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I remember a freshers' dinner at my college.
But probably differs from college to college.
Reply 2
*momentarily revels in her status as spreading gospel truth & accuracy..* :rolleyes:

before i inspire widespread panic - that was for my college & the others i know of.
having a "matriculation dinner" might not necessarily be even a uni wide thing, or that attendence is strictly necessary everywhere.

(but the point i was making in the context of the post & thread you lifted that from was just that there are very few really compulsory formal events & if your college has such a dinner such as this it is probably the only thing where your 'invitation' is actually more of a dictat! )

& ours was on the friday anyway actually. but as ever, these things vary from college to college - so more specific enquiries would be needed. :smile:
Reply 3
Elles
*momentarily revels in her status as spreading gospel truth & accuracy..* :rolleyes:

before i inspire widespread panic - that was for my college & the others i know of.
having a "matriculation dinner" might not necessarily be even a uni wide thing, or that attendence is strictly necessary everywhere.

(but the point i was making in the context of the post & thread you lifted that from was just that there are very few really compulsory formal events & if your college has such a dinner such as this it is probably the only thing where your 'invitation' is actually more of a dictat! )

& ours was on the friday anyway actually. but as ever, these things vary from college to college - so more specific enquiries would be needed. :smile:



Sorry for the 'out-of-context-quote' but I didn't want to hijack that thread...

Does anyone know if Pembroke have one planned? Their JCR website has been down for a while now and there was no mention of it in the Freshers' Pack.
Reply 4
Do you have any college parents you can ask? They should remember from last year.
Reply 5
oxymoron
Do you have any college parents you can ask? They should remember from last year.


No parents, I'm an orphan. :frown:
If I come across any Pembrokians, I'll ask them... I might meet one next week.
Reply 7
fleur-de-lis
If I come across any Pembrokians, I'll ask them... I might meet one next week.


Appreciate it. :wink:
Reply 8
it costs a lot! for that money, i'd rather go to a Pizza hut and eat some decent junk food:biggrin:
Reply 9
in the freshers pack for pembroke there was the timetable which showed 2 nights with freshers dinners planned. guess thats the same sort of thing
Mate, if you have an excuse to get out of a formal dinner with your tutors, GET OUT WHILE YOU CAN.

They may be eminent but if their idea of conversation is "So, do you have a bike yet?" it's not worth it.
Reply 11
Phil23
it costs a lot! for that money, i'd rather go to a Pizza hut and eat some decent junk food:biggrin:


wtf? they charge you for your matric dinner? :eek:
how cheeky.. like major college formal dinner events (as opposed to society/club ones) ours was free.. :smile:
We had two dinners- the MCR one was free but the college one was a really affordable 3 pounds.
ah yes, matric dinner.
the lamb was still raw (bloody) and it took my all to the send it flying into my tutor's lap - who set next to me.
Was on high table - not sure why, too near the warden for comfort.