The Great Debate
Which university combination carries the most pure pedigree, prestige, aura, and overall recognition:
1. Harvard BA + Oxford DPhil
2. Harvard BA + Oxford BA
This is regardless of the field of study, although the Oxford BA would likely be in Law (Jurisprudence) or PPE.
Just put the fries in the bag
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Do you actually have a degree or are trying to get a degree from any of these schools or is this part of some old-money power fantasy?
Can you explain your comment on old money power fantasies? It’s out of curiosity mainly.
Yes I’m a second-year pursuing a bachelor’s degree at HYPSMW now.
Congrats on Wharton!
He’s a Wharton kid so idk why he’s obsessed with these schools
Just making assumptions.
Doing your mom is more prestigious
Rubbish
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I don’t get it?
How the fuck did you get that in GIF form
Some people just have "it"
In terms of pure pedigree?
The answer is Harvard AB and Oxford BA without a doubt. Everybody knows that the real prestige within Oxford comes from its undergraduate degrees and the tutorial system. As for Harvard, the graduate schools will carry their own weight but Harvard College is still the crown jewel of the university.
A Harvard AB combined with an Oxford BA is an unmatchable pedigree. Adding another university to this combination in the next tier down of globally elite universities (Stanford/Cambridge/Imperial/LSE) would dilute the pure pedigree of the combination.
Add a YLS JD to this and you’re unstoppable.
Ehh that would be too much school.
Having two top degrees (Harvard AB and Oxford BA—later MA) from the two greatest universities in all of world history is the perfect sweet spot.
Harvard AB and Oxford MA is the most prestigious university combination of all-time, and this is coming from a Cambridge student.
Why master’s instead of DPhil?
I’m not the person who initially commented but an Oxbridge MA is the same as a BA. The BA gets automatically upgraded to an MA a few years after graduation. It’s a medieval tradition.
Harvard BA, Oxford BA
An Oxford DPhil graduate will only have direct access to their program’s alumni network generally. If you get a Maths DPhil, then your network will generally be composed of Oxford Maths postgraduate alumni. The only way you gain the university-wide network is by attending it for undergraduate. Sorry, but as an Oxford undergraduate student, Oxbridge undergraduate alumni don’t view postgraduate alumni as real Oxbridge graduates. The same probably applies to Harvard unless the postgraduate programme is from HMS/HLS/HBS and maybe a select few PhD programmes (Economics comes to mind).
Harvard AB and Oxford MA is the perfect pedigree.
After your first few years in the workforce nobody cares which unis you went to. If you want to impress a random villager in sub-Saharan Africa, then I suppose Harvard and Oxford are at the top for name recognition, and then maybe Yale and Cambridge lag not too far behind those two.
I graduated from a non-RG uni and have done well for myself. Career results matters far more than the unis on your CV.
Harvard BA and Oxford BA is more prestigious lol nobody respects Oxbridge postgraduate degrees except for the Oxford BCL and BPhil and the Cambridge Maths Part III.
Having a Harvard AB and an Oxford MA makes you a god amongst men.
Having a PhD/DPhil makes you a nerd who sits in your ivory tower whilst making less than £50K annually.
Also most Oxford DPhil programmes have acceptance rates of 30% or higher. What a joke! If you want a prestigious and well-respected postgraduate degree then you have to go to the US.
To answer your question:
Harvard BA + Oxford BA. Not even a question lol
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