The Big 'Which Cambridge College?' Thread

I'm at Pembroke, so in terms of facilities:

Just to add to this, the gym is 24 hours and on-site. And also Pembroke has squash courts at its pitches.

I didn't know that! Mind you, I never did get past the induction...

(Also, your last.fm "" in your sig appears to be broken - it won't open for me. )

Really? My DoS* will be happy.


*Nick McBride. I'm sure you'll have heard of him from "Letters to a Law Student"...

Odd question; but were you not at Pembroke/your College where would you rather be

I know everyone says "Jesus" (or at least that's what the Tsr guide for Jesus says iirc) but I'm not too sure why, and isn't there another college which people thought might've been a good choice were they not to pick their own?
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The Caius food is bad? Whilst it does sound expensive, the idea of 36 compulsory hall dinners per term sounds nice in that it brings the College community together and allows you to catch up with your amigos over food.
Is Pembroke really posh though? I thought that was one of the more friendly ones with Clare and Emma...
And I'm sure I read somewhere that it offers the cheapest accommodation too..

ty for thoughts though. Caius, Emma and Pembroke are the three I have been considering for some time.

Odd question; but were you not at Pembroke/your College where would you rather be

I know everyone says "Jesus" (or at least that's what the Tsr guide for Jesus says iirc) but I'm not too sure why, and isn't there another college which people thought might've been a good choice were they not to pick their own?
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Caius food is renowned for being terrible (although we Christies think it might be better than ours). The problem with the 36 compulsory dinners is that if you want to eat somewhere else/don't like the food, you still pay for them.

Pembroke's food is expensive. Their laundry's also expensive (I spent 15 minutes outside their laundry room once with little to do.). As for posh, it was more the feeling - I stayed there for a few nights and it was OK but parts of it felt posh to me. People have differing feelings about places

I can see why it might seem posh from the outside (from the buildings and grounds), but it really isn't.

Mmm. I wouldn't have said it's posh, but even if that were true, falling from the mantelpiece at a bop will quickly bring you crashing back down to earth when you land among the (literally!) "great unwashed".

what's pennying? :s

You'll find out.

Mmm. I wouldn't have said it's posh, but even if that were true, falling from the mantelpiece at a bop will quickly bring you crashing back down to earth when you land among the (literally!) "great unwashed".

Caught on a toss up between King's and Homerton for Physical Natural Sciences. I'm a reapplicant, King's plays to my strengths at random tests, but Homerton is just huge and takes almost twice as many students (Note: I know that they take a good portion of these from the pool themselves, but I'd hope not to get pooled). However, getting pooled from Homerton is pretty much a dead end, but King's has hope of being picked up by another college. (I (hope) to meet auto-pooling criteria).

What can people advise? Is there a college I've overlooked? I don't really fancy going for one of the 'physics' colleges again (ie Corpus, Tithall ) but I'm unsure whether King's is classed as one of these.

I did post this (on this page) but I was just wondering what your opinion on my predicament is. See below. Thanks!

Pembroke prospectus has arrived. It looks fantastic.

Iknowrite

When I ordered mine it came virtually the next day ^^
I was so impressed I re-ordered one for a friend. I wonder what he'll think ¦D

It's great in that they provide info on your specific subject too in a handout in the prospectus. Pembroke and Jesus are the only colleges I've found that mail you a prospectus (most just have a pdf online) and I've been very impressed with the quality of Pembroke and the speed of Delivery. Jesus was good too but it took far too long to arrive.

It's a great feeling getting the prospectus waiting for you when you come hone though.
<3 Pembroke