Prospective Gonville &amp; Caius Students

Yep, Economics for me. When were you up for interview?

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sjoshi64

Yep, Economics for me. When were you up for interview?

Wow!!! There's someone else!!! lol!

I went up for interview on the 16th...i don't think you were there..i didn't meet anyone there for economics.

What offer did they give you?

G

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Oh, right. I was up for interview on the 9th I think, it was a Tuesday. All I remember was hordes of Medics in the JCR. I absolutely loved the college, though.

They gave me AAA - what about you? Do they give most people AAA or AAB?

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sjoshi64

Oh, right. I was up for interview on the 9th I think, it was a Tuesday. All I remember was hordes of Medics in the JCR. I absolutely loved the college, though.

They gave me AAA - what about you? Do they give most people AAA or AAB?

They said the standard offer for law was AAB but they gave me a AAA offer as well. I'd have loved a AAB offer as a buffer zone....but i'm happy all the same!

G

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I'd have loved an EE offer .... as a buffer zone, obviously :smile:

But I'm happy with anything, after those weeks of waiting I'd have happy with AAAAAA.

Where did you stay during your interview? I stayed with a friend, so I didn't get to see what Harvery Court looks like. Also, why did you apply to Caius?

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sjoshi64

I'd have loved an EE offer .... as a buffer zone, obviously :smile:

But I'm happy with anything, after those weeks of waiting I'd have happy with AAAAAA.

Where did you stay during your interview? I stayed with a friend, so I didn't get to see what Harvery Court looks like. Also, why did you apply to Caius?

I travelled up there in the morning....had to wake up at 5:15am!!!!!!!

I just don't like spending the night in a place i'm not used to....i find i never get to sleep until the second night...which isn't very helpful!

I didn't see harvery court....just the main courts in trinity street.

I applied to Caius cos its got a great location, its larger than most colleges but its not overly large...and cos the stats said there was a below average application :redface:

ffers ratio for law last year!! lol!

What about you??

G

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Well the location was amazing, and most seemes to view it as a very traditional college which I liked. It's strong for economics historically, and has good fellows although only four of them. Evryone I talked to, almost without exception, said the food is rubbish! Every single person points this out, although when I went up it wasn't too bad at all.

Also, it looks amazing, and its reputation is fairly good. I know what U've said applies to more than one college, but I thought that Caius had the edge in many areas. Some colleges were just too big, especially St. John's I thought.

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sjoshi64

Well the location was amazing, and most seemes to view it as a very traditional college which I liked. It's strong for economics historically, and has good fellows although only four of them. Evryone I talked to, almost without exception, said the food is rubbish! Every single person points this out, although when I went up it wasn't too bad at all.

Also, it looks amazing, and its reputation is fairly good. I know what U've said applies to more than one college, but I thought that Caius had the edge in many areas. Some colleges were just too big, especially St. John's I thought.

Yeh...i didn't want a college that was too big....but not too small either cos then there are less people there..and i'd assume its harder to get into.

G

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Do you know if all first year undergraduates have to stay in Harvey Court? Or can some stay onsite first year?

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sjoshi64

Do you know if all first year undergraduates have to stay in Harvey Court? Or can some stay onsite first year?

Sorry- I have absolutely no idea!

G

Reply 11

Chegos

Hey, I got an offer for medicine: AAA, and im pretty chuffed cos my letter said it was a competitive year :smile:

I stayed in Harvey court once and its pretty good..nice garden and stuff. All the first years do live there so i suppoe they get to know each other pretty well.

Reply 12

dreamer

my friend does law at caius- he likes it a lot. he works damn hard, but he loves it. they have a college song by the way.

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Chegos

Hey, I got an offer for medicine: AAA, and im pretty chuffed cos my letter said it was a competitive year :smile:

I stayed in Harvey court once and its pretty good..nice garden and stuff. All the first years do live there so i suppoe they get to know each other pretty well.

Cool! Another person! When were you there for interview??

G

Reply 14

Chegos

I was there from sunday night and then had 3 interviews on monday morning

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RxB

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Harvey Court is architecturally minging. I live near it and I wish I didn't. But apparently the facilities are quite nice.

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Tek

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sjoshi64

Do you know if all first year undergraduates have to stay in Harvey Court? Or can some stay onsite first year?

An undergraduate I know said they all have stay in Harvey Court (so that would fit in with what Chegos said).

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rts

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this is something i have always wondered:

do people at gonville & caius ever see stephen hawking travelling around the college or is he way above that kind of thing? (job description wise)

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