Thread by @lillianmli

Strong disagree.

My fellow oxbridge students had a strong sense of curiosity which they pursue for its own sake.

My Ivy League co-workers’s general knowledge purely came from course reading.

Oxbridge encourage intellectual curiosity

Ivy League encourages conscientiousness

https://twitter.com/beijingpalmer/status/1319874130452353024

The test schedule for Ivy League are like 6 times a year?

You know much I got tested at Cambridge? 1 time per year per course. Done during a week.

Also my first two years’ test results didn’t influence my final year graduation mark.

This meant a lot of time for exploration

I feel like everyone who when to Ivys tested very well throughout high school and then had to continuously test well throughout to get a good GPA to graduate.

This is a fantastic way to get diligent workers who are trained to constantly work.

If you think universities are a way to select for conscientious- yeah Ivy is the system.

But if you think universities are a way for young adults to get a better sense of themselves, more time to explore is good.

Also last shot, there’s some oxbridge colleges that’s very public school and probably full of wastrel behaviour.

My Alma mater was @FitzwilliamColl which was 70%+ state schools. People were not wanky by large.

You can decide not to hang out with wankers.

But tbf if you went to Oxford then yes they are all wankers this is the sad fact of life.

Maybe I should have changed these tweets to not all Oxbridge. Just Oxford.