Why are there all-girl colleges but not all-boy colleges in cambridge?

Nope But she is the scoutmaster at the university scouting society i heard Thats why.

Helenia have mercy upon me

Just wanted to add: most of my friends (and myself) applied directly to New Hall. I'm so thankful people generally grow out of asking "oh were you pooled?" by the second year (I'm in my third year now so have had two blissful years of people just accepting New Hall as it is!).

We had a vote in the first year about whether we should become mixed or remain single-sex and I voted for remaining single sex. I doubt we'll remain a female college for long now. My matriculation and graduation photos will be a marvel one day... (all girls at uni?! whaaaaaat?)

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Incidentally out of the dozen or so Newnham/New Hall girls I've met none have applied there -- in fact, they've all been quite keen to say early on that they were pooled, it's a "I'm not weird, I didn't actually want to go to a single-sex college" idea which they want to make clear!

cos can you imagine being around 300 lesbians every time it is 'that time of the month'! its for our own safety, i swear!

that's not even worth a response

immature little brat

got one though

is you 'on' at the moment then?!

let the name calling commence... you lesbian

and what's wrong with being a lesbian, might i ask?

since you felt the need to neg rep me for replying to you, i assure you that it's not personal for me either.

How come males outpreform females as you claim in oxford, when girls outpreform boys in highschool?

This is not true.

Firstly, St. Hilda's is rarely in the 'bottom 3' Norrington table positions. Bottom third, yes, but not always.

Secondly, statistical evidence shows it largely *is* men pulling up the scores in other colleges. Men get far more firsts relative to women than you might think (in Oxford at least), and in certain subjects (English at St. Hilda's, for example) students at female colleges frequently get not only the best women's results but the best results overall of any college.

Thirdly, it is indeed the case that male dons outnumber female dons at both Oxford and Cambridge, and this is itself an argument for the continued existence of women's colleges. However, this does not mean that academics based at women's colleges have any less 'eminence' than fellows of mixed colleges; I could name reams of female academics in women's colleges who are at the cutting edge of their fields.

Finally, posting unfounded speculation like the above can easily affect the perceptions of potential students who read these boards, so please think and check your facts before posting in future.

My information was based on the 'well researched' (according to one broadsheet national newspaper I cant remember) book 'Oxbridge entrance the real rules, by Elfi pallis, who states that 'those with academic ambitions should know that women at mixed colleges tend to get more firsts than those at women's colleges' ...'also the old catch-22 problem remains, as fewer women are eminent enough to be involved in the setting of exams, fewer of their students get the best possible exam preparation'...'the outcome is that exam results are middling at best. St Hilda's languishes towards the bottem of the Norrington table'

Apologies for any innaccuracies, but if what you say is true there are much more influential people using these 'incorrect' facts and figures than my little post.

Yes, but Elfi Pallis' book is a pile of ****e. The research is non-existent, the text is often wrong, and the analysis is moronic.

but Newnham is doing pretty well. it was 13th in whichever league thingy is relevant when i matriculated..