The Student Room Group
do you know when the decisions will be sent out? or have they been sent out already?
Reply 2
Can you shut up with that stuff please?
Reply 3
Rofl
Can you shut up with that stuff please?
I second that motion...
sorry for being over-stressed and annoying...
Reply 6
Don't worry. You aren't annoying anybody - really. It was that idiot whose name I've forgotten who's now deleted the other post (and all the others identical to it, I see). Good luck, anyway.

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Reply 7
I got allocated to St. Hilda's for my 3rd college while I was in Oxford. The tutors were lovely (well 2 out of 3) but I just don't wanna go to an all girls college. So I'm really hoping my offer doesn't come from them, it'll be a hard decision...
Reply 8
St. Hilda's IS lovely, and FWI, probably going co-ed in the next 2 years, so I wouldn't worry too much if you do get an offer from them. The English tutors I know are genuinely lovely people who really try to get the best from you (however hard that may prove in my case), and overall the college is far less stuck up and insular than other colleges (*cough ChCh cough*(and remember every college has their cliches!))

However, obviously it's not right for some people, but, to bear in mind the inevitable change to co-ed status and the fact that we are definately not at the bottom of the Norrington table (English got 7 firsts last year, highest in the uni), I think it would be nice if this thread could not degenerate into the usual hilda-bashing.

:smile:
I second that. People always say Hilda's is at the bottom of the Norrington Table, and it really isn't. It's a beautiful place to live (the grounds are gorgeous; Hilda's in the early-morning-running-to-lectures mist is stunning) and I wouldn't change it for the college I applied to for love nor money.

I hope you get offers, keep us informed!
Reply 10
Feefifofum
I second that. People always say Hilda's is at the bottom of the Norrington Table, and it really isn't. It's a beautiful place to live (the grounds are gorgeous; Hilda's in the early-morning-running-to-lectures mist is stunning) and I wouldn't change it for the college I applied to for love nor money.

I hope you get offers, keep us informed!


It would take more than just love and money to convince you to leave for another college. You're a stunner :rolleyes:
Reply 11
Feefifofum
I second that. People always say Hilda's is at the bottom of the Norrington Table, and it really isn't. It's a beautiful place to live (the grounds are gorgeous; Hilda's in the early-morning-running-to-lectures mist is stunning) and I wouldn't change it for the college I applied to for love nor money.

I hope you get offers, keep us informed!


I just got an offer from St Hilda's, and having thought it through, just wanted to know a little more about your experience there. Besides Norrington, what is the general attitude of other students there towards Hilda's students? Do you find that you do less work than other colleges? Do arts students tend to have more friends in college than out? What are the sports like? Is there a chapel? Do you tend to get visitors from other colleges at Hilda's for subjects like PPE??

With regard to other students, do they also tend to loves St Hilda's above all other colleges, even their initial choice college? (I think 50% are pooled...or is it 25% :confused: )

What college did you originally apply for (please don't say Magdalen, that makes 3 people... :frown: ).
Sorry, that's a lot of questions! :redface:
Reply 12
Queen_A
I just got an offer from St Hilda's, and having thought it through, just wanted to know a little more about your experience there. Besides Norrington, what is the general attitude of other students there towards Hilda's students? Do you find that you do less work than other colleges? Do arts students tend to have more friends in college than out? What are the sports like? Is there a chapel? Do you tend to get visitors from other colleges at Hilda's for subjects like PPE??

With regard to other students, do they also tend to loves St Hilda's above all other colleges, even their initial choice college? (I think 50% are pooled...or is it 25% :confused: )

What college did you originally apply for (please don't say Magdalen, that makes 3 people... :frown: ).
Sorry, that's a lot of questions! :redface:


Well, some people in Oxford have very bad attitudes to St. Hilda's, but only very few, and most people are grown up enough to be perfectly normal about it. I don't think we do less work than other colleges, I know for a fact that my friend doing biology does more essays a week than other people from other colleges. It's a myth that St. Hilda's is not as challenging intellectually, it's still Oxford after all, and, as in most places, what you get out depends on what you put in. There is a chapel. As an Arts student, I have more friends in college than out, but I've only been there a term, there's plenty of time for widening social networks! The beauty of university is you can make friends with whoever you want! I don't know much about sport or PPE I'm afraid, although Fiona might be able to fill you in...?
Other people's reactions to the college vary, but most people do love it, despite it's occansional drawbacks. Of course there are some that don't, but the same goes for other colleges. I applied to HIlda's, even though I went to a mixed school all my life, and I'm glad I did, although obviously sometimes feel envious of quads! But I wouldn't like to go to a college where you can't walk on the grass!
Jenski
Hey..I started this thread to be about being allocated to St. Hilda's, not ANOTHER thread about when letters will come! It seems that every thread on here is being hijacked by people asking when they'll hear.


My apologies. I think this nightmare won't happen anymore after this week...
Jenski

I got an offer for Biological Sciences thismorning and it's for Magdalen.

Congratulations!

Jenski
at one point half of the OUSU heads came from Hilda's!

After knowing about this, I will be disappointed if I cannot get in. It's such a challenging environment to live in!! :smile:
[quote]I just got an offer from St Hilda's, and having thought it through, just wanted to know a little more about your experience there.
Besides Norrington, what is the general attitude of other students there towards Hilda's students? Mixed. Sometimes negative yes, but it's generally unsubstantiated, just stereotypical.
Do you find that you do less work than other colleges?What?! Of course not! I do as much work as Classicists at other colleges; sometimes quite a lot more.
Do arts students tend to have more friends in college than out? Erm... this depends completely on the individual. I have loads of friends at other colleges; other people have next to none.
What are the sports like? Sport is very good at Hilda's. We are the closest college to the Iffley Sports Gound (the main uni facility); there is a wide rage of sports teams, and rowing is very popular. Again, sports is an activity which you can involve yourself in completely or ignore completely; it's up to the individual.
Is there a chapel? Yes, there is. I don;'t like it one bit though. It's not an old chapel (the original one was closed for some reason), but rather some modernist thing. Personal taste I suppose. They do offer services for most denominations, and the CU is fairly active.
Do you tend to get visitors from other colleges at Hilda's for subjects like PPE?? Visitors? I'm afraid I don't know what you mean. Visintg students in tutes? Visiting tutors?
With regard to other students, do they also tend to loves St Hilda's above all other colleges, even their initial choice college? (I think 50% are pooled...or is it 25% )Once again, this is a personal choice. I love it, as do most of the people I know there. There are people who don't like it, just as there are at other colleges. The general ratios are 50% pooled, 25% open app, 25% applied.
What college did you originally apply for (please don't say Magdalen, that makes 3 people... ). Brasenose; I really didn't like the place. I was considering rejecting it even if they did make me an offer.
Sorry, that's a lot of questions!

Oxford, and Hilda's, are experiences that every person reacts to differently. The majority of people love it though. It's your college: you can immerse yourself in it wholeheartedly and never venture outside its walls except for lectures, you can hardly ever spend any time there, or you can chooose a middle route and spend your time in wherever takes your fancy. And yes, I do the last. It's my college, not a prison, as Zoraster said.