Working class academics, when did you first discover ‘academic’ was an actual job that you could potentially do? For me it was during 3rd year undergrad. Based on a lightbulb moment conversation with the person who encouraged me to apply for funding & do postgraduate studies.
I've heard really similar stories. I decided not to even apply to Oxbridge when I spoke on the phone to some Cypriots there and they freaked me out by saying "in my free time I play football" instead of talking about a social life deeper and with more meaningful interactions.
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A friend from the North in my BSc compsci (I went to uni at York) told me when she went to her Oxbridge interview somebody told her "oh we take people with accents too now!"

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I didn't have an interview because my exam scores were high enough. On the whole, glad I went, but it was like living on another planet, from day 1.
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