The Big 'Which Cambridge College?' Thread

I'd go for Jesus personally since it's not as far out, is quite large, laid back, has nice grounds, close to boat houses, and is just that little bit secluded from other colleges . . .

Then again the one time I've been to Fitz hall I got served Quality Street chocolates as a post-dessert course, and that scores well with me!

Would you happen to know if Fitz is far from lecture halls? And if Fitz provides en suites for all 3 years?
Jesus does look really nice, and the lovely accommodation is tempting! I was leaning toward Fitz as I had the impression that they like state school students, its less competitive and very friendly?

Haha love that

Fitz is a bit further out for most places, yeah - though it probably depends on your department e.g. pretty close to the Maths department. I don't know about their accommodation, sorry.

No college is more or less in favour of state school students. Differences in ratios tend to arise from self-selection, and this is often due to subjects offered e.g. Churchill takes more students for sciences than arts, and state schoolers more frequently apply to the former than the latter.

Both colleges are very friendly in my experience, and even not considering the pool for a second, I would guess they're roughly the same in terms of applicants/place.

Thoughts on St Catz for Econ?

Is it very competitive?
Are the grounds nice?
For someone of my grades do I stand a good chance there?

- Gcse: 7A* 2A 1C (Spanish)
- AS: 100 Econ, 100 Eng, 98 Maths, 81 Phys (dropped)
- Taking AS FM w/ FP1, S1, S2
- Predicted 3A* and A in AS FM


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Hi guys, never posted on here before but just needed someone who knows what they're talking about to help me here...

I'm interested in undergraduate history at Cambridge but really have no idea what college to pick, I really have no preference despite going and looking around - nothing really struck out at me as 'the one'. I'm basically completely clueless compared to most of my friends who seem to have it all figured out.

My GCSEs weren't that amazing, only 1*, 7As, 3Bs and a C but my AS was much better (All A's), predicted *AA, not sure how much influence that all has at Cambridge but I do know it's less at Oxford.

But yeah, if anyone can suggest me anything for any reason based on a college that's best for history or more likely to take me in based on how much they care about GCSEs vs interviews/essays etc, that would be absolutely amazing and I'd forever be in your debt

no,yes, fairly good chance, physics is pretty low but your UMS ave is high so a good shot i reckon

What about the economics department? That's ok!

Oh okay. Hmm decisions decisions!

I know Fitz charge for their internet and Jesus provides a free laundry service. But that's a rather silly reason to base my decision on I guess

Thanks so much for your help!

By fairly good do you mean good or average? Would my UMS help me at all in differentiating from the avg applicant or am I an average applicant?

This does not necessarily mean college schemes have ended, and it's worth asking. The scholarship I ultimately got was something entirely different to the NSP so probably still exists.



Financial as I was transferred to it from the NSP.

By fairly good do you mean good or average? Would my UMS help me at all in differentiating from the avg applicant or am I an average applicant?

There is no college that's 'best' for history, but some do have a large intake e.g. Trinity, Peterhouse, Caius. There isn't really any college that cares more about one aspect of the application (that we know of anyway )

I'd start choosing a college by first looking at the admissions criteria for each one -e.g. whether it has extra tests etc.: you don't want to apply somewhere where you might be unduly disadvantaged.

Then decide by location (do you want something central?) and size, also the size of the history intake (do you want to be with lots of other historians or not?).

If I were you, I'd first of all decide on the colleges you're definitely not interested in, and then just pick from the others you have left

Fitz may actually be closer to Sidgwick (econ department) than Jesus . . . or at least, not very much further.

No problem! Happy choosing .

Roughly speaking id have to say youre an average applicant. You reallydo need to impress at interview after that UMS to stand a chance of receiving an offer.

Is this building by Pembroke part of the college (like accommodation) or something different?

http://gyazo.com/c215201eaa72551097b709ed9d76147a

You have a best 3 UMS of 99.3. Guaranteed interview. More likely than not to get an offer.

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