What do you want to know about Cambridge?

Sounds pretty awesome! Are you allowed to attend formals in other colleges?

Yes, do visit, it's so lovely Very pretty and very peaceful for a central college. It's sort of a bit like Christ's in a way, in that there's a good variety of architecture and it's quite spacious.

I want to meet Stephen Hawking too...how often does he attend these formal halls, exactly?

Hii! Is the Homerton library all new and not Hogwarts-y? I think I remember seeing a picture once and thinking '... Oh ' But in any case - is it adequate?

How do Cambridge students view Anglia Ruskin students?

Twice a year (or was it term) I was told :P. Should have applied to Caius instead of Pembroke !

Homerton's library is spacious and modern "unfortunately." You can find a picture of it in the Cambridge prospectus:

http://www.cam.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/publications/prospectus/docs/colleges.pdf

This may not be your preference but trust me, you will feel much better working in a well lit environment and it really is very good for a college library.

But, and this may console you, our hall was second choice for the actual Hogwarts Great Hall in the films. So yeah, we have our share of nice architecture:

http://www.metal-ions2011.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Great-Hall-Dinner.png

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But, and this may console you, our hall was second choice for the actual Hogwarts Great Hall in the films. So yeah, we have our share of nice architecture:

http://www.metal-ions2011.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Great-Hall-Dinner.png

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caius- their formal is ghastly.

Yes, though you have to be a guest of a member of that college. Plenty of people try to go to formal at all of the colleges during their time there; I think I managed 19.

And Stephen Hawking is seen around in Caius fairly regularly, but is usually on top table so you wouldn't ordinarily get to talk to him. My brother-in-law is a fellow there and apparently their top table food is much better than the standard undergrad hall fare.

Which colleges have cats?

Which colleges have the most cats?

Of the colleges that have cats, which are the cutest?

Of the colleges that have cats, which are the friendliest?

How prominent a role do the college cats play in the lives of Cambridge undergraduates?

To what extent would you argue that the college cats are the single most important influence in the personal support of the Cambridge undergraduates?

(Edit: I should add this disclaimer, for any miserable TSR cat-haters, that I do not expect these questions to be answered...)

Congratulations to all those that received offers and commiserations to those that got rejected. For those of you in the pool, stay afloat and I hope that you get fished!

Anyway, after I got my offer last year there were around a million things that I wanted to know about Cambridge. Sadly, there wasn't any one place where I could ask questions so I had to resort to the Cambridge Current Students Chat Thread. Considering that the scummy O****d lot currently have a thread like this, I thought it would be a good idea to start one. Offer-holders can post questions and current students can attempt to answer them and dispel any misconceptions.

I'll start off with a few common questions and then people can start asking some of their own.

Is the workload really as tough as everyone says?

There is indeed a hell of a lot of work and you're expected to do a lot for supervisions, but it's certainly manageable and you can still manage to do a lot of social activities. The way I see it, people get given offers because they're thought to be capable to handle the heavy workload.

Will I be able to enjoy myself what with all the work?

This is kind of an extension of the previous question but in short, yes. People often find themselves fitting their work around their social lives rather than the other way round. Obviously, being Cambridge, some people do work ridiculously hard and you never see them but those people are in the minority.

Are people as stuck up as everyone says?

Not at all. The vast majority of people are incredibly normal and you don't even know whether or not people are from a private school or a state school. There are, of course, ridiculously posh, pompous gits but they tend to stick their own 'type' of people.

Those are just a few that I've come up with from the top of my head but feel free to ask anything!

How do Cambridge students view Anglia Ruskin students?

What, and put up with the yukky food, exhorbitant traditions, swarms of pesky tourists and lack of space?

No thank you, my good man. I'm only marginally concerned by the reputation it seems to have as a college of people who are "always high"...

What, and put up with the yukky food, exhorbitant traditions, swarms of pesky tourists and lack of space?

No thank you, my good man. I'm only marginally concerned by the reputation it seems to have as a college of people who are "always high"...

Which colleges have cats?

Which colleges have the most cats?

Of the colleges that have cats, which are the cutest?

Of the colleges that have cats, which are the friendliest?

How prominent a role do the college cats play in the lives of Cambridge undergraduates?

To what extent would you argue that the college cats are the single most important influence in the personal support of the Cambridge undergraduates?

(Edit: I should add this disclaimer, for any miserable TSR cat-haters, that I do not expect these questions to be answered...)

Now now, where do you hear all these rumours from? They are most certainly not true! (...Not that I'm even there yet of course!)

Come on, it's not like Pembroke's much better! :P

Yes, do visit, it's so lovely Very pretty and very peaceful for a central college. It's sort of a bit like Christ's in a way, in that there's a good variety of architecture and it's quite spacious.

I want to meet Stephen Hawking too...how often does he attend these formal halls, exactly?

Sounds pretty awesome! Are you allowed to attend formals in other colleges?