Student rejects Oxford U - way cool!!

[malaise]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/revenge--for-everyone-turned-down-by-oxbridge-6291609.html
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A state-school pupil from Hampshire who was invited to Oxford University for an interview turned the tables on the institution by writing her own letter of rejection because it "did not quite meet the standard" of other universities.

In a parody of the thousands of consolatory letters fired off by the élite institution each December, Elly Nowell, 19, wrote: "I have now considered your establishment as a place to read Law (Jurisprudence).

"I very much regret to inform you that I will be withdrawing my application.

"I realise you may be disappointed by this decision, but you were in competition with many fantastic universities and following your interview I am afraid you do not quite meet the standard of the universities I will be considering."

The Brockenhurst College student, whose first-choice preference is University College London, wrote to Magdalen College after being put off by her interview experience. She warned the university to hold off on any attempts to "reapply".

[exboyfil]

1. My brother in law

was a Rotary scholar, and he was rejected from Oxford. Went to Cambridge instead and had a wonderful time. I was always amazed that Oxford rejected him (4.0 undergraduate, top scores in his year at Cambridge, and went on for a PhD in Biochemistry from Harvard).

[malaise]

2. Indeed - I did laugh at the list of rejected

persons.
They continue to perpetuate their snooty class system...to rule the 'lower orders' .

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Well, the list is 3 people

One of whom lied (and that could well have become clear in the interview). Oxford gets about 17,000 applications for 3,000 places each year, so there are bound to be some rejections that you can look back on in later years and say "maybe they would have done well". Ironically, JK Rowling's books caused a renaissance for privately-run boarding schools, a vital part of the 'snooty class system', as children decided they could be fun to go to after all.

[DrDan]

3. so she passes up an opportunity to interview at one of the top universities in the world

choosing instead to write a clever letter.

I think she will regret her decision in the future.

cool? I think not.