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Loser222
My mums friends said her son went to durham and he ended up with loads of posh people who went to private school. Is this true or do ordinary people go aswell?
First of all posh people are ordinary people.
Secondly, yes, Durham does have a high intake of students from privately educated backgrounds, but it's a smaller proportion to the numbers it receives from State educated.
And moreover, why should it matter? Posh people as you put it is really quite a relative term, not to mention one devoid of any real value.
Regards,
Charlie
Durham's my insurance offer and I'm from a state school...
so what if it is? Im privately educated but i am definately NOT posh, even if i were it doesn't make me not 'ordinary' like some kind of different race. It's typical to think of private school students as arrogant spoilt rich kids but give them a chance eh? it doesn't hurt to meet new people once in a while, don't judge them by where they are from-i'm sure you wouldn't want them to do that to you either.
UGGGH!
There are always going to be people you like and hate in any group.
Whilst there will be more rahs at private schools, there are more chavs at state schools.
Look on the internet for statistics, there may be a higher percentage of private school than state school at some unis, but this is only due to them getting better facilities whilst at school, and thus achieving better grades.
There are some perfectly nice people from private school, in fact.. they tend to have more manors and are less discriminating than state school pupils (just my opinion).
I HATE it when people don't think they can be friends with people from private schools. Besides, most people there are not "posh", their parents work hard to pay their school fees!
I certainly would not care if you went to a state school, so why should you care?
Its called DISCRIMINATION to treat people differently because of where they come from.
Go to Durham with an open mind and I am sure you will make many friends from all walks of life
There are always going to be people you like and hate in any group.
Whilst there will be more rahs at private schools, there are more chavs at state schools.
Look on the internet for statistics, there may be a higher percentage of private school than state school at some unis, but this is only due to them getting better facilities whilst at school, and thus achieving better grades.
There are some perfectly nice people from private school, in fact.. they tend to have more manors and are less discriminating than state school pupils (just my opinion).
I HATE it when people don't think they can be friends with people from private schools. Besides, most people there are not "posh", their parents work hard to pay their school fees!
I certainly would not care if you went to a state school, so why should you care?
Its called DISCRIMINATION to treat people differently because of where they come from.
Go to Durham with an open mind and I am sure you will make many friends from all walks of life
The stats are about 35:65 private:state
I had a big rant on this recently, which I will repeat here
I had a big rant on this recently, which I will repeat here
3. Lastly I am quite sick of people saying: 'Don't go to durham its full of private school people'. Why the **** should that matter?!! The fact is that there are thousands of people to meet at uni (and in life for that matter). Its not as if you would be the only state schooler in a world of people who are all named Rupert who have floppy hair and spend their time playing polo with mummy and daddy on their family estate in Buckinghamshire. Plus, and much more importantly, not all public school people are tossers (I suggest some of you read that sentence again, it's a point which is often overlooked). There are some that are, of course, but there are also some state people who are total knobs as well. Trust me guys, what school you went to becomes something no one ever asks after the first month or so, because no one gives a **** once we are all at the same uni.
Well i'm still waiting for an offer from Durham.... GRR
I not only go to a private school, but its also and international school in Switzerland....
But i'm definately NOT what you would describe as "posh". Up until three years ago i lived in a stupidly tiny house which backed onto a rough coucil estate in one of the worst parts of the south of england! When we found out i'd been accepted into the worst secondary school in the area mum was going to sell the house and move us into a caravan park so that she could pay for me to go to the private grammar school in the next city. Its only because my mum got a good job which relocated us and pays my school fees that i'm out here.
A lot of people who go to private school dont necessarily come from an "upper class" backgroud, i was expecting to feel totally out of place here but i've fit right in. And actually i cant tell which of us are the "rich" ones and which arent. Everyone in general is really nice and just greatful of a decent place to study.
I not only go to a private school, but its also and international school in Switzerland....
But i'm definately NOT what you would describe as "posh". Up until three years ago i lived in a stupidly tiny house which backed onto a rough coucil estate in one of the worst parts of the south of england! When we found out i'd been accepted into the worst secondary school in the area mum was going to sell the house and move us into a caravan park so that she could pay for me to go to the private grammar school in the next city. Its only because my mum got a good job which relocated us and pays my school fees that i'm out here.
A lot of people who go to private school dont necessarily come from an "upper class" backgroud, i was expecting to feel totally out of place here but i've fit right in. And actually i cant tell which of us are the "rich" ones and which arent. Everyone in general is really nice and just greatful of a decent place to study.
Who gives a ****? I attended a state grammar-school, and a public-schooler I befriended (whom I'd mistaken myself for state-educated) guessed that I'd graduated from Eton.
Anyone that would allow their character to be defined by something so arbitrary and extraneous as social and economic status, regardless of background, is probably precisely the sort of vapid, snobbish, stereotypical cretin whom you should be taking absolute pains to avoid while at university. Alternatively, if you belong to such a coterie yourself: 'old boys' don't simply disappear into the ether after you graduate into your much-vaunted I.B./Magic Circle traineeship (indeed they are, if anything, more prevalent), so you'd better bloody well get used to it.
Anyone that would allow their character to be defined by something so arbitrary and extraneous as social and economic status, regardless of background, is probably precisely the sort of vapid, snobbish, stereotypical cretin whom you should be taking absolute pains to avoid while at university. Alternatively, if you belong to such a coterie yourself: 'old boys' don't simply disappear into the ether after you graduate into your much-vaunted I.B./Magic Circle traineeship (indeed they are, if anything, more prevalent), so you'd better bloody well get used to it.
Profesh
Who gives a ****? I attended a state grammar-school, and a public-schooler I befriended (whom I'd mistaken myself for state-educated) guessed that I'd come from Eton.
Anyone that would allow their character to be defined by something so arbitrary and extraneous as social and economic status, regardless of background, is probably precisely the sort of vapid, snobbish, stereotypical cretin whom you should be taking absolute pains to avoid while at university.
Anyone that would allow their character to be defined by something so arbitrary and extraneous as social and economic status, regardless of background, is probably precisely the sort of vapid, snobbish, stereotypical cretin whom you should be taking absolute pains to avoid while at university.
Nicely put, i agree totally!
^whitestar - i also agree with you!
Generally if people have the required grades to be at Durham they're going to be well educated. Whether that means they went to private school or not makes no difference!
Generally if people have the required grades to be at Durham they're going to be well educated. Whether that means they went to private school or not makes no difference!
swiss_fairy
Well i'm still waiting for an offer from Durham.... GRR
So am I...
I'm studying at New College, Swindon, which is about as far from the stereotypical private school as you can get (although it is still brilliant!). I'm looking forward to meeting a diverse bunch of people at Durham (if I ever get in!) - life's not very interesting if you spend all your time with people that are exactly like you!
You are going to find a reasonably high number of privately-educated people at any 'top' university.
However, privately-educated students aren't some kind of weird sub-species of human with 4 legs and the ability to fly (although I admit, the latter would be useful). I went to a public school, and I have friends who were educated at both types. We don't all wear flip-flops in winter and intentionally fail to brush our hair in the mornings.
This is one of those issues that applicants think is going to be a huge deal, and once you get to university you realise that nobody cares really cares.
However, privately-educated students aren't some kind of weird sub-species of human with 4 legs and the ability to fly (although I admit, the latter would be useful). I went to a public school, and I have friends who were educated at both types. We don't all wear flip-flops in winter and intentionally fail to brush our hair in the mornings.
This is one of those issues that applicants think is going to be a huge deal, and once you get to university you realise that nobody cares really cares.
Looking at a top 10 list i have here for most private school kids, Durham doesn't even make it.
I'm from a private school and i can tell you that i would only consider about 5% of pupils there to be 'posh', and in my experience they're generally the slightly less intelligent ones (who therefore won't get into Durham). If there are 'posh' people there, then just feel free to avoid them if you so like.
Notice how there's always hundreds of threads asking about whether there are 'too many' private school kids go to certain unis, by people who are saying they actively want to avoid them. Yet you never see any threads by private school kids asking about whether there are too many state school kids at certain unis. I thought we were meant to be the snobby ones?
I'm from a private school and i can tell you that i would only consider about 5% of pupils there to be 'posh', and in my experience they're generally the slightly less intelligent ones (who therefore won't get into Durham). If there are 'posh' people there, then just feel free to avoid them if you so like.
Notice how there's always hundreds of threads asking about whether there are 'too many' private school kids go to certain unis, by people who are saying they actively want to avoid them. Yet you never see any threads by private school kids asking about whether there are too many state school kids at certain unis. I thought we were meant to be the snobby ones?
Taemon
Just out of interest... what are the top ten?
1. Courtauld Institute of Art, London
2. Royal Agricultural College
3. Royal Veterinary College, London
4. St George's, University of London
5. Royal College of Music
6. University of Oxford
7. University of Cambridge
8. Imperial College, London
9. University College, London
10. Lampeter, University of Wales
Loser222
My mums friends said her son went to durham and he ended up with loads of posh people who went to private school. Is this true or do ordinary people go aswell?
I went to a comprehensive myself and it was a poor performing school.
Profesh
Anyone that would allow their character to be defined by something so arbitrary and extraneous as social and economic status, regardless of background, is probably precisely the sort of vapid, snobbish, stereotypical cretin whom you should be taking absolute pains to avoid while at university.
As you well know, it is human nature to help create such stereotypes and then use it for various purposes. Everyone has to have a label it seems. Usually for me it, people make such distinctions as a barrier for interracial relationships, whether it's skin colour or religion, and the such.
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Funny that I used to hear UCL students bash LSE for being a bunch of elite snobs. They're not even in the list.
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