Oxford Magdalen rejection letter

[srw]

"19-year old finds old buildings in Oxford shocker!"

 

[MissTillyFlop]

What she didn't think through was that in the future every potential employer will be typing her name into a search engine and coming up with that story.

Maybe she wants to be a journalist, in which case she'll probably already have had several offers.

 

[Night Train]

She should have been hoping for an offer and then accepting it. MIssed opportunities IMO.

I had offers from Imperial, Brunel, Cambridge, and Middlesex. My folks pursuaded me to go for Middlesex so I could live at home. I should have gone to Imperial or Brunel to study Mechanical Engineering.

 

[MissTillyFlop]

She should have been hoping for an offer and then accepting it. MIssed opportunities IMO.

I had offers from Imperial, Brunel, Cambridge, and Middlesex. My folks pursuaded me to go for Middlesex so I could live at home. I should have gone to Imperial or Brunel to study Mechanical Engineering.

One of my criteria for choosing a uni is that it should be as far away from my parents as humanly possible. I did pretty well on that front, but pretty poorly in other areas!

 

[Maz]

What was she thinking? What an absolute tosser this girl is...






...she should've applied to Cambridge!

 

[MissTillyFlop]

I am sure she's not maudlin about it...

(IGMC)

^ this wins.

 

[srw]

...she should've applied to Cambridge!

Quite right. Somethat that silly deserves Fenland Poly.

 

[MissTillyFlop]

Quite right. Somethat that silly deserves Fenland Poly.

There's a Fenland poly? Is that Anglia Ruskin Uni?

 

[Maz]

She should have been hoping for an offer and then accepting it. MIssed opportunities IMO.

I had offers from Imperial, Brunel, Cambridge, and Middlesex. My folks pursuaded me to go for Middlesex so I could live at home. I should have gone to Imperial or Brunel to study Mechanical Engineering.

You didn't fancy Cambridge?

 

[Night Train]

You didn't fancy Cambridge?

The University maybe but not the college.

 

[Maz]

The University maybe but not the college.

I see what you mean. You have to apply to a specific college.

 

[Maz]

Quite right. Somethat that silly deserves Fenland Poly.

Did you go to Fenland Poly?

 

[srw]

Did you go to Fenland Poly?

Botheration.

Memo to self - try doing one thing well rather than getting distracted by

 

[Paladin - York]

Oxford's a great university. Magadalen is a decent college.

...and so is Hertford College.

 

[Night Train]

Imperial and Brunel were the best places to get offers from, at the time, for Mech Eng and I really wanted one or the other so getting both offers was fantastic. Then I got offers through clearing for Middlesex, Cambridge, Woolwich, and some others. Cambridge would have been fun just for the atmosphere and kudos but my folks really pressured me into taking Middlesex as it was the closest and meant I wouldn't have to rent digs and associate with people who drink and have a good time. Also Cambridge wasn't offering the Mech Eng, can't remember what it was but it wasn't for me.
I think the problem was that my brother, previously, had moved to Coventry to do Electrical Eng and our folks only saw him when he needed laundry doing. And that's the way it should be really.