What comes to mind when you hear "University of Cambridge"?

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<p>What comes to your mind first when you hear someone say they went to the University of Cambridge?</p>

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<p>lucky b<em>st</em>*d</p>

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<p>Harry Potter (even though it was actually shot in Oxford !).</p>

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<p>If an American told me she attended the University of Cambridge I would assume the following: scholarly, wealthy, well-traveled.</p>

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<p>Seriously, whats the deal with michaelmas?</p>

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<p>Easter! (ten)</p>

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<p>Actually…</p>

<p>At Cambridge Easter term is in the Spring…Lent term is in the Winter…Michaelmas is in the Fall</p>

<p>Oxford has Michaelmas (Fall), Hilary (Winter), and Trinity (Spring)</p>

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<p>Oh I didn’t mean Easter in response to Michaelmas. I said Easter because I thought that Cambridge kids got a month off for Easter, but maybe that’s just at Oxford.</p>

<p>And at Oxford, Trinity term is actually referred to as the summer term, although it’s actually in spring.</p>

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<p>I believe the name comes from the feast of St. Michael the Archangel, which takes place on September 29. In the universities, it normally means the autumn (US English “fall”) term.</p>

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<p>F*****g redcoat.</p>

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<p>Harvard…10 char</p>

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<p>British… locked in the box… manage to make everything they say a witty insult… take advantage of America’s inferiority complex…</p>

<p>I’ll stay in America
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<p>Stephen Hawking.</p>

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<p>Well educated, well rounded, possibly wealthy or hardworking, architecture, Science and Engineering…</p>

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<p>“woah, you go to Cambridge!” rich, snobby, well connected, very well educated/intelligent. Great Britain.</p>

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<p>What about an American who goes to Cambridge?</p>

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<p>Well-connected</p>

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<p>Or a Gates Scholar…</p>

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<p>I think fifth-tier fodder.</p>

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<p>They went to the Harvard of England.</p>