What do you want to know about Cambridge?

i'm just gonna say that you remember me of sheldon cooper D

The banter on this thread amuses me xD...but can anyone tell me the general consensus about Robinson? I have an offer and I loved the feel of the place the two times I've been there (open day and interview)...but what do people actually at the college and at other colleges think of it?

Christ's have a cat. It(we don't know it's sex or it name) seems friendly, but it's not attention seeking. Most of the time people with rooms on the ground floors rescue it from the tourists.

I'm not sure if it actually lives in college because I don't see it that often, so it might only be visiting us.

LITTLE DID YOU KNOW I carefully fashioned those criticisms so I could turn them into a wonderful rebuttal if you decided to throw them back at me! MUAHAHAH

Pembroke has a good reputation for food, it's pretty laid-back, it's just out of the way of the tourists and it's very spacious.

(clashing sound of a sword being disarmed and clattering to the ground)

to expand on what Doughnuts!! had to say-

room licences typically start like 10 days before the start of term and finish 10 days after the end of academic term. i think you can ask to keep your room all year round (except summer) at every college. it's good to have longer breaks, more time to earn spare cash/ go stay with friends/ escape the cambridge bubble somehow!

lively. all the lgbt kids i've met seem pretty with that side of things, and the society have lots of different stuff going on every week e.g. club nights, lunch socials- although i don't know that many people who feel the need to get involved with the society side of things. google 'CUSU LGBT'

depends on the person- i know quite a lot of people at other colleges and count some of them amongst my closest friends, i assume most use lectures and swaps as an opportunity to mix, some don't feel the need to expend their social circle outside their college at all. some colleges are cliquier than others and as a very general assumption, i reckon students at the women's and the smaller colleges feel the need to get out and socialise with others more. in short- you absolutely should if you can/want to- it's a really good thing to do for your own sense of social security (i.e. having people to hang out with when your own college gets claustrophobic!) and it's very healthy for your college's reputation- but don't feel like you NEED to make friends from other colleges- a lot of people don't.

going out is a priority for many students. our nightclubs are legendary and it's reasonable to schedule and maintain a '5-night-week' during your first term and still get a first. cindies on a wednesday is regarded by many as 'not optional'!

there are both uni-wide and college societies- colleges tend to have societies just for the most popular interests though (think sports teams, music, theatre).

Why isn't it as good as Oxford?

Err, not sure. Hopefully fairly regularly?

Yes of course, although you have to know someone at the college to sign you in as a guest. Some people try and have formal at all 31 but it can prove to be quite a challenge especially when you consider that some colleges are grad only.

*Dramatic poignant music* *Curtains with some shadow and man falling*

Okay okay! I admit I don't know much about Pembroke!

But at least Caius is unique to Cambridge. You, two-timers, have a college of the same name in the other place (Just imitating what Cam undergrads seems to be calling it).

Also, at Caius we have Hawking. Francis Crick, Jimmy Carr, Chadwick *all the cool people* were alumini. Enough said.

*We at Caius are an united community* *Smirk*

Haha thank you for this, I'm rather excited for it all now! thanks for all the little pieces of info etc. I mean I want to study but I will aim to go out lots
Quick open question, does anyone find the terms arnt long enough? like summer break is like 3 months, how do you keep in contact with uni friends? fb etc?

Looks like I have something to do during my 6 year long stay.

My plan: Finish undergrad colleges in first 3 years, if any friend stays on to do grad course and somehow change college hehehe...

Hmm, sorry? You'll have to say that again -- I couldn't hear you over our four race lead in the boat race.

Edit: Our five places above you in the QS world uni rankings are pretty distracting too.

pembroke- always high.

Put it this way. I heard a fresher tried to pronounce it "Gon-vi-lee and Kai-Us"

There was a young student at Caius
Who whizzed down the slopes on his skaius;
But a Fellow of Magdalene
Said "I prefer dagdalene -
"I've got where I am by degraius!"

The banter on this thread amuses me xD...but can anyone tell me the general consensus about Robinson? I have an offer and I loved the feel of the place the two times I've been there (open day and interview)...but what do people actually at the college and at other colleges think of it?

You've probably all seen this:

This thread makes me 1) miss living in Cambridge and 2) really anxious to apply next year!

My questions are thus-
What are the courses at the language centre like? Are you allowed to take one if you are already doing a language degree?
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This might be an interesting question, if it's allowed - what's the 'illegal substances' situation like over there? (i.e. is it common, or what?) It might be interesting to get perspectives from people who do (if any) and people who don't.