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I got into Oxford!

clh_hilary

clh_hilary

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teesharky said:
Holy crap! That is freakin awesome news!!! Congrats!! You should be so proud!! That is one of the best universities in the world!

i went on a tour there once- so in love with the campus!!
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Yes it is! And the oldest university in the English-speaking world!
 
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opry051008

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clh_hilary said:
Well unfortunately I think it does mean that I won't have as much time going online from October to whenever I finish my research. My boyfriend, who went to Oxford, kept saying that I am underestimating how pack an Oxford degree is.
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Oh no, who's gonna straighten us out when we spout out incorrect information. : (

Oh well, I guess we'll just have to run amuck while you're gone. lol.
 
Marie2011

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Congrats just wondering isn't oxford like harvard, stanford, Brown, Princeton, Yale you know an Ivy League school ?
 
clh_hilary

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Marie2011 said:
Congrats just wondering isn't oxford like harvard, stanford, Brown, Princeton, Yale you know an Ivy League school ?
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Thanks!

No, Ivy League is only an alliance for universities in north eastern United States. In Britain, they have an equivalent called the Russell Group. But more appropriately the Golden Triangle of Britain. The term 'Oxbridge' refers to Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the Top 2 most employable universities according to surveys last year. This is where Oxford English Dictionaries come from, and the 'Oxford' of Oxford Streets, Oxford Shoes, and Oxonians.

Oxford claims 47 Nobel laureates, 25 British prime ministers (the current Australian PM also read at Oxf), 31 British notable justices, 20 American senators and representatives, 3 governors, 2 kings, and 12 saints (and 89 archbishops). President Clinton also graduated from Oxford.

Coincidentally the current Chancellor, Lord Chris Pattern, was the last governor of Hong Kong!
 
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opry051008

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clh_hilary said:
Thanks!

No, Ivy League is only an alliance for universities in north eastern United States. In Britain, they have an equivalent called the Russell Group. But more appropriately the Golden Triangle of Britain. The term 'Oxbridge' refers to Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the Top 2 most employable universities according to surveys last year. This is where Oxford English Dictionaries come from, and the 'Oxford' of Oxford Streets, Oxford Shoes, and Oxonians.

Oxford claims 47 Nobel laureates, 25 British prime ministers (the current Australian PM also read at Oxf), 31 British notable justices, 20 American senators and representatives, 3 governors, 2 kings, and 12 saints (and 89 archbishops). President Clinton also graduated from Oxford.

Coincidentally the current Chancellor, Lord Chris Pattern, was the last governor of Hong Kong!
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Yup, classic example of why I'm gonna miss you. : )
 
pklongbeach

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Awwwww I am first of all so happy for you. To say I am impresssed seems unfair. You are amazing, so I am not that impressed just so proud that you put your incredible talents to work and achieved this.

(You mentioned some of the outcrops of the Oxford name; I sold, for many years, Oxford Editions of many music books. The Oxford library of books is huge and very prestigious, to say nothing for "Expensive"!!)

Congrats, I am so happy for you.
You must promise to visit!!
 
clh_hilary

clh_hilary

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pklongbeach said:
Awwwww I am first of all so happy for you. To say I am impresssed seems unfair. You are amazing, so I am not that impressed just so proud that you put your incredible talents to work and achieved this.

(You mentioned some of the outcrops of the Oxford name; I sold, for many years, Oxford Editions of many music books. The Oxford library of books is huge and very prestigious, to say nothing for "Expensive"!!)

Congrats, I am so happy for you.
You must promise to visit!!
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Yeah, Oxford University Press publishes lots of stuff. Speaking of Oxford libraries, Oxford University has a library which is legally entitled to request a free copy of every book ever released in the United Kingdom. Looking forward to literally getting lost there especially when undergraduates, I heard, are not usually granted permission to enter.
 
Smokyiiis

Smokyiiis

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Wow just saw this thread and I really want to congratulate you! What a prestigious honor! Congrats and best wishes for a wonderful new adventure!
 
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lolita55

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clh_hilary said:
I got an offer from The University of Oxford earlier (better yet, on my birthday!) to read a master of science this coming October! WooHoo!
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Congrats.... that is beyond awesome... If you were smart enough to get into oxford, then you are smart enough to succeed at anything you do in life. So go to oxford and be great.
 
clh_hilary

clh_hilary

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lolita55 said:
Congrats.... that is beyond awesome... If you were smart enough to get into oxford, then you are smart enough to succeed at anything you do in life. So go to oxford and be great.
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Thanks! Don't think it means that much though. :p It's not that exclusive.
 
Clare Rose

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Congratulations! You should be proud of yourself. I wouldn't have a hope of gettiing into there. I'm lucky that we have quite a few good universities here in Liverpool, otherwise I'd have to move somewhere else. I hope you enjoy your time there.
I'm so hopeless at geography, I can't even remember where Oxford IS in England...
 
clh_hilary

clh_hilary

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Clare Rose said:
Congratulations! You should be proud of yourself. I wouldn't have a hope of gettiing into there. I'm lucky that we have quite a few good universities here in Liverpool, otherwise I'd have to move somewhere else. I hope you enjoy your time there.
I'm so hopeless at geography, I can't even remember where Oxford IS in England...
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It's sort of close to London. :)
 
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