Which university breeds the most psychopaths*?
12th May 2015
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*Or people that believe that they might be psychopaths, at least.
In a slightly chilling twist on the usual league tables, Student Money Saver has created a ranking of which universities are home to students who might class themselves as psychopaths.
Dispensing with questions concerning student satisfaction and academic quality, the money saving website asked over 1,000 students to rate the statement “I think I might be a psychopath.”
The top performing (if you can call it that...?) university was Eastman Dental Institute, part of University College London’s Faculty of Medical Sciences.
Scary. But even scarier when we reveal that 100% of respondents at the Institute “strongly agreed” with the statement.
Erm, yikes. We know that wannabe dentists might be a little bit sadistic, but we couldn’t have predicted this...
One anonymous dentist wasn’t surprised by the result, though, and told Student Money Saver: “I thought it was obvious that a dental institute would contain the most psychopaths. Why else would they apply?”
Well, it’s a good question.
Overall, only 6.13% of respondents strongly agreed that that might have psychopathic tendencies – so we’re not quite sure what’s going wrong in UCL’s dental department.
Other universities where students have a tendency towards psychopathy include St George’s, University of London, and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS.)
So. It doesn't look like the University of London is doing too well here...
Maybe it’s a feeling that’s stronger amongst students across the capital, though - London Metropolitan University, Chelsea College of Art and Design, the University of Westminster and the University of East London also had students that would describe themselves as possibly being a psychopath.
Strangely, of all those surveyed 17% believed that they might be a psychopath – despite the estimation that only 1% of the population actually is one.
Dispensing with questions concerning student satisfaction and academic quality, the money saving website asked over 1,000 students to rate the statement “I think I might be a psychopath.”
The top performing (if you can call it that...?) university was Eastman Dental Institute, part of University College London’s Faculty of Medical Sciences.
Scary. But even scarier when we reveal that 100% of respondents at the Institute “strongly agreed” with the statement.
Erm, yikes. We know that wannabe dentists might be a little bit sadistic, but we couldn’t have predicted this...
One anonymous dentist wasn’t surprised by the result, though, and told Student Money Saver: “I thought it was obvious that a dental institute would contain the most psychopaths. Why else would they apply?”
Well, it’s a good question.
Overall, only 6.13% of respondents strongly agreed that that might have psychopathic tendencies – so we’re not quite sure what’s going wrong in UCL’s dental department.
Other universities where students have a tendency towards psychopathy include St George’s, University of London, and the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS.)
So. It doesn't look like the University of London is doing too well here...
Maybe it’s a feeling that’s stronger amongst students across the capital, though - London Metropolitan University, Chelsea College of Art and Design, the University of Westminster and the University of East London also had students that would describe themselves as possibly being a psychopath.
Strangely, of all those surveyed 17% believed that they might be a psychopath – despite the estimation that only 1% of the population actually is one.
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