Has the time come to revoke the fabled name of the world’s most prestigious, state university scholarship?
Goodbye Rhodes Scholarship?
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I think it shouldn’t be ‘an achievement’ that is listed on Wikipedia pages of institutions like Gates scholars, Fulbright scholars etc.
Some scholarships are more prestigious than others but do I think number of Rhodes Scholars or Fulbright and so on is worth mentioning in the same breath as Nobel laureates, Presidents or Heads of State produced by an institution? Absolutely not.
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"state university"?
Yup. Oh don�t tell me, you didn�t know Oxford was a public school? It�s a State Uni!Well, I did a study abroad at Oxford (from my Ivy League school).
To my understanding, the colleges - where all the teaching and so on happen - are fully private institutions.
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It’s funny the Ivy League folks are always the first to start covering the Public basis of the University - the degree-granting entity which makes study possible. This is brand management at its best. “But MY Lexus is no Toyota!” It’s almost like watching the face of any Christian who confuses the Virgin Birth with the Immaculate Conception. So many of us know not the reality of the fables we believe."state university"?
Yup. Oh don?t tell me, you didn?t know Oxford was a public school? It?s a State Uni!
Well, I did a study abroad at Oxford (from my Ivy League school).
To my understanding, the colleges - where all the teaching and so on happen - are fully private institutions. -
"state university"?
Yup. Oh don?t tell me, you didn?t know Oxford was a public school? It?s a State Uni!
Well, I did a study abroad at Oxford (from my Ivy League school).
To my understanding, the colleges - where all the teaching and so on happen - are fully private institutions.
It�s funny the Ivy League folks are always the first to start covering the Public basis of the University - the degree-granting entity which makes study possible. This is brand management at its best. �But MY Lexus is no Toyota!� It�s almost like watching the face of any Christian who confuses the Virgin Birth with the Immaculate Conception. So many of us know not the reality of the fables we believe.Love this. So true. You should see the inferiority complexes of Oxbridge students at lesser colleges - they feel cheated given the Oxbridge name doesn’t give them better opportunities because they didn’t go to the ‘real’ Oxbridge colleges
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Love this. So true. You should see the inferiority complexes of Oxbridge students at lesser colleges - they feel cheated given the Oxbridge name doesn�t give them better opportunities because they didn�t go to the �real� Oxbridge colleges
That's just plain fantasy. No one outside of the most self-infatuated oxbridge circles care about that s**t.
Going to a top college means a higher likelihood of getting funding for your PhD, more extra awards, better/cheaper housing and sometimes a bit more faculty attention for undergrads.
But go tell in the middle of a job interview (to an interviewer who more often than not didn't went to Oxbridge) that going to college X means they can overlook your unremarkable grades or non-existent work experience. I'm sure they will be impressed
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Love this. So true. You should see the inferiority complexes of Oxbridge students at lesser colleges - they feel cheated given the Oxbridge name doesn?t give them better opportunities because they didn?t go to the ?real? Oxbridge colleges
That's just plain fantasy. No one outside of the most self-infatuated oxbridge circles care about that s**t.
Going to a top college means a higher likelihood of getting funding for your PhD, more extra awards, better/cheaper housing and sometimes a bit more faculty attention for undergrads.
But go tell in the middle of a job interview (to an interviewer who more often than not didn't went to Oxbridge) that going to college X means they can overlook your unremarkable grades or non-existent work experience. I'm sure they will be impressedHahaha Oxford PhDs are NOT real Oxford students.
You don’t get to indulge in almost any of the undergrad traditions and do not get anywhere near he amount of privileges of the undergrads (and while undergrads are heavily sought after by law firms, investment banks, MBB, PhDs are absolutely not)
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Hahaha Oxford PhDs are NOT real Oxford students.
You don�t get to indulge in almost any of the undergrad traditions and do not get anywhere near he amount of privileges of the undergrads (and while undergrads are heavily sought after by law firms, investment banks, MBB, PhDs are absolutely not)WTF?? I'm not a fan at all of doctoral education at oxbridge but come on. Most traditions (other than drinking until oblivion during freshers week) aren't undergrad-only. If anything, this varies more by college.
And as for MBB and investment banks not hiring PhDs, that's wrong.Since you're gatekeeping: are you one of those Americans from a tier 2 private college who studied at Oxford for 3 months in a non-selective study abroad program?
- Cam undergrad (who went elsewhere for grad school)
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Hahaha Oxford PhDs are NOT real Oxford students.
You don�t get to indulge in almost any of the undergrad traditions and do not get anywhere near he amount of privileges of the undergrads (and while undergrads are heavily sought after by law firms, investment banks, MBB, PhDs are absolutely not)This isn't the 90s anymore. IB or PE pays less then what the jobs STEM PhDs can get as quants in HF, AI researchers or software engineers. If an Oxbridge student really wants the highest paying job, they'll need a PhD.
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Hahaha Oxford PhDs are NOT real Oxford students.
You don?t get to indulge in almost any of the undergrad traditions and do not get anywhere near he amount of privileges of the undergrads (and while undergrads are heavily sought after by law firms, investment banks, MBB, PhDs are absolutely not)
This isn't the 90s anymore. IB or PE pays less then what the jobs STEM PhDs can get as quants in HF, AI researchers or software engineers. If an Oxbridge student really wants the highest paying job, they'll need a PhD.So "STEM PhDs" earn $400,000 aged 25/26 just like second year MF PE associates in London earn (following a two year IB analyst scheme)? Have they even graduated from their "STEM PhD" by that age?
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Hahaha Oxford PhDs are NOT real Oxford students.
You don?t get to indulge in almost any of the undergrad traditions and do not get anywhere near he amount of privileges of the undergrads (and while undergrads are heavily sought after by law firms, investment banks, MBB, PhDs are absolutely not)
This isn't the 90s anymore. IB or PE pays less then what the jobs STEM PhDs can get as quants in HF, AI researchers or software engineers. If an Oxbridge student really wants the highest paying job, they'll need a PhD.
So "STEM PhDs" earn $400,000 aged 25/26 just like second year MF PE associates in London earn (following a two year IB analyst scheme)? Have they even graduated from their "STEM PhD" by that age?Sources for both or you’re speaking nonsense all around. City jobs aren’t as well paid as the inflated rumours would have you believe