/lit/ university thread

[Anonymous No.18871339]

what is the best russell group and why is it manchester?

[Anonymous No.18871350]

Does anyone here go to CU Boulder

[Anonymous No.18871366]

>>18871339
>there
Manchester's a gay city, would suit you perfectly.

[Anonymous No.18871671]

i went to an offer holder's day in manchester for cs and it was shit. ended up at durham.

[Anonymous No.18873118]

>>18871671
lol i probably saw you. you were probably the big loser i saw hahaha

[Anonymous No.18873151]

>>18871339
i go here it’s alright,definitely underrated. edinburgh is better tho

[Anonymous No.18874241]

Is nyu lit?
And Pittsburgh?

[Anonymous No.18874397]

>>18871339
Are you sure that's a good place to attend? I hear belligerent ghouls run Manchester schools.

[Anonymous No.18875691]

>>18871339
I go there and it sucks.
Great university for partying and studying physics, not worthwhile for learning humanities.

[Anonymous No.18875704]

>>18874241
NYUs best days are behind it unless you're studying certain very specific subjects. Otherwise its for foreign favors and rich hipsters living out their instagram dreams. Location is 10/10 but the people are insufferable.

Pittsburgh is a genuinely good school, and is exceptional in Philosophy and Medicine.

[Anonymous No.18875732]

There really isn't good universities anymore. They're all glorified trade schools. Either that or they're just name brands that you go to just for the prestige, so that it doesn't really matter what you major in.
There isn't any real learning because the universities cater too much to the students. Nobody ever learns anything from the humanities classes. And the math and science classes are glorified trade courses.

[Anonymous No.18875800]

>>18871339
Class of 2018 reporting in.

[Anonymous No.18875924]

>>18875691

Luckily I do study physics at UoM, but I gotta say Oak parties are a bit overrated, other halls are better.

It annoys me though because even though we are Russel group supposedly competitive university, there are so many retards on courses like PPE, business, law, etc - even in physics, some people manage to fail units in first semester which is just embarrassing desu.

[Anonymous No.18875963]

Cambridge and Oxford. All else is trash.

[Anonymous No.18876006]

Currently suspended from uni for not going to classes ever. Hell yeah dudes.

[Anonymous No.18876964]

Does anyone else here go to st john's college ?

[Anonymous No.18877321]

If we're being honest the russel group for you depends on your course. And even then it won't matter that much, the only substantial difference is oxbridge>LSE/UCL/imperial>russel>the rest

[Anonymous No.18878440]

Anyone here go to Emory?

[Anonymous No.18878449]

>>18874241
Pittsburgh has philosophy and the advantage of not being in shithole NYC

[Anonymous No.18878746]

manchester is shit tier for humanities, p good for stem

[Anonymous No.18878787]

>>18871339
I literally can't express how much better my life has been since I attended Oxford. I went to a state school and gradually became the stereotypical moody, withdrawn sensitive type who both despises the quality of his immediate culture and feels a weird pride for having been raised in a sort of anti-intellectual and brutal environment. I was all set to take my Russell Group humanities BA and spend my life working as an anonymous, insecure wageslave forever thankful of being offered a job and forever too insecure to pursue my creative ambitions. The chip on my shoulder had become something of a wedge, and I felt too out of place regardless of my environment, too resentful and bitter to even attempt to make it in the artistic world. Then I finally applied for Oxford and got in to study an English MA, with reassurance that should I work hard enough a career in academia or within one of Oxford's affiliated companies would be almost guaranteed. I turned up as apprehensive as usual, and the first few days were spent regretting my decision and desperately feigning a cultured personality. But then I realized that the people there were just interesting and that the snobbery and exclusivity I had anticipated was just a myth borne out of my working class upbringing. I've since graduated, having spend the year dining in grand halls with groups of interesting people, dating several girls (one of whom, a petite Russian whose family traces back to the aristocracy, is now my fiancee). I work four days a week at a publishing company and earn £38k a year. I regularly meet up with friends from my college and visit Oxford for nights out and for meetings with my professors. The Martin Eden-esque novel I have been writing for two years has been selected for publication at a major British publishing house and, honestly, I could not have imagined a few years ago how great life could be. I come on /lit/ and see how pathetic you all are and just shake my head and chuckle. If I saw you guys on the street I would of course throw you a penny or discuss Bukowski or whatever "realist" writers you enjoy, but ultimately I would be able to tell within ten seconds if you're an Oxbridge grad and would dismiss you as a potential source of good company if you are not. I never thought I'd know what it was like to be objectively better than somebody else, for the value of my existence to be superior to the value of a stranger's, but now I do and I've never been happier. People are awed by power and prestige. All I need to do is mention the university I attended (if only for a year) and they immediately begin to hunch and look at their feet because they know they are in the presence of greatness.

[Anonymous No.18878967]

>>18878787
Ok anon, tell me where in the Bod or Radcam you studied most, should be easy enough if you were there for a year

Give me a good answer and I'll believe you

[Anonymous No.18878995]

>>18878967
in your gf's bod's rad clam

[Anonymous No.18879011]

>>18871339
who else /exetah/

[Anonymous No.18879026]

>>18878995
Jokes on you I'm a homo

[Anonymous No.18879502]

>>18871350
I will in the spring. What's it like?

[Anonymous No.18879510]

>>18878995
owned

[Anonymous No.18880304]

>>18875704
>>18874241
>>18878449
The philosophy department at Pittsburgh is fantastic, as it is considered the best place in the country to study it. The teaching assistants are different from the faculty in the fact that they have read continental philosophers and are willing to discuss them with favor. The literature, classics, and anthropology departments are pretty alright too in addition to the fantastic stem programs they offer.

[Anonymous No.18880323]

>>18874241
>>18875704
>>18878449
>>18880304
I went to pitt and took one philosophy course. it was a night class that was supposed to last 2 1/2 hours, but the professor would get bored every time and let us all out after an hour. probably not indicative of the department but I thought it was funny considering the reputation.

if any anons go there now take Vladimir Padunov's class. I took his russian lit class and it was the best class I took in college. He was Nabakov's teaching assistant at Cornell and has a bunch of cool stories and is extremely well versed in russian history/lit/culture

[Anonymous No.18880358]

>>18880323
Sounds about right if it was an introductory class on a topic, especially considering if its a night class. Professor probably just wanted to go home lol

[Anonymous No.18880701]

Anyone here /UVA/? And if so, wanna hang out?

[Anonymous No.18880980]

>>18880701
i don't , sorry

[Anonymous No.18881281]

i go to university at buffalo...

[Anonymous No.18881915]

WARWICK UNI AUTISTS CHECK IN

[Anonymous No.18882100]

>>18871339
>russell group
He fell for the meme.

[Anonymous No.18882210]

>>18871339
But Oxford and Cambridge are both Russel Group innit?
So that would default to Oxford being cream of the cream, Cambridge being sour cream and the rest being tears of rejects.

[Anonymous No.18882267]

I went to City, University of London
It was shit
I only have myself to blame

[Anonymous No.18883589]

anyone studying in Scotland ?
UofG here

[Anonymous No.18883672]

>>18874241
nyu is pretty good in comp lit and classics, it used to be a1 for philosohpy like 20 years ago, it might still be top 5 in certain philosophies

[Anonymous No.18883702]

>>18878440
I know a guy who does. I think his reason to go was to fuck black women and trannies.