St John's

I think you need to calm down with the semicolons - they're not big and they're not clever.

I think you need to calm down with the semicolons - they're not big and they're not clever.

I walked through mem and old court at night and it was a bit eery, but that's because there were no students around. It wasn't as big as I thought it would be, just the two courts. But there is a fair bit to walk between them, particularly at 8:30am on the morning of you interview for a bowl of cereal!

Sorry to interrupt here, but I believe that this thread is to discuss St. John's, not whether other colleges are nicer or not.
I'm applying to St. John's and I’m happy about it. I didn't feel a glint of arrogance when I met the students there, and I never heard anything negative from the other students there.
Whether or not you like old traditional buildings, you shouldn’t use that against the general feeling of the college.
Back to Alicia, I’m applying to St John’s for Engineering, and you could find some reference to that on another thread titled After the interview at St.John's for Engineering...

some of the most beautiful architecture in Cambridge, with the exception of Cripps (unless you're into derivative Mies van der Rohe-type monstrosities);

... as angered as I am by the "I'd rather be at Oxford than st. johns" number...

Is it just me or has hardly anyone in this forum applied to St John's?Is there something someone's not telling me?!

Is it just this forum or is there something inherently terrible about St. John's. As somebody who will be going there this october I feel obligated to at least attempt a defence. When I went for my interview and when I did a shadowing scheme there, I saw nothing but lovely people, minus any shred of arrogance! Of course there are some members of the college that lock themselves in their rooms for days on end, and of course the facilities are beyond reproach - but its cambridge, which college doesn't have fantastic buildings, and a staff to match? So, as angered as I am by the "I'd rather be at Oxford than st. johns" number, I propose people get over their own feelings of inadequacy about their colleges and cut johnians a break!

it's something that is rarely taken beyond friendly rivallry. John's students know about this whole joke and it doesnt seem to bother them.

My bf is at John's and it is really an alright place,

oxymoron?

MB

Is it just this forum or is there something inherently terrible about St. John's. As somebody who will be going there this october I feel obligated to at least attempt a defence. When I went for my interview and when I did a shadowing scheme there, I saw nothing but lovely people, minus any shred of arrogance! Of course there are some members of the college that lock themselves in their rooms for days on end, and of course the facilities are beyond reproach - but its cambridge, which college doesn't have fantastic buildings, and a staff to match? So, as angered as I am by the "I'd rather be at Oxford than st. johns" number, I propose people get over their own feelings of inadequacy about their colleges and cut johnians a break!

Cripps TV scares the **** out of me.

What's that?

They don't like it when you sing that song in their bar though But generally it is just banter, though on occasion their sports teams are slightly more unpopular (the general boatie dislike of Maggie is somewhat more intense than the general population's dislike of John's as a whole)

My bf is at John's and it is really an alright place, most of the people I've met there are nice enough (with the odd exception ). Doesn't mean I can't still take the piss though.

The front of Cripps as you walk through from New Court is known as Cripps TV, as the large open windows rather resemble television sets, and the occupants programmes. I'm surprised you haven't heard it before being a Johnian.