As well as in Harry Potter’s school (Hogwarts), the University of Oxford is divided into houses. Hogwarts is divided into Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, while Oxford has about 40 colleges. All students belong to a house (i.e. college), and each college has its own common room and grounds that cannot be accessed by any other Oxford student. As well as in Harry Potter, you can "say" you want to go to a certain college during your application and the “sorting hat” will take that into consideration. I would say that the "sorting hat" had problems deciding where to put me (hahaha) but I ended up being "sorted" to go to Exeter College (photos and video below), which is one of the oldest (706 years old) and most selective colleges at Oxford. Although Exeter only has 500ish students, we have several highly influential people among our former students, including J. R. R. Tolkien (writer of the Lord of the Rings and the father of modern fantasy literature), Sydney Brenner (the 2002 Nobel Laureate in Medicine for his discoveries on the genetic code), Liaquat Ali Khan (the first prime minister of Pakistan), and John Kufuor (the former President of Ghana). As any Oxonian would say: my college is clearly the best college! Floreat exon!
|
AuthorPedro Moraya Barros is the Founder & Owner at Moraya Consulting and Ph.D. Researcher in Foreign Investment and International Taxation Archives
October 2020
Categories |