Strand vs Guy’s: What we really think of each other
Can’t everyone just get along
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This is the ultimate showdown, Walkabout versus GB, Lawyers versus Doctors, Arts versus Science, Plato versus Darwin…it’s Strand versus Guy’s. We asked some frighteningly competitive KCL students about the infamous rivalry.
Guy’s opinion of Strand
Brutal but hilarious
Name: Ahmed
Degree: Biomed
Year: 1st
Name: Rey
Degree: Biomed
Year: 1st
He said: “Strand? Do you mean double-strand or single-strand??”
is that even like a thang now?
Names: Ana and Bella
Degrees: Biomed and Neuroscience
Year: First
They say: “YOSO you only science once”
Sounds like he’ll do anything for a bit of food
Name: Omar
Degree: Biomed
Year: First
He says: “I prefer the food at Strand!! Fresh Fruit”
This isn’t GCSE history m8
Name: Rithy
Degree: Medicine
Year: First
She say: “I like both”
What Strand thinks of Guy’s
I like Stard too
Name: Nusseibeh
Degree: English Literature
Year: First
She says: “Stard is edgyier (I’m dyslexic #edgy)”
The ultimate diss or sheer ignorance?
Name: Dahai
Degree: European Public Policy
Year: MA
She says: “What even is Guy’s”
you got dat right homegal
Name: Ellie
Degree: English Literature
Year: First
She says: “You don’t get these studs at Guy’s”
Ignorance is bliss young lad
Name: Nicolas
Degree: European Public Policy
Year: MA
He says: “What do they even do there?”
Even Reggie the lion agrees Strand is better
Name: Sascha
Degree: Comparative Literature
Year: First
She says: “Strand is the next Dalston #Waterfront #Tutus (RIP) #Dickson Poon #Edmund J Safra”
Saying it as it is
Name: Fabian
Degree: War Studies
Year: MA
He says: “Lab-nerds”
What Switzerland (Waterloo) thinks of all this
Is she deluded?
Name: Angela
Degree: Adult Nursing
Year: First
She’s definitely not lesbian
Name: Emma
Degree: Adult Nursing
Year: Second
She says: “Guys all the way!!!”
Accurate
Name: Laura
Degree: Law
Year: Second
She says: “Strand rocks! (the law school)”
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