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View Poll Results: What Oxbridge uni.’s the best?
Oxford - it’s the quintessential English uni. 4 36.36%
Oxford - it’s the quintessential English uni.
4 36.36%
Cambridge by far 5 45.45%
Cambridge by far
5 45.45%
They’re both level pegging/exactly the same. 2 18.18%
They’re both level pegging/exactly the same.
2 18.18%
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Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews, Glasgow and Durham are traditionally regarded as the prestigious universities in the UK. Oxford and Cambridge only get more emphasis in other countries because traditionally the foreign services and government all came from those institutions. The moment you move away from those roles into the scientific or business arenas then world perception changes dramatically on what is the "best" university
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Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews, Glasgow and Durham are traditionally regarded as the prestigious universities in the UK. Oxford and Cambridge only get more emphasis in other countries because traditionally the foreign services and government all came from those institutions. The moment you move away from those roles into the scientific or business arenas then world perception changes dramatically on what is the "best" university
I'd scratch Glasgow for Edinburgh in terms of academic reputation, personally.
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Oxbridge says it all really.
Not a hair between them.
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Cambridge, naturally. And it's been my experience that a degree from Cambridge can get you just about anywhere you want to go. I've worked in the States twice on the strength of it. I first met my husband when he was studying at Cambridge and went on to MIT to do his post grad.
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Cambridge, naturally. And it's been my experience that a degree from Cambridge can get you just about anywhere you want to go. I've worked in the States twice on the strength of it. I first met my husband when he was studying at Cambridge and went on to MIT to do his post grad.
Wow. I love that you're married to Howard Wolowitz!
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LOL... you cheeky bugger.
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Cambridge, naturally. And it's been my experience that a degree from Cambridge can get you just about anywhere you want to go. I've worked in the States twice on the strength of it. I first met my husband when he was studying at Cambridge and went on to MIT to do his post grad.


Posh totty.
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From East Ham?
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https://www.timeshighereducation.com...st-place-study from 2015

https://www.themedicportal.com/appli...hool-rankings/

https://www.theguardian.com/educatio...e-for-medicine (Oxford #1, Cambridge #4)

And does it really matter how Cambridge faired in past years if Oxford was considered the best at the time of my application?

I don't get your point Redway? One of your reasons for Cambridge being better was the Uni having a higher grade requirement (by a grade) but there's other factors in the application process

They're both amazing unis for it but regardless there's more weight to suggest that Oxford is better
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I got an award from a cambridge college 15 years ago

Which just confirms that oxford is better.
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Which just confirms that oxford is better.
What was it, the 1000000 rejection
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Watch it you dont choke on that malice
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Hope you find a sense of humour in the new decade
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Like Boris has in spades
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Cambridge:

Livia.

Oxford:

Margaret Thatcher, David Cameron.

I think that says it all.
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But I cheered you on when you got an interview.
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But I cheered you on when you got an interview.
I was jesting if it was at anyone else I would've laughed all the same!
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