physics. At my interview at Imperial, all got a place, and all were Oxbridge rejects (I was the only one there with an Oxbridge offer). Conversely, at my cambridge interview of about 9 people who were there that day, only me and one other guy got a place. Imperial gives out many, many more offers for Physics than either of Oxford and Cambridge.

Small correction: a *good* Oxbridge degree looks attractive. An average or bad degree looks simply average or bad, wherever you've take it. Furthermore, a 2:1 from Oxbridge certainly does not trump a 1st from any other 'lesser' (hmmm...) university -- and would still find very stiff competition amongst other 2:1s. Oxbridge is a great springboard, but by no means a ticket to sucess -- sorry!

a) you're a very gifted person who needs to be stretched in the oxbridge environment (includes nerds)
b) oxbridge is where you desperately want to go for family / prestige reasons (includes hooray henrys)
c) dedicated finance wannabes who want a golden cv (mostly careerists)
d) or even if you're just up for the challenge (all mentalists)

+1

All said and done, Oxford is perhaps a little overrated compared to top 3 London unis (Imperial, UCL, LSE) anyway.

pffft, I retract it for the use of *confuzzled*.

It means: me too / well said

not ****ing bull**** thats THE ACTUAL EXACT FIGURES! your experience is not representative. imperial doesnt interview at all like cambridge. they witlle down alot/mostly with your initial application for alot of courses. the interviews i suspect are more disgriminatory for some people than others. i think they group them into various levels of candidates too. in mine there were many oxbridge applicants, atleast a third/half while my mates had almost none. the figures i gave you are straight from ucas and oxfords website so you can check them yourself!

The 19% figure you used was the number of people who actually enrolled on the course out of those who applied, the percentage of people who got in (i.e got an offer) would be far, far higher. Learn to use statistics properly.

To settle this bizarre Imperial physics argument you're both having, let me offer my view. I would say that the incoming class is probably 10% extremely intelligent, 20% clever and hardworking, 30% solid middle management potential (lol), 50% probably peaked with their A Levels.
And yes, Oxbridge is harder to get into than Imperial. Whether this means their physics course is actually better is a moot point though; the additional difficulty probably comes down to the prestige factor rather than superior teaching etc. Both places produce good physicists.

I never said that the Oxbridge courses were better, in fact I would say the Imperial course was just as good if not better, and many days I find myself wishing I'd just bloody firmed Imperial! All I'm saying is Oxbridge is harder to get into, not that the actual course is any better.

Not the same people from council estates and such who think the perfect Friday night is spent listening to chav music in Town (no offense).

The 19% figure you used was the number of people who actually enrolled on the course out of those who applied, the percentage of people who got in (i.e got an offer) would be far, far higher. Learn to use statistics properly.

would comment on the oxbridge rejects mainly being imperials successes and how its statistically impossible but i dont think many people believe that statement anyway.