<p>I thought I was pretty clear about the BS since I named the posters. I know little about Oxford and your experience might have been different. My beef is with the idle speculation about the differences between LACs and RUs. My own experience at West Coast selective schools easily debunk some of the issues raised in this thread. For instance, not all LACs are in remote location are are much smaller than comparative RUs. How does the Claremont Consortium compares to Caltech or Stanford in terms of student body and UG size. OF course, the size issue comes into play at the academic factories that embrace the model of teaching hordes of students through the darling teachers aka TAs and GSIs.</p>