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[ewx]

It's so rare that the media talk anything but nonsense about Oxbridge admissions that it seems worth flagging it when they break the habit. Certainly my recollection is that those of my classmates who didn't get into Oxford or Cambridge weren't considered somehow inferior or to have failed; we all knew perfectly well that there was a large element of chance involved.

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[wendym.livejournal.com]

Yup. It is however, very, very pretty. Well Cambridge is, anyway :-) Never underestimate that joy.

[nmg.livejournal.com]

Oh, I agree (I lived there for a couple of years, which is why I know ewx and other CUSFS denizens). The downside of being pretty is the tourists, which is something Cambridge shares with Edinburgh (where I did my MSc) and Bath (where I live now). It all evens out in the end.

What I remember most fondly about Cambridge are the large number of good pubs...