rmm.. I would love to go to Oxford because it's like the oldest university in England and it has really high level of education, just wondering is that true? Someone has anything interesting about that?
"It was wartime when Stephen, the Hawkings’ first child, came into the world, and his mother, Isobel, had chosen an Oxford hospital for the delivery because the university town was safe from German bombing. (The German Luftwaffe agreed to spare Oxford and Cambridge if the Royal Air Force would do the same for Heidelberg and Gottingen.)"
Urmm.. I would love to go to Oxford because it's like the oldest university in England and it has really high level of education, just wondering is that true? Someone has anything interesting about that?
Compared to their reputations hundreds of years ago, today Oxford (and Cambridge for that matter) are just liberal socialist establishments that churn out people with meaningless degrees who don't seem to have intellect or common sense.
the asian gentleman hit the nail on the head- it's not abnormal to find fat toffs and nerdy pakistani oxbridge students considering themselves to be 'elite'.
(by the way, just to be completely clear- as dead-pan as it read- this was just "naughty comedy" too- albeit of the sit-down variety) ;)
OK everyone, time to fess up. My name is Tom Greeves and that's me on the right. My friend and I were indeed undergraduates at Trinity College, Oxford.
But we have also always been rather naughty, and I am a stand-up comedian. So please take this video (which by the way is not contemporary, as so many commenters have assumed, but over a decade old!) with a BIG pinch of salt!
Nice to hear from you again. I filmed you in 1997. Never thought any of my travel videos would end up on the internet, but they all did. 37 by now. Who could have predicted your popularity on YouTube back then. And all those responses.
What often seems lacking is appreciation for attempts at humor. My videos are full of nonsense. Among over 400 clips on YouTube, serious responses miss the point, as in my discussion of Norwegian Trolls.
oxford is shit, i got 4 A's, i applied and i got rejected by Oxford and accepted by at Cambridge! racist shits.. he couldn't take it that i balance his piss easy long ass chemical equation in 15 seconds flat. dicks!
@da3533 Oxford and Cambridge have always been madly in competition with each other, so much so that we're not advised to apply to both cuz there is a higher chance of being rejected due to this rivalry...
@da3533 However, i'd say the main reasons would be that Oxford is more strict than Cambridge, they strongly believe in keeping within the 'high society' families and the one's that av already attended their colleges previous to Uni always av a high chance of geting in before anyone else.
@da3533 As a result of this, there are very few 'outsiders' of Oxford education that get accepted, but only cuz there is a limit of how many students they can accept. So you might not av done enough outside education (volunteer work etc), to earn a place.
@PTD01 'high society' - <-- if thats the case,its rubbish. the person that interviewed me knew i was clever than him! jealousy, thats all it is. he couldn't take it that i had what he never had at my age.
@da3533 Okay... I suppose its possible, you know, if it wasn't against the policy of educational institutes to act upon 'jealousy'. Look, either you had it or you didn't - You Got INTO Cambridge, so what do you care? Why should you care? Seriously... Besides one of my friends sisters got into Oxford and hated it. She got bullied OUT of Oxford by her dorm mates. Why go to such a place, huh?
@da3533 Understandable. I sure hope your happy now either way though, despite being rejected from Oxford. Trust me when i say that the best is not always the place that seems to have a great reputation. Oxford is certainly not as great as its played out to be.
@da3533 Like i said before, the rich take care of themselves like family, but when a black sheep crops up, choas ensues. The only reason my friends sister was picked on in the first place was because she was from the north east and not london like the rest of them...
this is a bit of a narrow question, as all of these universities you have mentioned have their different attributes, and different universities will obviously be suited to different individuals, but if you mean in terms of league tables, Oxford and Cambridge come top in most subjects they offer
I went there, it didn't get me anywhere in life but it sure takes me back to read embittered comments from people who didn't get in, or who can't be happy for someone who's excited about going there. It reminds me how i could never mention the university i studied at without hurting people's feelings, so i had to side-step the issue. Don't rain of their parade! well done fashionistadarling!
An opulent and brilliant university; however, it does seem - from my experience - that many of the students are not as gifted as the prestigious title connotes. Many are in fact mundanely clever: not exceptionally clever. Universities such as UCL certainly rival Oxford in terms of academia.
i applied to oxford this past fall and got in. i am starting in september. i am soooo excited! and i feel very lucky to have been accepted. i am very excited to go to college there
I agree. There is no doubt in anyone's mind that people studying at Oxford (or any other major university) are brilliant students but when they are deemed "the intellectual elite" , they might get a bit too full of themselves. Humility is a virtue , particularly for people who are clever enough to study at Oxford
I finished at Oxford last summer and it's the most amazing, awesome place to study. I loved it. But watching this video is so embarrassing. They've just chosen the two most arrogant dickheads they could find. Most people are nothing like that, honest
@gologusonn Yeah I just started at Oxford - I put on 5 Kg in a week from all the 3 course meals they were serving me - going to Oxford should come with health warning!
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Im sure they're smart guys.. but not very likeable. I don't think I'd like to study with guys like these at all.... a little bit too full sure of himself that guy on the right. A smugness hiding insecurity. But then again, he's balding, mildly overweight and probably a postgrad (who didn't get in to oxford as an undergrad and worked his ass off at some reasonably ok place like leeds to right the wrong! :p).
Yes it is very easy to get 3 A's. However, Oxbridge entrance takes more than that - all academic grades, entrance exams, interviews, personal statement, submitted work, reference. All this is made harder by the fact that the country's best pupils are competing for a place.
Oxbridge takes note of percentage marks in A level scores, plus their vetting is much more rigorous...it isn't, "hey I got 3/4 As, Oxbridge will want me." You have to perform well in interview, send extra work in and have an outstanding school/college reference too. Plus at Oxford get brilliant scores on the independant exams like the ELAT, BMAT and STEP papers.
There is no point inb arguing about whether UK or US universities are better. If you look at an average university in each country they are going to be around the same level.
I am currently studying in my first year at Oxford but the fact is, as all polls etc. agree and though many of my friends would be very unimpressed with my saying so, Harvard is on the whole the best university in the World. However, once you get into the top ten world universities the difference is negligible.
The reason that the USA has more universities in the top twenty, 12 i think someone said, is cos they have a population of 300 million but the UK only has 60 million. So if 300 million weren't to beat 60 million in number of universites in the top twenty there would be something very wrong... Of course funding plays a part as well; you would expect a university that had 35 billion (Harvard) to spend to exceed one with 3 billion (Oxford).
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i know this is a joke, but i've posted the above video anyway cos i'm annoyed with the elite universities and people who generally go to this type of place.
but well done for getting there anyway, i'm sure you worked hard for it, i'm also sure that you didnt hold down a 40 hour a week job while you were doing your a levels.
but well done, thank god our leaders are people like you
actually, oxford and cambridge are only at about the 5th and 6th best universities in the world: the American unis Harvard and Yale are at the very top. Google the top 50 unis - i think it's the guardian or the times website that has a list...
But it depends what you mean by "best". If, for example, you want more one to one attention, Oxford is definitely better. If you want better library access, and facilities generally, Harvard is certainly better. All these debates can get a bit silly...
Considering that that's a British ranking that has been highly criticized, even among British entities, for being strongly biased and favoring British institutions, I wouldn't bring that up.
The UK has plenty of great institutions. If you take a look at other rankings, the countries that have the most Top-500 colleges "per capita" are the US, the UK, and Canada. Like I said before, instead of trying to compete with each other, we should be glad our countries have, by far, the best higher education systems in the world.
And I see that you've conveniently forgotten to mention that the USA has 12 of the top 20 universities in the world whereas the UK only has a measily 4. Again, that is 20 to your lousy 4.
American universities are better, so much in fact that we've dominatde the THES 100 list year after year.
I forgot LSE. My point, however, is that there are notable British Universities other than Oxbridge. It also strikes me as a pretty mindless competition when considering the completely different teaching systems and population sizes.
And it is uncanny that you can gloat over British universities being "superior" to any American university when in fact, we dominate the entire THES list by far and wide margins.
Neither Oxford and Cambridge aren't even number one as they cannot compete with Harvard. Your Ivy League competition has billions of dollars in endowments, its better funded, and Harvard recruits the finest scholars from around the world than Oxbridge accomplishes.
It's also uncanny how you can put words into my mouth. My initial point was that Oxford and Cambridge aren't the only notable British Universitities. This has, of course, simply descended into the usual mudslinging. As for the LSE comparison; it hardly speaks in your favour when you have to argue such rubbish.
And most British universities are subsidized and the tab picked up by the government. Oxbridge has the brains, but neither the cash nor the will to compete with the Ivy League.
LSE (London School of Economics) is our equivalent to The Wharton School of Business (Univ. of Penn)
The fact is, the United States as a country has produced the most Nobel Peace Prie winners. I am not talking about univeristies or schools. I am talking about its people.
Nevertheless, Cambrisge is a fine university and I trust that an Oxbridge education is equivalent to an Ivy League education.
It's just that schools like Harvard and Yale can recruit better scholars around the world than Oxbridge can do. And your American counterparts have a lot more money than their British competittion.
There is nothing wrong with war as long as they are all fought in Asia, the Middle East, and in Europe where wars are meant to be fought. History has proven such.
I'll thank you not to call me a "thick cunt" when I'm the one defending Oxford from the reputation of being full of posh people, while you are reducing the university to a place to "slam posh chiks".
Before you'd get any "posh chiks" you'd have to learn a grasp of English language, and politeness.
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Too bad Cambridge and Oxford are still not the best universities in the world. According to the THES World Rankings, Harvard University continuously outranks Cambridge in prestige and in academics.
Moreover, Ivy League schools and American universities are better than their British counterparts year after year. 7 out of the top 11 schools in the world are American. Proven fact.
To oodles15: And that is exactly what makes Harvard University the best. Not to mention, it has the largest endowment of any university in the world. Having a foreign student and teaching body is beneficial, recruiting the best minds from around the world. Something in which Harvard pulls it's weight.
Although I do see where you're going, you have to consider that the United States is, in terms of population, five times larger than the United Kingdom. As such, it is just understandable for the US to have five times as many good universities as the UK. Why is it always US vs. UK? What really matters is that, despite whatever the rest of the world says, the US and the UK have the best post-secondary education systems in the world, with more and more prestigious colleges than any other country.
Consider the fact that the United States awards more bachelor degrees per capita than any other country in the world. Of that, the United States also awards more engineering degrees per capita than anywhere in the world.
The only two universities that the UK have of any importance is Oxford and Cambridge. And that's about it. The USA has a lot better universities that draws scholars, professors, and students from around the globe. We've got more money than our British counterparts as well.
Harvard, Yale, Massachurseets Institute of Technology, Princeton, Brown, Stanford, Univ of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, California Polytech, UC of Berkeley, College of Wiolliam and Mary, Univ of Chicago, and Duke.
I'm the American tourist with a video camera who filmed this clip in 1997. It's part of the UK/Ireland Intrepid Berkeley Explorer free, non-commercial, feature video "My Pub Runneth Over".
The interview took place because I found a pair of Oxford students who were happy to talk on camera. We all had a good time.
I'd love to see if there's a difference if you went back and redid this whole series now. If attitudes have changed! I was personally quite shocked that they claimed they were the elite. What an unpleasant opinion! Most Oxonians - in fact, most kind and rational people - would never claim to be the elite. It's such a difficult concept to define anyway - what are the parameters? Sorry, I'm going off track. If you ever plan on going back the UK, take another video camera with you :)
This is hilarious! Not everyone here at Oxford is as square as these guys. There are a few eccentrics but on the whole everyone is normal and I would say more outrageous activities occur in Oxford than most other unis
Both Cambridge and Oxford cost about the same, they are comparatevly cheap to other uni's becuase they gain rent from tenants, which lowers the school fee. Not only is the quality of teaching high but the fees are low.
Is there a reason why these people are blatantly not students? You don't prance around like penguins except one day for matriculation and only ridiculous people prance and stick around for tourist photos and I'm fairly sure Cherwell did not publish that last term.
im applying... im not outstandingly bright... and im from yorkshire so im not upper class... but im told i have a good chance, i suppose wel wait and see
Got 9A*s and 1A in GCSEs. Doing ASlevels now- only in year 12- but have got a maths ASlevel already cos i do maths and further maths (got an A)and got an A in my English module. My other AS exams are in May/June!
9 A stars mean that you are bright! Oxbridge are 'Equal Opportunities' you should not be discriminated against because of an accent, and if you are then you can contest the decision. Good Luck to you.
there extremely simmilar in academinc brillience. but according to the 'good university guide' with points out of 1000 oxford is 1000 and cambridge is just 5 under with 995
According to widely known Academic Ranking of World Universities of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Cambridge is the 4th best university in the world whereas Oxford is tenth, which, if my math is correct, will put Cambridge above Oxford. Quite frankly, I think these lists are meaningless when it comes to this comparison, and I don't even want to talk about the discrepancies amongst the various rankings; both Oxford and Cambridge are world-class institutions with superb education programs.
That's exactly what I meant when I said that "these lists are meaningless when it comes to this comparison."
I'm NOT saying that Cambridge is better than Oxford. For starters, I'm not British, and even if I were, I would not be capable of asserting such a thing. I was just pointing out that vice versa is not necessarily undisputable truth.
nice interview.. hahha they really do dance naked? lol
lovelplants 3 weeks ago
Great video, makes me miss the UK.
cheapbedbreakfast 2 months ago
nice to be here
GreenmeGo 3 months ago
nice school!
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rmm.. I would love to go to Oxford because it's like the oldest university in England and it has really high level of education, just wondering is that true? Someone has anything interesting about that?
erikis894 5 months ago
then we just chundered everywhere!
Tange220490 11 months ago
"It was wartime when Stephen, the Hawkings’ first child, came into the world, and his mother, Isobel, had chosen an Oxford hospital for the delivery because the university town was safe from German bombing. (The German Luftwaffe agreed to spare Oxford and Cambridge if the Royal Air Force would do the same for Heidelberg and Gottingen.)"
Oxbridge cunts.
gymnosophy 11 months ago
Urmm.. I would love to go to Oxford because it's like the oldest university in England and it has really high level of education, just wondering is that true? Someone has anything interesting about that?
lauruks3 1 year ago
Compared to their reputations hundreds of years ago, today Oxford (and Cambridge for that matter) are just liberal socialist establishments that churn out people with meaningless degrees who don't seem to have intellect or common sense.
youboob6022 1 year ago
the asian gentleman hit the nail on the head- it's not abnormal to find fat toffs and nerdy pakistani oxbridge students considering themselves to be 'elite'.
(by the way, just to be completely clear- as dead-pan as it read- this was just "naughty comedy" too- albeit of the sit-down variety) ;)
gnamp 1 year ago
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Hmm, very droll - but there is neither a toff nor a Pakistani in that video.
bigtommyg 1 year ago
@bigtommyg isn't that what great comedy's all about?
gnamp 1 year ago
OK everyone, time to fess up. My name is Tom Greeves and that's me on the right. My friend and I were indeed undergraduates at Trinity College, Oxford.
But we have also always been rather naughty, and I am a stand-up comedian. So please take this video (which by the way is not contemporary, as so many commenters have assumed, but over a decade old!) with a BIG pinch of salt!
bigtommyg 1 year ago
Hi, Tom,
Nice to hear from you again. I filmed you in 1997. Never thought any of my travel videos would end up on the internet, but they all did. 37 by now. Who could have predicted your popularity on YouTube back then. And all those responses.
What often seems lacking is appreciation for attempts at humor. My videos are full of nonsense. Among over 400 clips on YouTube, serious responses miss the point, as in my discussion of Norwegian Trolls.
Dave
intrepberkexplorer 1 year ago
I was thinking of applying to Oxford to major in English Literature, choosing Oxford for obvious reasons.
Oblivionfolk 1 year ago
oxford is shit, i got 4 A's, i applied and i got rejected by Oxford and accepted by at Cambridge! racist shits.. he couldn't take it that i balance his piss easy long ass chemical equation in 15 seconds flat. dicks!
da3533 1 year ago
@da3533 Oxford and Cambridge have always been madly in competition with each other, so much so that we're not advised to apply to both cuz there is a higher chance of being rejected due to this rivalry...
PTD01 1 year ago
@da3533 However, i'd say the main reasons would be that Oxford is more strict than Cambridge, they strongly believe in keeping within the 'high society' families and the one's that av already attended their colleges previous to Uni always av a high chance of geting in before anyone else.
PTD01 1 year ago
@da3533 As a result of this, there are very few 'outsiders' of Oxford education that get accepted, but only cuz there is a limit of how many students they can accept. So you might not av done enough outside education (volunteer work etc), to earn a place.
PTD01 1 year ago
@PTD01 'high society' - <-- if thats the case,its rubbish. the person that interviewed me knew i was clever than him! jealousy, thats all it is. he couldn't take it that i had what he never had at my age.
da3533 1 year ago
@da3533 Okay... I suppose its possible, you know, if it wasn't against the policy of educational institutes to act upon 'jealousy'. Look, either you had it or you didn't - You Got INTO Cambridge, so what do you care? Why should you care? Seriously... Besides one of my friends sisters got into Oxford and hated it. She got bullied OUT of Oxford by her dorm mates. Why go to such a place, huh?
PTD01 1 year ago
@PTD01 no but i had an opportunity to go to the best. i never went cambridge after all, i just thought it was all bullshit to be honest.
da3533 1 year ago
@da3533 Understandable. I sure hope your happy now either way though, despite being rejected from Oxford. Trust me when i say that the best is not always the place that seems to have a great reputation. Oxford is certainly not as great as its played out to be.
PTD01 1 year ago
@da3533 Like i said before, the rich take care of themselves like family, but when a black sheep crops up, choas ensues. The only reason my friends sister was picked on in the first place was because she was from the north east and not london like the rest of them...
PTD01 1 year ago
@da3533 When you refer to them as racist, may I know to whom are they racist?
mimiraesir 1 year ago
NERDSSSSSSS!!
pwbh299 1 year ago
Thats where they did a bunch of scenes from the Harry Potter movies especially the Hogwarts scenes...
KingRPG121 2 years ago
oh what poor elite rich bastidges. bitch and moan.
Dogsville08 2 years ago
if you don´t like it- go away!
Tecna10 2 years ago
I DID! but then I had to come back and reply to your snide remark.
Dogsville08 2 years ago
@Dogsville08 There not all rich and elite ,some of them are just intelligent ,i suppose both of which or opposites to you?
adamturner123 2 years ago
Do you mean THEY'RE not all rich and elite? Obviously you aren't a student there. lol
Dogsville08 2 years ago
I'm in Hertford College reading Economics.
adamturner123 2 years ago
AAAAxferd lol
DarkArchon88 2 years ago 6
whats best out of cambridge, oxford, ICL, warwick and duhrum
philluco 2 years ago
this is a bit of a narrow question, as all of these universities you have mentioned have their different attributes, and different universities will obviously be suited to different individuals, but if you mean in terms of league tables, Oxford and Cambridge come top in most subjects they offer
flealicks 2 years ago
I went to ICL and it was shit.
PoisonRemedy321 2 years ago
It depends on what you want to do, but overall, Oxford, closely followed by Cambridge.
Slawter187 2 years ago
@philluco Oxford. Didn't you watch the video?
jamesharvarduk 2 years ago
@philluco oxford
adamturner123 2 years ago
I went there, it didn't get me anywhere in life but it sure takes me back to read embittered comments from people who didn't get in, or who can't be happy for someone who's excited about going there. It reminds me how i could never mention the university i studied at without hurting people's feelings, so i had to side-step the issue. Don't rain of their parade! well done fashionistadarling!
trvbaker 2 years ago 5
@trvbaker What did you read?
adamturner123 2 years ago
French and Spanish. Now I'm an English teacher in Spain. U?
trvbaker 2 years ago
What part?
adamturner123 2 years ago
An opulent and brilliant university; however, it does seem - from my experience - that many of the students are not as gifted as the prestigious title connotes. Many are in fact mundanely clever: not exceptionally clever. Universities such as UCL certainly rival Oxford in terms of academia.
meaning1 2 years ago 6
I am studying English Literature and Philosophy
FASHIONISTADARLING 2 years ago 2
god "it gets quite debauched here"...they couldnt ave picked two more geeky or off putting people!
erm12345678910 2 years ago
i applied to oxford this past fall and got in. i am starting in september. i am soooo excited! and i feel very lucky to have been accepted. i am very excited to go to college there
FASHIONISTADARLING 2 years ago
congratulations if thts true...wat r u studying?
jozza5589 2 years ago
haha...okay, makes me excited to attend...NOT
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Picnicl 2 years ago
I take it you got rejected when you applied then..... Nice to see you aren't embittered in any way :D
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Picnicl 2 years ago
I agree. There is no doubt in anyone's mind that people studying at Oxford (or any other major university) are brilliant students but when they are deemed "the intellectual elite" , they might get a bit too full of themselves. Humility is a virtue , particularly for people who are clever enough to study at Oxford
firebreathone2 2 years ago 6
They were being ironic. Humour is also a virtue, you know.
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Picnicl 2 years ago
They're just trying to say that Oxford more than a place of learning. Most of us try to enjoy ourselves, and not take things too seriously.
sedm2844 2 years ago
talk about a way to put people off applying
LilyLilo1988 2 years ago
I finished at Oxford last summer and it's the most amazing, awesome place to study. I loved it. But watching this video is so embarrassing. They've just chosen the two most arrogant dickheads they could find. Most people are nothing like that, honest
gologusonn 2 years ago 9
¿Is it really great? Besides having to dress like a penguin. jeje Just kidding.
It indeed must be an amazing experience.
Congratulations.
panegyricoo 2 years ago
They chose to talk with me and be filmed.
I had limited time and absolutely no idea what they might say.
intrepberkexplorer 2 years ago
Not blaming you for what they said! But what they said was embarrassing. It's just a shame that nobody nicer volunteered to help you.
barefootfiona 2 years ago
@gologusonn Yeah I just started at Oxford - I put on 5 Kg in a week from all the 3 course meals they were serving me - going to Oxford should come with health warning!
kkma1453 3 months ago
Wow the thought of him naked is truly terrifying.
I'm applying for '10 entry to law, but these are exactly the kind of guys I don't want to meet when I'm there.
Crosskeys 2 years ago
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intrepberkexplorer 2 years ago
uni is alrite, but its rather for show than anything else, there are better uni's..trust me..
Gamerhansol29 2 years ago
There are????? Name one.
Apart from Harvard or whatever.
purpleviolababe 2 years ago
hahahahahahah
rose1376 2 years ago
Im sure they're smart guys.. but not very likeable. I don't think I'd like to study with guys like these at all.... a little bit too full sure of himself that guy on the right. A smugness hiding insecurity. But then again, he's balding, mildly overweight and probably a postgrad (who didn't get in to oxford as an undergrad and worked his ass off at some reasonably ok place like leeds to right the wrong! :p).
emkayone1984 3 years ago 2
this is like the united states' harvard
Colts4TheWin18 3 years ago
Elite my ass. You know how easy it is to get 3 A's at A-level nowadays???????????
richieh1980 3 years ago
but it's not easy to get into oxford.
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richieh1980 3 years ago
Yes it is very easy to get 3 A's. However, Oxbridge entrance takes more than that - all academic grades, entrance exams, interviews, personal statement, submitted work, reference. All this is made harder by the fact that the country's best pupils are competing for a place.
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richieh1980 3 years ago
Oxbridge takes note of percentage marks in A level scores, plus their vetting is much more rigorous...it isn't, "hey I got 3/4 As, Oxbridge will want me." You have to perform well in interview, send extra work in and have an outstanding school/college reference too. Plus at Oxford get brilliant scores on the independant exams like the ELAT, BMAT and STEP papers.
muppetmadness 2 years ago 2
nobody cares about your fucking mate. fuck off
capaldicorporations 2 years ago
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richieh1980 2 years ago
took me 10 secs die
capaldicorporations 2 years ago
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richieh1980 2 years ago
biggest nerds that'll be running the world.
hannigan06 3 years ago 5
There is no point inb arguing about whether UK or US universities are better. If you look at an average university in each country they are going to be around the same level.
I am currently studying in my first year at Oxford but the fact is, as all polls etc. agree and though many of my friends would be very unimpressed with my saying so, Harvard is on the whole the best university in the World. However, once you get into the top ten world universities the difference is negligible.
louisamay23 3 years ago 2
The reason that the USA has more universities in the top twenty, 12 i think someone said, is cos they have a population of 300 million but the UK only has 60 million. So if 300 million weren't to beat 60 million in number of universites in the top twenty there would be something very wrong... Of course funding plays a part as well; you would expect a university that had 35 billion (Harvard) to spend to exceed one with 3 billion (Oxford).
louisamay23 3 years ago 13
THERE IS MY DREAM!!
I want to attend Oxford University when I'm older,maybe even get PHD written before my name:P
Crystalelif1 3 years ago 6
oxford is expensive!
sIXsTRingZ00 3 years ago
Not any more than any other good uni.
muppetmadness 2 years ago
let's talk to some students!
james91ocr 3 years ago
Do you have to get straight As to get in?
ibanezmaggot173 3 years ago
more or less yh
plus all the other things they require
u dont wanna go to oxford or cambridge mate
trent uni is where its at (H)
nottingham boy all the way haha
kingy54321 3 years ago
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i know this is a joke, but i've posted the above video anyway cos i'm annoyed with the elite universities and people who generally go to this type of place.
but well done for getting there anyway, i'm sure you worked hard for it, i'm also sure that you didnt hold down a 40 hour a week job while you were doing your a levels.
but well done, thank god our leaders are people like you
loftysbridge 3 years ago
who would have a 40 hour a week job and study alevels. you're destined to fail x
robbie2401 3 years ago
USA does have top univirsities, but oxford and cabrage are worlds best, you can get that quality of education in the states, no way, no how.
groupbloggers 3 years ago 5
actually, oxford and cambridge are only at about the 5th and 6th best universities in the world: the American unis Harvard and Yale are at the very top. Google the top 50 unis - i think it's the guardian or the times website that has a list...
kayomara 3 years ago
thats true, oxford and cambrdige cant match the funding the american universities get.
robbie2401 3 years ago 2
But it depends what you mean by "best". If, for example, you want more one to one attention, Oxford is definitely better. If you want better library access, and facilities generally, Harvard is certainly better. All these debates can get a bit silly...
MjoEm32 2 years ago
i cant tell if their being serious, becuase if their charicaturing, they are geniuses
Liquidshift 3 years ago
Just so you know Pomp and Circumstance is only played at graduations in the U.S.. No other country uses it as a graduation anthem.
Richardtheincredible 3 years ago
Yes, I am quite aware of that. But being an American here was a chance to use Pomp and Circumstance for background music.
intrepberkexplorer 3 years ago
understandable. What do they use for graduation anthems in Europe?
Richardtheincredible 3 years ago
@Richardtheincredible Wrong! here in Puerto Rico we use it too. Probably for being a colony of the US. -_-
mimiraesir 1 year ago
I've been there :D
ie9rws 3 years ago
"the USA has 12 of the top 20 universities in the world whereas the UK only has a measily 4. Again, that is 20 to your lousy 4."
*raises eyebrows and looks apologetically at floor*
willarveschoug 3 years ago
ye butno 1 likes the usa ..
Russiaaan 3 years ago
and you yanks still can't spell. wtf is with that.
bandito36 3 years ago
Yeah but the USA is about 5 times bigger than the UK population wise so obviously it has more uni's and more 'top 20' uni's.
laur3nbaby 3 years ago
the usa has like a massive population DUH !!
manyobbo456 3 years ago
Britain has very fine schools indeed. No doubt about it.
YogaNate79 3 years ago
eu quero estudar aiii ='(
ninhu33 3 years ago
kaplanuniversitystudentforums com
Nice!
KaplanStudent 3 years ago
THES- QS university rankings:
1st- harvard university
2nd -University of Cambridge
3rd- University of Oxford
4th- Yale University
5th - Imperial college london
Considering the U.S has around 5 times the population of England, it fails.
elveownsall 3 years ago
Considering that that's a British ranking that has been highly criticized, even among British entities, for being strongly biased and favoring British institutions, I wouldn't bring that up.
AlvinHDavernport 3 years ago
True words.
American Universities are the best in the world, No doubt, but Cambridge and Oxford are brilliant aswell.
elveownsall 3 years ago
The UK has plenty of great institutions. If you take a look at other rankings, the countries that have the most Top-500 colleges "per capita" are the US, the UK, and Canada. Like I said before, instead of trying to compete with each other, we should be glad our countries have, by far, the best higher education systems in the world.
AlvinHDavernport 3 years ago
And I see that you've conveniently forgotten to mention that the USA has 12 of the top 20 universities in the world whereas the UK only has a measily 4. Again, that is 20 to your lousy 4.
American universities are better, so much in fact that we've dominatde the THES 100 list year after year.
YogaNate79 3 years ago
I forgot LSE. My point, however, is that there are notable British Universities other than Oxbridge. It also strikes me as a pretty mindless competition when considering the completely different teaching systems and population sizes.
thobern 3 years ago
And it is uncanny that you can gloat over British universities being "superior" to any American university when in fact, we dominate the entire THES list by far and wide margins.
Neither Oxford and Cambridge aren't even number one as they cannot compete with Harvard. Your Ivy League competition has billions of dollars in endowments, its better funded, and Harvard recruits the finest scholars from around the world than Oxbridge accomplishes.
A Harvard education on one's resume-- it pays.
YogaNate79 3 years ago
It's also uncanny how you can put words into my mouth. My initial point was that Oxford and Cambridge aren't the only notable British Universitities. This has, of course, simply descended into the usual mudslinging. As for the LSE comparison; it hardly speaks in your favour when you have to argue such rubbish.
thobern 3 years ago 2
And most British universities are subsidized and the tab picked up by the government. Oxbridge has the brains, but neither the cash nor the will to compete with the Ivy League.
LSE (London School of Economics) is our equivalent to The Wharton School of Business (Univ. of Penn)
YogaNate79 3 years ago
THES - 100.
1.Harvard - Endowment:$35.6 Billion.
2.Cambridge - Endowment:£4.1 Billion
2=Yale - Endowment:$22.5 Billion
2=Oxford - Endowment:£3.6 Billion
Can you imagine what that table would look like if Oxbridge had the same amount of money as Yale and Harvard?
Facts:
-Cambridge has produced more Nobel Prize winners than any other universities.
-Harvard was founded by someone from the University of Cambridge.
zef99 3 years ago 3
The fact is, the United States as a country has produced the most Nobel Peace Prie winners. I am not talking about univeristies or schools. I am talking about its people.
Nevertheless, Cambrisge is a fine university and I trust that an Oxbridge education is equivalent to an Ivy League education.
It's just that schools like Harvard and Yale can recruit better scholars around the world than Oxbridge can do. And your American counterparts have a lot more money than their British competittion.
YogaNate79 3 years ago
not trying to get at you but its funny since america is so war hungry (bush that is not all of its people)
bandito36 3 years ago
There is nothing wrong with war as long as they are all fought in Asia, the Middle East, and in Europe where wars are meant to be fought. History has proven such.
YogaNate79 3 years ago
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id love 2 go oxford u kno, bare posh chiks lol, theyd get slammed.....lol
SOUTHSIDER1985 3 years ago
Seriously, get a grip.
Oxford isn't fully of stuck-up, elitist, privately educated little pompous rich kids like people seem to think.
I should know, I hold a conditional offer and have spent a night there for interview.
This video is SO misleading.
braindeadxox 3 years ago 3
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u get a fukin grip u thick cunt, there ARE posh girls there, & yea not evryones posh, but did i say that EVRY1 was....no.....idiot
SOUTHSIDER1985 3 years ago
I'll thank you not to call me a "thick cunt" when I'm the one defending Oxford from the reputation of being full of posh people, while you are reducing the university to a place to "slam posh chiks".
Before you'd get any "posh chiks" you'd have to learn a grasp of English language, and politeness.
Idiot.
braindeadxox 3 years ago 4
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ur mums a soho immigrant hookah sket bitch, suck out u cunt lol, prick, id love to crack ur jaw open with a crowbar u mug, lol, dickhead
SOUTHSIDER1985 3 years ago
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Too bad Cambridge and Oxford are still not the best universities in the world. According to the THES World Rankings, Harvard University continuously outranks Cambridge in prestige and in academics.
Moreover, Ivy League schools and American universities are better than their British counterparts year after year. 7 out of the top 11 schools in the world are American. Proven fact.
YogaNate79 3 years ago
Remind me how man foreigners are in those universities though (not saying it's any different for Oxbridge). They're hardly solely "American".
oodles15 3 years ago
To oodles15: And that is exactly what makes Harvard University the best. Not to mention, it has the largest endowment of any university in the world. Having a foreign student and teaching body is beneficial, recruiting the best minds from around the world. Something in which Harvard pulls it's weight.
YogaNate79 3 years ago
Although I do see where you're going, you have to consider that the United States is, in terms of population, five times larger than the United Kingdom. As such, it is just understandable for the US to have five times as many good universities as the UK. Why is it always US vs. UK? What really matters is that, despite whatever the rest of the world says, the US and the UK have the best post-secondary education systems in the world, with more and more prestigious colleges than any other country.
AlvinHDavernport 3 years ago 2
Consider the fact that the United States awards more bachelor degrees per capita than any other country in the world. Of that, the United States also awards more engineering degrees per capita than anywhere in the world.
The only two universities that the UK have of any importance is Oxford and Cambridge. And that's about it. The USA has a lot better universities that draws scholars, professors, and students from around the globe. We've got more money than our British counterparts as well.
YogaNate79 3 years ago
Imperial College, St. Andrews, Durham, Kings College, University College, Manchester, Bristol, Edinburgh.
thobern 3 years ago
Harvard, Yale, Massachurseets Institute of Technology, Princeton, Brown, Stanford, Univ of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, California Polytech, UC of Berkeley, College of Wiolliam and Mary, Univ of Chicago, and Duke.
So what's your point?
YogaNate79 3 years ago
It's been around since the 1100s, which makes it about 900 years old...
edders05 3 years ago
It's actually 900 years. Who are you?????
5513011 3 years ago
I'm the American tourist with a video camera who filmed this clip in 1997. It's part of the UK/Ireland Intrepid Berkeley Explorer free, non-commercial, feature video "My Pub Runneth Over".
The interview took place because I found a pair of Oxford students who were happy to talk on camera. We all had a good time.
intrepberkexplorer 3 years ago
I'd love to see if there's a difference if you went back and redid this whole series now. If attitudes have changed! I was personally quite shocked that they claimed they were the elite. What an unpleasant opinion! Most Oxonians - in fact, most kind and rational people - would never claim to be the elite. It's such a difficult concept to define anyway - what are the parameters? Sorry, I'm going off track. If you ever plan on going back the UK, take another video camera with you :)
barefootfiona 2 years ago
Beleve me when I tell you that I am so very happy that you had a "good time". All the best!
5513011 3 years ago
This is hilarious! Not everyone here at Oxford is as square as these guys. There are a few eccentrics but on the whole everyone is normal and I would say more outrageous activities occur in Oxford than most other unis
emz202 3 years ago
You bet!!!!!!!!! And I was the for many yours after leaving Eton. We are QUITE normal. Piss off!!!!
5513011 3 years ago
Is oxford as expensive as cambridge? I know they are in a constant battle of being the best university in the UK.
eizhowa 3 years ago
Both Cambridge and Oxford cost about the same, they are comparatevly cheap to other uni's becuase they gain rent from tenants, which lowers the school fee. Not only is the quality of teaching high but the fees are low.
meandmymandola 3 years ago
elitist bollocks
andyjdking 3 years ago
is emma watson in this school ?
matver99 4 years ago
as long as she stays away from cambridge...
eizhowa 3 years ago
Debauched!!Yeah, yeah, id say Piers Gaviston is pretty debauched!! TEDDY HALL for life!!!
milstonfilston 4 years ago
OXFORD!!!!!!!
poppypoppz 4 years ago
*snickers* that was hilarious and wonderful =]
HrmTheNinjaBunny 4 years ago
Is there a reason why these people are blatantly not students? You don't prance around like penguins except one day for matriculation and only ridiculous people prance and stick around for tourist photos and I'm fairly sure Cherwell did not publish that last term.
beingsomebody2 4 years ago 2
im applying... im not outstandingly bright... and im from yorkshire so im not upper class... but im told i have a good chance, i suppose wel wait and see
sunshinegirl1314 4 years ago
best of luck to you ! :)
it is also my dream to apply for oxbridge
theartyard 4 years ago
Good luck to you!
Slimdawgc 4 years ago
ohhhhhhh go for it what did u get in your gcses and as levels
westendnn 4 years ago
Got 9A*s and 1A in GCSEs. Doing ASlevels now- only in year 12- but have got a maths ASlevel already cos i do maths and further maths (got an A)and got an A in my English module. My other AS exams are in May/June!
sunshinegirl1314 4 years ago
9 A stars mean that you are bright! Oxbridge are 'Equal Opportunities' you should not be discriminated against because of an accent, and if you are then you can contest the decision. Good Luck to you.
meandmymandola 3 years ago
Harvard's founded by a graduand from Emmanuel College, Cambridge University and his name is John Harvard.
robrosy 4 years ago
Which is top?
Oxford or Cambridge?
msbitchmt 4 years ago
there extremely simmilar in academinc brillience. but according to the 'good university guide' with points out of 1000 oxford is 1000 and cambridge is just 5 under with 995
scabo0o 4 years ago 5
According to widely known Academic Ranking of World Universities of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Cambridge is the 4th best university in the world whereas Oxford is tenth, which, if my math is correct, will put Cambridge above Oxford. Quite frankly, I think these lists are meaningless when it comes to this comparison, and I don't even want to talk about the discrepancies amongst the various rankings; both Oxford and Cambridge are world-class institutions with superb education programs.
AlvinHDavernport 3 years ago
But in the UK rankings, Oxford have beaten Cambridge year after year - check the times or the guardian rankings.
bobdole020 3 years ago
That's exactly what I meant when I said that "these lists are meaningless when it comes to this comparison."
I'm NOT saying that Cambridge is better than Oxford. For starters, I'm not British, and even if I were, I would not be capable of asserting such a thing. I was just pointing out that vice versa is not necessarily undisputable truth.
AlvinHDavernport 3 years ago 2
Toffs.
BoyJunkie87 4 years ago
As an American unfamiliar with this one-word comment, I found a translation for "toff":
n. Chiefly British Slang
A member of the upper classes, especially one who is elegantly dressed: "champagne, once a raffish drink suitable for toffs and weddings" Ian Jack.
intrepberkexplorer 4 years ago
Most of them are upper class or are extraordinarily bright. I have nothing against these people but I am neither.
BoyJunkie87 4 years ago