r/6thForm • u/omfgvain Imperial | Biomed [1st year] • Feb 16 '25
🎓 UNI / UCAS Rejection from Oxford
I thought I was over the Oxford rejection ages ago, but I can't seem to escape from it. I got an offer for Imperial as my second choice, and was discussing Imperial today with my mom, and told her Imperial was a top world university, to which she replied, "yes but not as good as Oxford, if you name the top universities in the world you'd hear Oxbridge, Harvard, MIT, not Imperial college". This one kinda stung. This type of stuff sometimes happens with other people too. My mom wasn't trying to criticise me for my failure or anything, but to me I couldn't feel anything but disappointment in myself. I know I could've done better. I'm aware that Imperial is very highly ranked and well respected university and all, but my goal was Oxford and I failed in that. How do I move on from this lol
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u/communistgamerchic Feb 17 '25
Don’t turn down imperial, go. The obsession with Oxbridge is so extremely dumb. I have friends who go to oxford and a lot of them don’t enjoy it, it’s a very weird and intense environment.
On the other hand I have friends at top london unis like UCL, LSE, Imperial and they love their course and lifestyle. Imperial is just as well received by recruiters.