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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Given the [b]very high quality of students overall[/b], how does this reflect in the curriculum?  Some cynics say it's mostly about the connections because the undergraduate curriculum is the same at most institutions of reasonable quality.  But I would suspect since there's no remedial education going, there's a difference in kind between a bachelor's from HYP/Oxbridge and your more typical bachelor's degree.
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Students are very high quality at both, but let’s not pretend they are equal: [b]Oxbridge is an order of magnitude easier to get in[/b]. This is true in every subject, but since admission is by course, some subjects — say, languages, humanities, social sciences other than Econ — are easier admits than, say, Emory.[/quote]

You think an Oxford grad who read history is less knowledgeable than a typical Emory grad?[/quote]

False.  Oxford doesn't like Americans.  Only 1.7% of the students are from here.  Yet the university is over 50% international students (most from China).  From Google "The percentage of students from North America is far smaller at Oxford – only 200 out of 12,000 undergrads (1.7%).Feb 20, 2018"

And dons are hard on Americans.  I know of two M.Phil students who didn't score high enough to graduate.  No warning.  Nothing said from the tutors.  Just "sorry - you failed - thanks for your two years of American bucks but your visa is now obsolete, go home".  It can be a very tough place for Americans.[/quote]

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