What do you want to know about Cambridge?

You can go into any college, most libraries have keycard locks on and the like, and to be honest there isn't much reason that you'd need to go to another college library. Most of the time you'll get your books from your library, or the UL or subject-specific libraries. You can use other college bars and the like very easily though.



Yup - most colleges (?all) say you need to sign them in, but otherwise no problem. My college even gives you big camp beds for them to use for free.


Weekends are always hectic, particularly saturdays - it's pretty busy all year round, but worst in half terms/summer/hot days.

someone finally made a thread for cambridge

What's the philosophy course like? (or work for your course i you don't take philosophy)

What is your college like? Can you walk visit other colleges and stuff?

can you change courses after your first year?

for some reason i've forgotten the others

xxx

1) Can you go inside other colleges? As in, can you be at college x but use the library at y or something.
2) Can you have friends stay overnight at your college? Me and my friends have a thing where we've decided to visit each other at uni, so I'd like to know if I could have someone stay overnight in my room.

Thanks! (offer-holder for PPS)

What are the tourists like? On the university open day it was absolutely swamped with tourists, but does it settle down during most of the year?

I am currently in Year 12, I've visited Cambrige and I really want to go there, my GCSE grades are as follows 1 A* 8 As 2Bs, o I have a chance? Im working really hard it's too early to say what im predicted to get at the end of my A Levels but im working on As at the moment. What are your opinions??

Thank you!, this has really helped. What do you do for the half of the year you are not at Cambridge? Thanks for the LGBT bit etc

Catz

(asking about tourists...)

So bloody annoying.

They're everywhere dammit.

I was actually going to ask about tourists. I anticipated it (what are the statistics? 7 million tourists per year, is that right?) which is why I picked Pembroke, because it's just (just) far enough out of the absolute centre to keep the tourists at bay, whilst still being in the middle of everything.

That said, would you be able to tell us about the "college reputations" that applicants might want to know about before we show up (e.g. Trinity/St John's being posh, Caius being traditional, Emma/Homerton being friendly)?

I was actually going to ask about tourists. I anticipated it (what are the statistics? 7 million tourists per year, is that right?) which is why I picked Pembroke, because it's just (just) far enough out of the absolute centre to keep the tourists at bay, whilst still being in the middle of everything.

That said, would you be able to tell us about the "college reputations" that applicants might want to know about before we show up (e.g. Trinity/St John's being posh, Caius being traditional, Emma/Homerton being friendly)?

Ooh, I second this. If you could tell me anything about the rep of Magdalene in particular, I'd be indebted to you guys forever

...

Trinity/John's= Pretentious pricks. I've got really good friends at these colleges but some of my friends from my college have actually found the stereotype to be true when they've encountered people from those colleges.

King's= Really politically active and left-wing. 'Tis true.
Peterhouse= Conservative bunch of homosexuals apparently.
Sidney Sussex= The 'Sainsbury's' college
Magdalene= Very traditional.
Girl's colleges= Feminist bunch of lesbian sluts. Not entirely true, though I have met many a girl that lives up to aspects of the stereotype.
St Catharine's= AWESOME. And super duper friendly.
Girton= Erm...where?
Homerton= See above. But also quite friendly.
Selwyn= The 'Sidgwick' college as it's closest to the Sidgwick site.
Downing= The lawyer's college due to the vast amount of Law students there!

Not really sure about reputations of the other colleges tbh...

being helpful still counts as procrastination

Anyone know much about Christ's College?

I'm not sure what college i'd like to apply to yet

Thanks for answering that! I can't rep you, but I'll give you mental rep (BUZZ) there you go.

I've seen people shy from that question. You don't happen to go to Catz or something, do you?

On Tourists: they even swamp magdalene. I think I'd want to die if I was at kings or something.



being helpful still counts as procrastination

Forget all other colleges and just apply to St Catharine's.

Which colleges have cats?

Which colleges have the most cats?

Of the colleges that have cats, which are the cutest?

Of the colleges that have cats, which are the friendliest?

How prominent a role do the college cats play in the lives of Cambridge undergraduates?

To what extent would you argue that the college cats are the single most important influence in the personal support of the Cambridge undergraduates?

(Edit: I should add this disclaimer, for any miserable TSR cat-haters, that I do not expect these questions to be answered...)

THEY SWAMP EVEN MAGDALENE? Gah. I'm guessing you're a current Magdalene student?

I have done a bit of work today?

Who am I kidding, I need to stop avoiding this work right now!

Trinity/John's= Pretentious pricks. I've got really good friends at these colleges but some of my friends from my college have actually found the stereotype to be true when they've encountered people from those colleges.

King's= Really politically active and left-wing. 'Tis true.
Peterhouse= Conservative bunch of homosexuals apparently.
Sidney Sussex= The 'Sainsbury's' college
Magdalene= Very traditional.
Girl's colleges= Feminist bunch of lesbian sluts. Not entirely true, though I have met many a girl that lives up to aspects of the stereotype.
St Catharine's= AWESOME. And super duper friendly.
Girton= Erm...where?
Homerton= See above. But also quite friendly.
Selwyn= The 'Sidgwick' college as it's closest to the Sidgwick site.
Downing= The lawyer's college due to the vast amount of Law students there!

Not really sure about reputations of the other colleges tbh...

what makes it amazing ?

Clare had a cat. Before it was cat-napped by tit-hall and thrown over Clare bridge when a ransom failed to appear. Currently Christ's has a cat I think. AFAIK no other college has a cat.

Christ's cat is the cutest... given that it's the only cat.

As per above, Christ's cat the friendliest.

The lives of college cats gets mentioned (and made into legend)

College cats are not *the* most important influence of personal support, but they are one.

Clare had a cat. Before it was cat-napped by tit-hall and thrown over Clare bridge when a ransom failed to appear. Currently Christ's has a cat I think. AFAIK no other college has a cat.

Christ's cat is the cutest... given that it's the only cat.

As per above, Christ's cat the friendliest.

The lives of college cats gets mentioned (and made into legend)

College cats are not *the* most important influence of personal support, but they are one.

YOU ****!

Folks, I am also taking questions.