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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Based on these posts, I might be the only person here who has any knowledge of U.K. academics because I actually went to school in the U.K.  LSE, Masters Class of 15.  I can assure you all that most people in the UK, and everyone in London finance, considers St. Andrews to be a school for rich, stupid kids who end up working as tour guides on their family's ancestral estate, not unlike US students at Bennington College.[/quote]

You're right. 100%. I'm from the UK too and this has always been my impression. I don't know if I'd compare it to Bennington though, I mean they construct their own stilts and walk through fields of flowers reciting poetry, that's a bit different but equally a total waste of time. [/quote]

As a Londoner myself, I must say, you're both mistaken. I head a division of a prominent investment bank here in London, and just last year, we hired eight graduates after an extensive selection process - two from LSE, three from Oxford, one from Imperial, and two from St Andrews. At this point, all are performing at an equivalent level. Neither I nor the VPs who work for me perceive any meaningful differences between them in terms of capability or potential.[/quote]

Funnily enough, my best-performing third-year associate happens to be an Exeter grad, and he is on the verge of a promotion. Off the back of his success, we went back this year and brought on another Exeter graduate.[/quote]

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