Is it legal to drink in college bars if you're under 18?

Hi, I'm pretty sure I shouldnt be asking this here, but I'm also going to be 17 if I were to go to Cambridge, and I've seen many colleges have age requirements.
For example, do you guys know if Kings College Cam. admits under 18s? It says on the website:

"Most of our students are at least 18 years old when they begin their first term of study at King's. We usually ask candidates who would at that stage be younger than 18 to apply for deferred entry. We are always happy to discuss plans for a gap year with potential students. Applicants who would be 21 or over when they start the course need to apply as a mature student."

Which is very confusing Will they make me apply for deferred entry?
If you guys are studying there, do you know if some people under 18 are studying there too?

Thanks, and sorry I'm butting in to your legal drinking threat :P

No idea if they'd make you apply for deferred entry, but there are a couple of people I know at my college (Pembroke) who started at 17, so it's not entirely unheard of. Best ring the college to clarify.

How are people starting Uni at 17? Surely you'd be in the school year after, if your birthday is in September or later, so you'd be at least 18 when you start? I didn't think universities admitted under 18's? Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm just surprised!

I will be nearly 18 but still 17, my birthday is 1st December '96.
I skipped a year, and now it's just making me really angry- yes, unfortunately, most unis in the UK want you to be over 18 (ucl barts imperial etc.) However, in Scotland theres no age requirement, and apparently there isn't one in cambridge (on the official uni site). However, when you look at the colleges and finally end up choosing your dream one, the stupid requirement shows up unexpectedly

How are people starting Uni at 17? Surely you'd be in the school year after, if your birthday is in September or later, so you'd be at least 18 when you start? I didn't think universities admitted under 18's? Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm just surprised!

Hi, I'm pretty sure I shouldnt be asking this here, but I'm also going to be 17 if I were to go to Cambridge, and I've seen many colleges have age requirements.
For example, do you guys know if Kings College Cam. admits under 18s? It says on the website:

"Most of our students are at least 18 years old when they begin their first term of study at King's. We usually ask candidates who would at that stage be younger than 18 to apply for deferred entry. We are always happy to discuss plans for a gap year with potential students. Applicants who would be 21 or over when they start the course need to apply as a mature student."

Which is very confusing Will they make me apply for deferred entry?
If you guys are studying there, do you know if some people under 18 are studying there too?

Thanks, and sorry I'm butting in to your legal drinking threat :P

Hi, I'm a fresher this year, and annoyingly for me my birthday is quite late in the year and so I'm still technically seventeen when I enter Cambridge. I just wanted to double check whether it's legal to drink in college bars if you're under 18, or legal to drink if there's alcohol in JCR parties etc.

Hi, I'm pretty sure I shouldnt be asking this here, but I'm also going to be 17 if I were to go to Cambridge, and I've seen many colleges have age requirements.
For example, do you guys know if Kings College Cam. admits under 18s? It says on the website:

"Most of our students are at least 18 years old when they begin their first term of study at King's. We usually ask candidates who would at that stage be younger than 18 to apply for deferred entry. We are always happy to discuss plans for a gap year with potential students. Applicants who would be 21 or over when they start the course need to apply as a mature student."

Which is very confusing Will they make me apply for deferred entry?
If you guys are studying there, do you know if some people under 18 are studying there too?

Thanks, and sorry I'm butting in to your legal drinking threat :P

Are they studying medicine?
Seeing as Pembroke states "we encourage those who are very young (i.e. would be coming up to Pembroke under the age of 18) to defer." and you said they're studying, you made me more optimistic :P

I emailed them and waiting for a reply, but Im really panicking and was hoping you guys could calm me down

Oh, don't worry about butting in, it's a valid question Basically I think the rule is that if you skipped a year and that's the reason why you're going to be 17 on entry, then yes you need to defer a year. But for me, I never skipped a year - it's just that my school has a weird system of birthdays counted from January to December, and so a small proportion of students end up being 17 on entry. So if you're 17 because you're one of those extreme "summer babies" that somehow ended up entering school at the age of four, then you should be allowed into those unis without needing to defer.

Does that answer you question?

Hi, I'm a fresher this year, and annoyingly for me my birthday is quite late in the year and so I'm still technically seventeen when I enter Cambridge. I just wanted to double check whether it's legal to drink in college bars if you're under 18, or legal to drink if there's alcohol in JCR parties etc.

Hey I skipped a year and was seventeen upon entry to Downing. It was absolutely no issue except my parents needed to send in a note basically making the college my guardian for a few months ( though that could have been a visa requirement thing, not sure). The was another under 18 girl in my year (also foreign) and two boys with late birthdays (both early oct). It was no problem for any of us except they did have our pictures hanging behind the wall in the bar until we were old enough.