Oxford v.s. Cambridge

Miss_Parker

忽發奇想, 兩間名top U, ucas只可二選一, 究竟你會如何選擇?  兩者的不同又係甚麼?

Rowena

原帖由 smallfoothk 於 14-08-22 發表
先考慮有冇background，朋友以上大學畢學，多年找不到工作，出外靠朋友，冇背景冇推廌信，怕高不成低不就。 ...

The most important asset about going to Oxbridge, regardless of background, is the experience. It is a unique, one~in~a~lifetime experience, and is never forgotten.  As for career path post graduation, background, social networks, personal aptitudes and LUCK all play a part.

4eyesDad

smallfoothk 發表於 14-8-22 17:53
先考慮有冇background，朋友以上大學畢學，多年找不到工作，出外靠朋友，冇背景冇推廌信，怕高不成低不就。 ...

That's a problem commonly found in developing countries where "Who you know is more important than what you know."
Whereas Bill Gates and others made their fortunes because of their intelligence etc., it is quite rare to find similar case in HK.

Oxbridge have been around in the UK for several hundred years and almost all their top leaders are Oxbridge graduates who will, other things being equal, employ Oxbridge graduates. In HK, it is quite rare to find an Oxbridge person, let alone an Oxbridge Employer.

slamai

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I can't imagine why the family background of Oxbridge graduates will be worse than other U's, except for 黃仁龍?  While a singular case is quoted, other similar cases may be due to the aspirations of Oxbridge graduates are generally higher than other U's.  E.g. science graduates from other U's may be satisfied with a teaching job, but probably not for Oxbridge graudates.  Let me quote the example of my friend's son who graduated from Cambridge last year after studying 4 years' combined Master course in civil engineering and took a year off to do volunteer work in rural China or so.  He applied for Scheme A graduate training in the Government this year but declined the offer as he realised that he'd be two years older than his counterpart trainees.  He'll go back to get a PhD instead.

smallfoothk

先考慮有冇background，朋友以上大學畢學，多年找不到工作，出外靠朋友，冇背景冇推廌信，怕高不成低不就。。。反而不是以上果兩間畢業，全找到工作

Rowena

"I heard that Oxford produces thinkers while Cambridge produces doers. Because most thinkers cannot do, and vice versa, there is no point for thinkers to apply to enter a place for doers, and vice versa. "  Great generalization: must be true for British PMs!

4eyesDad

I heard that Oxford produces thinkers while Cambridge produces doers. Because most thinkers cannot do, and vice versa, there is no point for thinkers to apply to enter a place for doers, and vice versa.

By the way, your heading is contrary to common usage which places Oxford before Cambridge, such as Oxbridge or Oxford versus Cambridge, never Camford or Cambridge versus Oxford.

slamai

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Yes, video conference interview is available for both oxbridge.  But I'd think interview in person may double the chance of getting an offer.  One thing to add still - interview at oxbridge is normally conducted by tutors of the applied course of study while Cambridge interview in Hong Kong is conducted by one Cambridge professor for all applicants (jointly with another HKU professor).

Miss_Parker

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However I do know that the interviews can be done via Internet (those apps like Skype) in Hong Kong!

Miss_Parker

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nice comparison

slamai

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In general terms:

Aspects	Oxford	Cambridge
Stronger subjects	Arts/social sciences	Sciences
Number of conditional offers	Fewer	More
Offer conditions	Easier	Harder
Interview duration	At least two interviews on different days	Normally on one day but multiple interviews
inter-College selection of applicants	certain candidates may be interviewed by different college(s), often on 3rd day of interview	Winter pooling in January for certain candidates
Location of interview	Oxford only but not in Hong Kong	In Hong Kong also for Prince Philip scholarship applicants
Attained academic results	Focus more on GCSE/IGCSE	Focus more on AS level
Environment	“city” slightly bigger and busier	Claimed to be more picturesque

Rowena

原帖由 Miss_Parker 於 14-08-19 發表
本帖最後由 Miss_Parker 於 14-8-19 12:51 編輯

忽發奇想, 兩間名top U, ucas只可二選一, 究竟你會如何 ...

Oxford: more traditional outlook, particularly politics, philosophy. Many British PMs are therefore from O. Cambridge, being the renegade from foundation, is more revolutionary and liberal.

HIHinsurance

ums ALEVEL 成績好, CAMBRIDGE

UMS 一般, OXFORD

CAMBRIDGE 面試較正路

OXFORD 古怪, 較難捉摸

OXFORD 要再考筆試,

個人思維夠闊, 就OXFORD

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