Any universities similar to durham....?

in the respect that they have various colleges.
I like the idea that Durham is made up of colleges like Hatfield, Greys, Butler etc. But I'm not keen on the courses there.

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Oxford. Cambridge.

Bax-man

Oxford. Cambridge.

This. I don't think there are any others.

york

I've heard both Kent and Lancaster referred to as collegiate universities. Wikipedia says Roehampton is too.

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sarahlouiseee

I don't want to go to Oxford or Cambridge, I know a few people who turned their offers down because of the interview process at Oxford.

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sarahlouiseee

Ejit

I've heard both Kent and Lancaster referred to as collegiate universities. Wikipedia says Roehampton is too.

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York

oxford, cambridge and durham are the only officially collegiate colleges.

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-WhySoSerious?

York...lancaster has 'colleges' but you're not taught in them, much akin to york and durham.

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Summer of 69

Aula

oxford, cambridge and durham are the only officially collegiate colleges.

No they arent. There are six, the others are york, lancaster and kent.

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Aula

69 Summer of

No they arent. There are six, the others are york, lancaster and kent.

they're not the same legally, and I think they operate differently as a result

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ily_em

sarahlouiseee

I don't want to go to Oxford or Cambridge, I know a few people who turned their offers down because of the interview process at Oxford.

What do you mean? That they got an offer from Oxford then turned it down?

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sarahlouiseee

ily_em

What do you mean? That they got an offer from Oxford then turned it down?

Yep : P

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ily_em

sarahlouiseee

Yep : P

Why on earth did they do that? I really don't see the point in apply and going through all that effort if you don't want to go there!

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invictus_veritas

-WhySoSerious?

York...lancaster has 'colleges' but you're not taught in them, much akin to york and durham.

technically even the assertion you are 'taught' in colleges at Oxbridge can be VERY dubious. It depends massively on your options, the particular specialists and where they work etc.

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c12andn15

ily_em

Why on earth did they do that? I really don't see the point in apply and going through all that effort if you don't want to go there!

Because after you have your interview there, spend two days there and realise they're stuck up and you feel out of place, it dawns on you that you would hate spending 3 years there.

Some people like it, some don't.

It's nothing strange to turn down an Oxford offer

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Tempeststurm

sarahlouiseee

Yep : P

Why did they apply if they didn't want the place?

Cambridge, Oxford and Durham are the only universities where you apply to a separate college and your application is handled by the college, as well as the faculty.

There are other universities, like York, which have colleges mostly for accommodation and have less of an administrative role.