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>he didn't do his undergraduate studies at Oxford

>> No.11145171

>>11145166
I did my undergrad studies at Princeton, fortunately, and my grad studies at Oxford. All those years I'll never get back. What a waste.

>> No.11145172
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11145172

>he lives off daddy's money

>> No.11145174

Bonus: If you read the file name, you can see that the "Ed Balls" mentioned is also an Oxford educated gentleman. Even Socialists see the merits of Old Oxonians.

>> No.11145181

>>11145172
>he doesn't leech off his parents
>his parents aren't happy to make him leech since he's the only thing that matters to them
sad!

>> No.11145280

>>11145172
>not living of their money so you can finish school without debt

>> No.11145398

>>11145174
>Ed Balls
>Socialist

come on now

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>>11145280
>>11145181
>unironically being this dishonourable

>> No.11145408
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what is with /lit/ and oxbridge LARPing

>> No.11145524

why do all ppl in uk go to these shitholes-are they just enormous schools

>> No.11145541

>>11145404
it's not dishonourable, I do it only because my parents are happy to help me.
thankfully I don't live in America where if you don't have a car, fiancee, house, job, diabetes and an AR-15 by the age of 14 you get kicked out of the house.

>> No.11145583

>>11145408
It's an elite school, and 4chan tends to be elitist.

>> No.11145599

Is it true that in Norway, Sweden etc there is no real hierarchy in the university system?

I can see why (no fees etc) but I'd be interested in hearing from someone from those countries

>> No.11146491

>his father isnt an aristocrat
george osbourne's family are old and powerful.

>>11145408
they wish they could be there

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>>11145166
Lads, I want to do my PhD in Oxbridge next year but I am poor as shit.

Is there a guide somewhere about getting debt in UK for Eurofags, as well as other relevant material? How do I even get started about getting enough finances for elite universities?

>> No.11146514

>>11146509

You're not supposed to go in to debt for a PhD. You should be paid, unless you're some sort of desperate person

>> No.11146524

>>11146514
Do they pay in Oxbridge? How do I get financed, then?

>> No.11146564

>>11145599
Some unis are considered better than others. Lund and Uppsala are the two top ones. For engineering you have some schools which are considered better than other.

>> No.11146580

>>11146524
If you're actually serious about doing a PhD you should know this already. You get funded by research councils. AHRC for arts, ESRC for social science, and there's a STEM one that I don't know the name of

>> No.11146586

>>11146580
>If you're actually serious about doing a PhD you should know this already
But where the fuck am I suposed to get reliable information, man?

>> No.11146590

>>11146586
the oxford and cambridge websites and prospectuses would seem the obvious place to start

>> No.11146597

>>11145599
Eh, some universities are known to be better than others, but the gap really isn't that big as compared to the US or UK. Going to Lund or Uppsala, which are the two highest ranking universities in Sweden, is not considered prestigious and it doesn't give people any major professional advantages except maybe when it comes to STEM graduate programs.

>> No.11146607

>>11145166
Why would I study Wildlife in England? No thanks, I'll stick to America.

>> No.11146612

>>11146607
Why would you study Wildlife?
Ftfy

>> No.11146617

>>11146524
You don't. You let your supervisor worry about finance.

PhDs are advertised much like jobs. I scoured NewScientist for mine, and got lucky with a relevant research area (purinergic signalling).

>>11146580
Mine was through the BBSRC; that's the hard sciences, with a focus on biology/chemistry.

>> No.11146624

>>11146586
>wants to do a PhD
>doesn't even know how to get relevant information
Don't even try it, you're obviously not meant for it.

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>>11146612
>Why would you study Wildlife?
>he isn't a applied science cool guy
Yeah why would I want to work outside on the most beautiful continent in the world? just lmao

>> No.11146643

>>11146586
What field are you in?

You could always, you know, *ask someone*, like your lecturers?

>> No.11146819

>>11146509
Not gonna happen, bub. Don't waste your time.

>> No.11146892

>>11145172
>he thinks u need money to go to oxford
my mum is a teaching assistant (photocopier) at a secondary school and my dad stacks shelves.. and guess what, i'm at oxford

>> No.11146941

>le oxturd
>he doesn't know the best writers are self-taught rather than oversocialized trend-following academics

>> No.11146946

>>11146941
>oversocialized
kek

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>tfw go to a middle tier college just to get a marketing degree and hope that i can be published while working
kafka was a salary-man while he wrote shit right?

>> No.11147010

I went to an offer holder open day at Oxford in 2012 and after it was over I immediately went home and cancelled my offer. Never have I seen a higher concentration of total cunts.

>> No.11147025

>>11146956
>marketing degree
anon...

>> No.11147031
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>>11145166
>he didn't study PPE at Oxford

>> No.11147042

>>11146956
Kafka was a doctor of law but too autistic for lawyering.

>> No.11147375

>>11145171
This

>> No.11147382

>>11146509
Not worth it. Go to Edinburgh or Glasgow in stead. Cambridge isn't quite as bad as Oxford but educational institutions they are not.

>> No.11147390

>>11147010
try the Durham open day

t. a graduate

>> No.11147391

>>11146892
Unlucky
How do you pay your battles?

>> No.11147395

>>11147010
Well done anon, honestly

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>>11145166
>he actually gives a fuck about brand name universities
Anon...

>> No.11147510

>>11147390
Have they stopped drowning in the river yet?