The Student Room Logo
This thread is closed

Matriculation Dinner

Elles
you don't generally have to go to any formal events ... other than your matriculation dinner when attendence is required



Matriculation Dinner, what dinner?

On Sat 15th October I need to be back home for a special occasion... anybody got any info about the "Matriculation Dinner"?

Start time, end time... how to get out of it???



.
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.

Latest