Colleges. Is there a big difference and how to choose one?

Basically as the title says, really.

Is there a huge difference in the various colleges? (I.e.: some being more traditional with regular formal events and some less, being more casual with few/no formal events.)

Basically as the title says, really.

Is there a huge difference in the various colleges? (I.e.: some being more traditional with regular formal events and some less, being more casual with few/no formal events.)

What are the chances of going to your chosen college?

Are certain facilities only available to certain colleges, and you can't access them unless you're party of that college?

Anything else on colleges and choosing the right one would be much appreciated.
Thanks.

Anything else on colleges and choosing the right one would be much appreciated.
Thanks.

Well, we can't really give advice on which college to choose if you don't say what you personally would want out of a college...but in general the Bailey colleges (University/Castle, Johns, Chads, Cuths, Hatfield and sortof Hild Bede though that's far out on it's own) are more traditional, with the main exception of Cuths. The Hill colleges (umm, all the rest, look them up) are newer and generally less traditional, though some are still quite traditional. I'm at Trevelyan personally and I've found it has a nice balance between being "modern" and traditional in that we have gowns and fortnightly formals.

These colleges are generally closer to the science site with the bailey colleges being closer to where the arts/social sciences are generally taught, if location's another consideration. But then again in Durham nowhere's that far away really. Although I haven't done the walk personally I'm guessing even Hild Bede to the science site would still only take around 25 minutes.

Let us know what you want out of a college (size/location/tradition/rooms/catering/whatever else you think of) and we'll be able to give you more of an idea which college you'd be best suited to from the info you give us.

how come your leaving southampton?

I might be changing course, and so obviously if I do, I'll change university.

Whats wrong with Economics?

I've just realised it isn't for me. At first I found it interesting, but not mathematical enough, and to be honest, now I'm finding it extremely boring. I'm just looking for a more mathematically challenging course, and realised that I'm much more interested in pure mathematics and statistics (I enjoy mathematics for its own sake and don't need to apply it to something to enjoy it; also the most complicated maths we're doing at the moment is elementary algebra which a lot of the students seem to be struggling with despite having A-Level Maths ).

Many thanks for the replies, everyone! And sorry for my late reply.

I'm looking for something more traditional, with regular formals, etc.
I'm guessing, however, that all the colleges have a strong sense of community?