The Big 'Which Cambridge College?' Thread

Hello

Can someone tell me if there is a cambridge college with the following characteristics please

1)be a small and most importantly quite college

2) beutifull and green (as most colleges are)

3)have ensuite rooms

4)be close to where physical sciences are taught


If there is ,can you please tell me additional advantages or disadvantages?


Thanks in advance

Hi,

I'm not a NatSci so I don't know much about where the lectures are held, but that's quite a tall order! Since your college is going to be your home for the next several years, I think it's best to pick on the basis of the ones you like the feel of (before narrowing it down on the basis of practicality).

Pembroke seems to have a lot of NatScis and is fairly quiet but centrally located - officially, it's classed as a "medium-sized" college, but the large number of courtyards and gardens means that it feels much more homely. It doesn't have ensuite rooms, but you get a sink in your room and are generally only sharing a toilet between four people in the staircases (Foundress Court, the Travelodge-style accommodation, is slightly different), so that's not the end of the world.

I'd go through the prospectus and see which ones jump out at you, then try and apply reason. In the end, though, I'd go with your gut - the one you like the most when you visit is probably the one for you!

Hello

Can someone tell me if there is a cambridge college with the following characteristics please

1)be a small and most importantly quite college

2) beutifull and green (as most colleges are)

3)have ensuite rooms

4)be close to where physical sciences are taught


If there is ,can you please tell me additional advantages or disadvantages?


Thanks in advance

Hello

Can someone tell me if there is a cambridge college with the following characteristics please

1)be a small and most importantly quite college

2) beutifull and green (as most colleges are)

3)have ensuite rooms

4)be close to where physical sciences are taught


If there is ,can you please tell me additional advantages or disadvantages?


Thanks in advance

Hello

Can someone tell me if there is a cambridge college with the following characteristics please

1)be a small and most importantly quite college

2) beutifull and green (as most colleges are)

3)have ensuite rooms

4)be close to where physical sciences are taught


If there is ,can you please tell me additional advantages or disadvantages?


Thanks in advance

Hello

Can someone tell me if there is a cambridge college with the following characteristics please

1)be a small and most importantly quite college

2) beutifull and green (as most colleges are)

3)have ensuite rooms

4)be close to where physical sciences are taught


If there is ,can you please tell me additional advantages or disadvantages?


Thanks in advance

does clare college meet this requirements?

That's fair enough.

Although while we're talking about colleges and such like what do you think about the UMS situation at Pembroke? Does it consider UMS as a deciding factor that much more than other colleges as to warrant applying there?

Pembroke was my second choice, so it's not as if I hadn't even thought about it, but I am not applying there simply because of the rumour they favour UMS more than any other college. They all take UMS into account and I can't imagine it's used that much more at Pembroke, simply because the university has subject moderation and the pooling system. I know people who have gotten low 90s in their three best subjects and held offers at Pembroke.

What are your thoughts so far? Have you been to an open day? Got a shortlist of ones you like?

Concrete evidence of the Pembroke admissions tutor (Dr. Caroline Burt, for that matter) saying it? You'd just have to take my word, but there are others in the thread who have quoted this same statistic.

I don't think I've mentioned it in this thread, but there's a matter of correlation and causation here. She added that the interviews are mainly conformational, and those with high UMS tend to perform strongly at interview as they have passion for their subject and a strong work-ethic.

Exactly Tortious, I've quoted this a lot, but the admissions handbook says they don't want colleges saying A six at my college is an eight at your college! when rating candidates. For that reason, Pembroke surely would be challenged if they said a candidate with 100% UMS but a poor interview should be a ten, yet all the other colleges say that candidate should be an eight.

Yeah, it's just how you interpret the statistic. At no point did she say that Pembroke like UMS any more than other colleges. The lasting message was that AS-Levels are an overwhelming factor for the selection process (higher than GCSEs, reference, personal statement, etc) and that interviews were conformational. She then said do as best as you can in your AS-Levels (although I interpreted that to be because that was the only thing in our control at the time).

I've gone with Emmanuel because it was my favourite college, and I suggest others to choose their favourite as well.

Yeah, it's just how you interpret the statistic. At no point did she say that Pembroke like UMS any more than other colleges. The lasting message was that AS-Levels are an overwhelming factor for the selection process (higher than GCSEs, reference, personal statement, etc) and that interviews were conformational. She then said do as best as you can in your AS-Levels (although I interpreted that to be because that was the only thing in our control at the time).

I've gone with Emmanuel because it was my favourite college, and I suggest others to choose their favourite as well.

Hello

Can someone tell me if there is a cambridge college with the following characteristics please

1)be a small and most importantly quiet college

2) beutifull and green (as most colleges are)

3)have ensuite rooms

4)be close to where physical sciences are taught


If there is ,can you please tell me additional advantages or disadvantages?


Thanks in advance

I can't decide which to apply too...

At the open day, my two favourite colleges were Trinity and Christ's, both of which were awesome. I wanted to go to Trinity because it is where so many of the top scientists/mathematicians went, it's the biggest college (i.e. largest student body), and the buildings were beautiful (I'm a sucker for old, elaborate buildings ). I went to the open day in the mindset that I would apply to Trinity. Unfortunately there were no tours, so you could only see the buildings/gardens/{a student room}.

But I loved Christ's too (and Kings actually, but apparently it is quite informal, which I wouldn't like. That's part of going go Cambridge, after all, right?) when I was there. The quirky mathmo who was doing our tour was really friendly, and it just felt like a really welcoming place. It's the opposite of Trinity though size wise, as one of the smallest colleges!

I'm so torn, that I'm starting to lean more towards Christ's (yes I know that doesn't really make logical sense), as Trinity is supposedly the hardest college to get in to; and whilst Christ's won't be easy by any means, they sometimes give an easy offer to people! Odds of me getting one are infinitely small, granted, but they aren't exactly 0. Of course, I realise it would be somewhat foolish to choose where to apply to on this basis, but it's all I have to differentiate them at the moment!

I just can't make up my mind at all. What do you think of them both, which do you prefer, why?

I think everything you said about Christ's makes it the right choice for you. It's a welcoming place because it's smaller than Trinity, in my opinion.