St Hilda&#x27;s College (Oxford) Students and Applicants

The JCR has a website! http://www.sthildasjcr.co.uk/ I even wrote some of the admissions stuff (okay, almost all of the admissions stuff) in the Prospective Students section. You should all go and admire it. Now.

(Great post, Queen_A! :biggrin:

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Quistis

The JCR has a website! http://www.sthildasjcr.co.uk/ I even wrote some of the admissions stuff (okay, almost all of the admissions stuff) in the Prospective Students section. You should all go and admire it. Now.

(Great post, Queen_A! :biggrin:

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The site really should be linked to from the college website as well, though, otherwise few prospective students are going to find it (unless they come here, of course). Have you spoken to Anne Wilson yet?

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The website isn't My Thing, but I really should suggest that the IT rep speaks to Anne Wilson about that - it is a very sensible idea. The JCR was emailed the URL when the site was put up, but I can't find the website on Google and so I'm not sure how prospective students would find it...

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Quistis

The website isn't My Thing, but I really should suggest that the IT rep speaks to Anne Wilson about that - it is a very sensible idea. The JCR was emailed the URL when the site was put up, but I can't find the website on Google and so I'm not sure how prospective students would find it...

Sorry, I got confused there and thought you were responsible for the whole thing. :redface:

Yes, I remember that email, but after having a quick look at the website, I just deleted the mail - like everybody else, I assume - and then couldn't find the link again. It makes sense that you couldn't find it through Google, by the way, because of the way Google works. It only picks up websites once they're being linked to from other (reasonably popular) sites, so if the link is here, on the TSR wiki and on the college website it should soon be listed.
In case you/the IT person need(s) to give convincing reasons why a link should be added:
the JCR site is an useful addition to the Alternative Prospectus, because it isn't just a static pdf file but is being regularly updated (?), so prospective students can see what is actually going on at the moment. This will give them a better idea of what college life is really like than just reading articles on specific topics (although those are of course also immensely useful :wink:

), and it will make it easier for them to uh feel as part of the community already because they can keep up with things. And for current students, it would make sense to add a link to the college intranet as well. After all, if more people see it, more people will become involved in it, it'll be updated more regularly and prospective applicants will see what a lovely active college community there is, etc.
Something along those lines should work. :p:

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Thanks. I didn't realise you were at Hilda's, by the way :smile:

It's an excellent idea to relate the JCR website to the Alternative Prospectus (which I am editing at the moment) - if you look at the last AP (from 3 years ago), the information about rent, food prices etc is totally out of date, and so it might be an idea to say in the new AP, "this information is correct at the time of going to press, but more current information may be available on the JCR website [insert URL here]", and having a page on the website giving current rents, food prices, and maybe even bar and buttery prices (because those will quickly get out of date too). That is a very good idea - thanks!

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Quistis

Thanks. I didn't realise you were at Hilda's, by the way :smile:

Yes, I'm a 3rd year - I shouldn't be here, really, because I ought to be revising... :eek:

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I know the feeling - I have exams at the end of Hilary and I know I should be working right now, but somehow the bright shiny screen is more attractive than learning about decerebrate cats...

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Queen_A

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hobnob

Yes, I'm a 3rd year - I shouldn't be here, really, because I ought to be revising... :eek:

Third year :eek:

...I'd hate to be you. I can't even motivate myself to revise for collections :frown:

And Quistis, I wanted to ask about what you'd put on the housing thread - my group totally haven't even started looking for houses, nor do we intend to this week! How many bedrooms does your house have? Is it on Cowley? Did a couple of you just make a decision, or did you all get together to go to hunt (which'll be really difficult for us)? I guess I'm not organised because I'm still hoping that I'll end up in college, as so many people'll be living out - it's just so much more convenient :p:

Oh and hobnob, are you in Christina Barrett? I'm so jealous if you are! What's the likelihood of getting it for third year?
EDIT: 500th post :eek:

. I really should get off TSR and do some work!

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I'm in Christina Barratt! I moved back into college in 6th week last term and luckily a girl was moving out, so I took her room.

I lived in a one-bedroomed flat with my boyfriend (who I had been in a relationship with for over a year before we moved in together - though we broke up in Michaelmas and that's why I went back into College) - it was just off Cowley Rd and I can PM you street name if you like, because there are houses on that street and it's a lovely quiet street and I would recommend the area. As there were only two of us, we hunted together. Please don't panic - it was hard finding 1/2 bedroom places when I was looking last year, but you don't need to worry, as there are always bigger places available well into February! The only incentive for looking earlier is to find the very nicest or cheapest houses, IMHO. I strongly recommend staying on the room ballot and trying to get a College room - you may not end up on-site but I think you stand a fair chance of getting an off-site room (most of these are down Iffley Rd).

And as for getting a CBB room in third year: if you get a Scholarship or Exhibition after your Prelims, you're virtually guaranteed to be high enough on the room ballot; if not, it's all down to luck. You're welcome in my room any time though. I can PM you the number. This is a serious comment - I haven't seen you since Freshers' Week, I don't think! I'd like to catch up with you!

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ktroo85

I'm in college accomodation this year too. I was supposed to be living out but for various reasons it fell through and so i emailed the accommodation officer she said she would put me on the waiting list and two days later I had a college room. I'm in one of the Iffley Road Houses and actually have two rooms (small bedroom and big study) and i share a big kitchen/dining area between six of us as well as the shower. the other advantage is I don't have to worry about sorting out an internet connection as I have the college system and I also have a really lovely scout.

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hobnob

It feels a little weird knowing that practically everybody else in the building is there because they did well in Mods, though. Almost as though I had sneaked in somehow.

Seconded! I feel as though I don't deserve my lovely room, the amazing kitchen and the ensuite bathroom, because I'm not as clever as the other occupants... I have Prelims in second year too (being a medic, I have two sets of Prelims in my first five terms), and actually want to do well this time, so the quiet environment (and hilarious number of bookshelves) really will help - if anyone reading this has Prelims in their second year, a word of advice: I'd definitely recommend living in College, as student houses are great fun but can be difficult to study in.

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Quistis

Seconded! I feel as though I don't deserve my lovely room, the amazing kitchen and the ensuite bathroom, because I'm not as clever as the other occupants... I have Prelims in second year too (being a medic, I have two sets of Prelims in my first five terms), and actually want to do well this time, so the quiet environment (and hilarious number of bookshelves) really will help - if anyone reading this has Prelims in their second year, a word of advice: I'd definitely recommend living in College, as student houses are great fun but can be difficult to study in.

Well, at least that means you can still justify your living in CBB through your second-year prelims, then. :biggrin:

I'll only be able to do that in retrospect - if at all. I'm such a fraud... Oh well, I keep telling myself it's only one of the corner rooms that are less popular anyway. :p:

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Yes! Part of me wants to get an Exhibition (I'm not clever enough to even dream about getting a Scholarship :tongue:

) this time around, so I can at least justify my room retrospectively! How sad. (Okay, I admit it, the real reason I want an Exhibition is the GOWN.)

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Quistis

Yes! Part of me wants to get an Exhibition (I'm not clever enough to even dream about getting a Scholarship :tongue:

) this time around, so I can at least justify my room retrospectively! How sad. (Okay, I admit it, the real reason I want an Exhibition is the GOWN.)

Everybody wants the gown. I bet that's the only function of those flimsy commoners' gowns: to make people jealous of the proper ones, so they try to get firsts in order to get the gown. :biggrin:

I thought only scholars got one, though?

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LatinMachine

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Queen_A

And Quistis, I wanted to ask about what you'd put on the housing thread - my group totally haven't even started looking for houses, nor do we intend to this week!

Oioi, speak for yourself my friend! Clarissa's already got brochures and I know the estate agent that Katie and Rach used :biggrin:

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hobnob

Everybody wants the gown. I bet that's the only function of those flimsy commoners' gowns: to make people jealous of the proper ones, so they try to get firsts in order to get the gown. :biggrin:

I thought only scholars got one, though?

Oh, I thought Exhibitioners did too - my reason for believing this is that one of my friends a couple of years above me got an Exhibition but, I seem to recall, had the cool gown. Memory may be misleading me though.

ALSO. I was at the Jenny Joseph exhibition launch in Michaelmas and I noticed how College described the great poet as "a Scholar of the College between 1950 and 1953" (the years may be wrong, but you get the idea :p:

). I then had fears that if I ever achieve anything and go back, College will be like, "Heather was a Commoner of the College between 2005 and 2008." I would hate for the world to be reminded of my lack of exam success :frown:

I have no idea if standard practice is to use the word "commoner", though, or whether they'd just describe a non-Scholar as a "student", thus masking my academic mediocrity.

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Quistis

I have no idea if standard practice is to use the word "commoner", though, or whether they'd just describe a non-Scholar as a "student", thus masking my academic mediocrity.

As far as I know, the word's only used for distinguishing the gown types now. At any rate I've never heard the phrase "a commoner of the college" in any context whatsoever - and considering how many of those there must be, I'd say that's a pretty strong indication the phrase isn't used. Didn't the Principal refer to that woman who's going to succeed her as a "former student of the college" in her official email? I bet if "commoner" were the correct word in that context, she'd have used it. :wink:

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Thanks for the clarification. :smile:

*feels rather silly for worrying about that now, and returns to simple gown-lust*

Oooh, I can't remember the Principal's email. *searches Herald for re-reading joy*

Edit: it says "[name] is an alumna of the College". So you didn't remember the exact word - SHAME ON YOU, HOBNOB - but you were right about the sentiment :smile:

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