2009 Open Days

Any prospective Cambridge students on here going to an open day this year (for application later this year)?

Details of open days here!

What course are you going for?
Any idea about which college you want yet?

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Reply 1

FadedJade

If any of you are going on the CUSU Open days next week I will be helping out there :smile:

Reply 2

cadaeibfeceh

Well I'll be at the big ones at the beginning of July!

Reply 3

Livi_510

I went to the MML one..it was good :smile:

, learnt quite a lot about what they're looking for, and of course about how it's taught etc. Think they're worth it.

School won't allow another day off for a college one though, :/, so guess i'll be bombarding TSR with questions about that later on in the year :smile:

Reply 4

cadaeibfeceh

Livi_510

I went to the MML one..it was good :smile:

Interested in any particular one?

Reply 5

Livi_510

cadaeibfeceh

Interested in any particular one?

College-wise?
I loved seeing Clare college, think it's lovely...but then I get the impression from what people say that it's the one everyone wants to go to :/. I know there's the pool etc and statistically you're no less likely to get in at a really popular college but I'm kind of put off by this.

Other than that, Christ's = soo nice...but I'm not really sure how long it'd take to get to Sidgwick site by bike...probably not too long but I don't know if Languages people tend to go to colleges nearer to the faculty :s-smilie:

Reply 6

cadaeibfeceh

Livi_510

I know someone at Clare who used to go to my school - she loves it, but I suppose pretty much everyone loves their college. You looked at the college websites?

Reply 7

Chewwy

Livi_510

Other than that, Christ's = soo nice...but I'm not really sure how long it'd take to get to Sidgwick site by bike...probably not too long but I don't know if Languages people tend to go to colleges nearer to the faculty :s-smilie:

lol!!!!

i've heard people complain about a lot of silly things in cambridge that you couldn't get away with elsewhere, but nobody would ever dream of saying christ's and the sidgewick site were far apart.

Reply 8

Livi_510

Chewwy

Ha, no, I did think that before I wrote that...I think the 20 mins it was taking me to walk from Sidgwick site to centre on the open day was down to me being massively slow :/.

Reply 9

Livi_510

cadaeibfeceh

I know someone at Clare who used to go to my school - she loves it, but I suppose pretty much everyone loves their college. You looked at the college websites?

I have looked at a few, yep, it's mainly from reading the threads about where you'd want to be if you weren't at your college...some just sound a lot nicer than others :s-smilie:

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It would be so much easier if someone could choose for me...it may end up being eeny meeny miny mo...and that pretty much marks me out as being someone who really shouldn't be at cambridge lol.

Thanks for help :smile:

Reply 10

cadaeibfeceh

Livi_510

I have looked at a few, yep, it's mainly from reading the threads about where you'd want to be if you weren't at your college...some just sound a lot nicer than others :s-smilie:

Well if you don't want to choose, you could always make an open application :smile:

Or just come to mine :tongue:

Reply 11

Livi_510

cadaeibfeceh

Well if you don't want to choose, you could always make an open application :smile:

Or just come to mine :tongue:

Is there a thing about being less likely to get in if you do an open application? I'm sounding like someone who's massively obsessed with statistics etc, but I'd quite like to get in :rolleyes:

Ooh...what college do you go to?

Reply 12

cadaeibfeceh

Livi_510

Is there a thing about being less likely to get in if you do an open application? I'm sounding like someone who's massively obsessed with statistics etc, but I'd quite like to get in :rolleyes:

Ooh...what college do you go to?

I dunno lol.

I'm not there, lol, I'm trying to go in the same year as you, just meant the one I'm aiming for :smile:

(Jesus)

Reply 13

smilepea

Livi_510

Is there a thing about being less likely to get in if you do an open application? I'm sounding like someone who's massively obsessed with statistics etc, but I'd quite like to get in :rolleyes:

Ooh...what college do you go to?

No you don't improve your chances (or the other way around for that matter) by submitting an open application.

But as a female I think you have something like a 50% chance of being allocated an all female college.

Reply 14

Livi_510

cadaeibfeceh

I dunno lol.

I'm not there, lol, I'm trying to go in the same year as you, just meant the one I'm aiming for :smile:

(Jesus)

Ahh

, I can't actually remember which one's Jesus lol...what course are you wanting to apply to, d'you know?

Reply 15

jamesh_91

im staying at trinity and emmanuel college overnight for their science open days (NatSci Physical) i will also come down on the general open day with the parents to look round some of the possible colleges as not sure where to apply as of yet

will be applying later this year and fingers crossed i get an offer :smile:

Reply 16

cadaeibfeceh

Livi_510

Ahh

, I can't actually remember which one's Jesus lol...what course are you wanting to apply to, d'you know?

Economics

What languages do you want to do?

Reply 17

Livi_510

cadaeibfeceh

Economics

What languages do you want to do?

Ah, so many boys love Economics lol...don't see why with the teacher our school has :/. Was thinking French and German or French and Italian..who knows, I'm the most indecisive person ever so don't know how I'll end up choosing. Eek lol.