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Reply 280

bubblebuddy

What's Fitzwilliam like? And how long does it take to walk from there to the city centre?

Reply 281

The West Wing

Original post by chickenonsteroids

Excuse my ignorance... but what is that? :redface:

DoS = director of studies. They are the person who interviews and chooses candidates, then manages their studies by finding supervisors and overseeing module choices etc. They'll be the most important person to your academic life if you get in.

Reply 282

hslt

Original post by chickenonsteroids

Can you play basketball at Cambridge ?

Yup - theres a college league system and unversity teams

Original post by mevidek

Oh another question about Sport, is the ice hockey team made up of students from all different colleges? As in not an intercollegiate league but university league?

Just a university team here.

Reply 283

mevidek

Original post by hslt

Yup - theres a college league system and unversity teams

Just a university team here.

Is the university team any good?

Reply 284

chickenonsteroids

Original post by The West Wing

Oh thanks for clearing that up :smile:

Why is he more important that the person that takes tutorials etc. I understand he'd be important when it comes to admission but when you actually get in ?

Sorry for the odd questions, i'm not too knowledgeable about this

Reply 285

The West Wing

Original post by chickenonsteroids

Oh thanks for clearing that up :smile:

Most of them will teach you at some point.

They're important because they oversee what goes on. If you have a complaint about a supervisor they can help you get another one. I think some are less hands on than others but they're your point of call for academic concerns generally.

Reply 286

LeSacMagique

Oh - is there inter-collegiate debating or is it just done on a university level?

Reply 287

alexsasg

Original post by bubblebuddy

What's Fitzwilliam like? And how long does it take to walk from there to the city centre?

I'm not a current student, but I stayed at Fitz last year and it took about 20-25 minutes. I'm not the world's fastest walker though..

Reply 288

Intriguing Alias

Inter-collegiate basketball? Cool stuff! :biggrin:

Reply 289

Arialaxe

I have a rather peculiar question... :tongue:

I stayed in accommodation for my interviews, and I noticed that the beds are standard single bed dimensions (6 foot 3 in length I believe). However, I'm 6 foot 4. Do they have, er, longer beds available for people of my height? :biggrin:

Reply 290

hslt

Original post by mevidek

Is the university team any good?

I'm not sure... sorry!!

Try looking on the BUCS website..

Reply 291

Kay94

Original post by Kobie

unusually fun* for a small college, very close i.e. everyone seems to know everyone else there, will do LITERALLY ANYTHING 'for the wheel'

aggressively pro-cindies (even more than most of the party colleges)

excels at mixed netball :')

*particularly if you like going out, drinking, team sports and breaking the 'don't **** where you eat' rule with your collegemates :tongue:

..and which colleges would they be?

Also, anyone have anything to say about Murray Edwards?

Thanks :smile:

Reply 292

Orinooko

For English students: Does the Italian option on the foreign language paper have a language standard prerequisite - GCSE/A -level? Or does it depend on college?

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Reply 293

Kobie

Original post by Kay94

..and which colleges would they be?

Also, anyone have anything to say about Murray Edwards?

Thanks :smile:

queens', pembroke, homerton, christs (well it was last term, i'm not sure if that's always the case), clare- plenty of the middle-sized mixed colleges, definitely not johns/trinity/kings/girls colleges/mature colleges

less exciting than and considerably inferior to newnham.

nah, the girls i've met from there are all lovely, it's basically so 'new' that it hasn't had time to acquire the kickass feminist lesbian slut girls' college rep that newn has- so it's a tad more chilled out, less aggressively sociable and less likely to attract sharks than newnham!

Reply 294

cooldudeman

what requirements do you need for a scholarship?

Reply 295

Kwak

What about volleyball?

I have already checked the website of the university team.

What about inter-collegiate league?

Reply 296

mevidek

Original post by hslt

I'm not sure... sorry!!

Try looking on the BUCS website..

Thanks

Reply 297

lk2011

Original post by Kobie

Hey, do you've anything more to say on Queens'? :tongue:

Reply 298

nuodai

Original post by cooldudeman

what requirements do you need for a scholarship?

Scholarships are college-specific, and they're often quite specialised in nature (e.g. student of this gender from this particular area of this country studying this subject who achieved these grades). Most people don't have them, anyway. But a fair few students get the bursary.