The Durham College Allocation Thread (for 2015 entry)

Is it?? I was kind of worried about that, I love singing and drama and wanted to continue it at uni
Anyway I have an offer for Law and applied to Castle, can't wait to find out if I get in!

I'm pretty sure it is, in the prospectus it talks about how some of the colleges are very musical whilst others are more sporty, as a university as well it will have really good musical facilities I expect! It's so exciting, I can't wait for college allocations


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Applied for Engineering at Mary's no offer yet, but the more I've been waiting the more I've begun to think to myself my college doesn't matter nearly as much as it did when I first applied, a place at any college would make me happy :P Mary's is lovely though

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Didn't really care about colleges when I applied (lol that was a mistake) and put down Butler. How far apart are colleges from each other? Are they like next door or miles away or 10 minute walk etc? Can someone link me to a map of all the colleges and all departments? I will be reading chemistry!

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Thanks! If you don't mind me asking, which college did you apply to, and for which subject?

I think I have finally decided that it will be, for me my choice was between Exeter and Durham but I think Exeter will be my insurance (although I'm not sure I'm comfortable with such high insurance grades) you?


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Yeah, that's a good idea! Is your Durham offer AAA? What grades do you have to get for Exeter? I think Durham will probably be my firm. For me it was between Durham and St Andrews so I think St Andrews will be my insurance.

Didn't really care about colleges when I applied (lol that was a mistake) and put down Butler. How far apart are colleges from each other? Are they like next door or miles away or 10 minute walk etc? Can someone link me to a map of all the colleges and all departments? I will be reading chemistry!

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Is it?? I was kind of worried about that, I love singing and drama and wanted to continue it at uni
Anyway I have an offer for Law and applied to Castle, can't wait to find out if I get in!

Snap! I've an offer for law too and I've applied for castle


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Applied to Durham twice. Have an unconditional offer for Combined Honours at Durham still waiting for a reply for History . Applied to Josephine Butler, but kinda hoping i get allocated to Collingwood .

(I applied to Durham last year and firmed an offer from Collingwood, although my preference was Butler, but backed out at the last minute and went to Newcastle uni. I've now withdrawn from Newcastle and will be going to Durham in October! )

Don't worry, Butler is a very popular college as long as you want self catered! The hill colleges: Butler, Collingwood, Grey, St Aidan's, St Mary's, Trevelyan and Van Mildert are close to each other and very near (5-10 mins away from) the science site. The bailey colleges: Hatfield, St Chad's, St John's, St Cuthbert's and University are all close to each other in the centre of town. They are about 20 mins walk away from the science site. St Hild & St Bede is on it's own out the other end of town. It is about 30-40 mins away from the science site. Here is a link to the map from the Durham website: https://www.dur.ac.uk/undergraduate/accommodation/choosing/map/

Oh hi again knope, what have you been up to recently? I've still not been that well so that's why I decided to apply again for 2015 entry. I'm better than I was now though so hopefully I can actually go this time! I think Durham will probably be my firm (I finally decided between Durham and St Andrews haha). Are you going to the post application open day this year?