Fitzwilliam College (Cambridge) Students and Applicants

Hi there, Fitz offer holders!

Congratulations on getting into Cambridge, and, more importantly, congratulations on getting into the best Cambridge College - I'll leave you to take an educated guess as to which one I'm referring to...

This thread is designed for you Freshers-to-be to mingle amongst yourselves, and to get to know each other. If you have any questions, feel free to post them on here or PM me.

Have fun!

Your future (College) parents

Hi there, Fitz offer holders!

Congratulations on getting into Cambridge, and, more importantly, congratulations on getting into the best Cambridge College - I'll leave you to take an educated guess as to which one I'm referring to...

This thread is designed for you Freshers-to-be to mingle amongst yourselves, and to get to know each other. If you have any questions, feel free to post them on here or PM me.

Have fun!

Your future (College) parents

Please remind your admissions tutor to send emails for the decisions to international applicants.

Hi everyone! I've just recieved an offer from Fitz for HSPS!

Through pool or direct application?
Congrats!

Hey, I have an interview at Fitz this Friday (10th) for natural sciences (physical), everyone I know did theirs in December but for various reasons mine was postponed until this week... does anyone have any advice/tips/suggestions for me? Personal experiences? Any help from people who received an offer would of course be greatly appreciated! Thanks

hi there,
I've been admitted at Fitz college in Cambridge for my one year MPhil in Economic Research, as I'm not British and I have no idea of what life will be like at cambridge, I would like to have some general tip about Fitz college. In particular, as I am now supposed to ask for an accomodation, I would like to know if you can give me a piece of advice about the campus (glisson road, main college, other colleges and hostel). What would you reccomend?
Btw, I've read they charge you for 0.33£ per GB of internet. Is that true? I use something like 20GB per day, do you think I can find any solution to this problem?

thanks for your help!

Hi. In terms of cooking equipment, cutlery, etc. do we have to bring our own stuff or is it provided? Thanks.

No cutlery/plates are provided in the kitchens so do bring your own stuff if you want to use it. Just bringing 1/2 of each item should suffice. After first term some corridors become communal and everyone shares stuff. A toaster, kettle, microwave and fridges are in each kitchen.

I have an unconditional offer for MML at Fitz starting October 2015, just wondering what proportion of the undergrads cook normally, on the open days I was very much given the impression that no one cooks and everyone prefers to eat in college establishments.

I really enjoy cooking and I cannot afford to eat out all of the time, obviously, so I will be cooking as often as is feasible, just wondering whether I will be the only one or whether cooking is a normal activity for Fitz first years. Cheers :-)

Very few people cook in first year. This is because first year kitchens are tiny, lacking ovens and only have small hobs (and also because technically, we're not meant to fry things on them; really just make sure you don't get set off the fire alarm and you're golden). Only one first year block has ovens in their kitchen but you won't know if you've got in there until arrival day. Most people make themselves breakfast, either have lunch in the buttery/make a small non-cooked lunch and then eat dinner in the buttery.

That being said, you absolutely can cook if you wish and it won't be weird at all. A hallmate of mine regularly cooks stuff like stir fry, and another bakes a lot and makes herself fried breakfast. So long as you don't mind the limited space and appliances it'll be fine to cook. Most of us are just too lazy. Also, if you don't mind me asking, is one of your MML languages Russian?

That sounds excellent. I'm sure I won't cook for absolutely every meal, especially as the KFC gives you a bit of credit for the buttery, but your message has reassured me that I'll be OK. I don't burn things, I'll not cause a problem ;-)

Yes, my place is for German and Russian. Why do you ask? :-)

Sounds like a good plan. Yeah, tbh we've only had one incident of the fire alarm going off and that was because someone managed to burn a pizza while heating it up...I trust you'll be able to avoid that!

I have two MML friends doing Russian, and one is even doing the exact same language combination as you. All I can say is, if you're doing it ab initio, good luck. If you have any more questions about Fitz, I'm happy to answer them if I can.