The Big 'Which Cambridge College?' Thread

Though, I'm sure you'd have fun at any college you went to really.

Sadly, it was only voted the 7th best. If you want good May Balls undoubtedly colleges such as St John's and Trinity throw the best ones.

However Clare and King's have cellars which people frequently frequent, and as already said Queens has popular bops/ents and Emma had the student run bar. Though, I'm sure you'd have fun at any college you went to really.

Even Christ's?

Oh and Rudrax, Hmph...

Sadly, it was only voted the 7th best. If you want good May Balls undoubtedly colleges such as St John's and Trinity throw the best ones.

However Clare and King's have cellars which people frequently frequent, and as already said Queens has popular bops/ents and Emma had the student run bar. Though, I'm sure you'd have fun at any college you went to really.

Any college recommendations for someone applying for History?

I've narrowed it down to Trinity, Christ's, Clare, Emmanuel, Homerton, Gonville & Caius, Jesus, Pembroke....but I'm still open to others. Just definitely not Corpus Christi-- totally put off by the fact that 2nd and 3rd year rooms are based on academic results.

Good (en-suite if possible??) accommodation and facilities (not necessarily to do with sports, but I love a large library) would be the best. Small size is preferable but I really don't mind that much. As for location as long as it's not too far from my lectures I wouldn't mind.

Are any colleges harder to get into than others? I eliminated the colleges doing a test at interview first =P

There's no en suite accomodation at Emma for the first year - I'm not sure how much there is for subsequent years. The accomodation is far from slummy, but if you really want en suite you should probably strike Emmanuel off the list. Which is a shame, because it's awesome in every way

definitely not Corpus Christi-- totally put off by the fact that 2nd and 3rd year rooms are based on academic results.

are you sure you want to consider Christ's then?

.....................Why do they do the same thing there as well

yes, they do.

Oh my god. So is it just Christs and Corpus Christi---any other colleges?

Where is the list? I've looked online for the past few minutes and can't find anything.

Hi guys,
I'm having a lot of trouble deciding on a college, and my tutor's pushing me to make a decision!
Ideally I'd like:

Fairly large college
Old/pretty
Central
Don't mind if it has a snobby reputation
Not really elite
Gym preferably!
Would love to be on the backs or with some grounds - bit of a country girl me!

Thanks a lot.

Oh, I'm going up to Cambridge on Friday to look around - any advice about how to go about it?

Lol, no, I'm definitely not going to cross out Emmanuel just because it doesn't offer en-suite! It's just an ideal option. Please expand on the awesomeness?

What list? Do you mean the one for best parties in the world? It was featured in Time Magazine as far as I know.

Yes, I was referring to the Time Magazine list...but I still can't find it. Obviously it's not the most important search in the world, but I am curious.

Went to Cambs today with my dad (live about 30mins away) to go to Kettle's Yard, but he was doing his tour guide thing (he used to be asst. catering manager at Kings or something) trying to convince me not to go to Warwick mostly I think , where actually he's also worked but I don't think he was that impressed.

The worrying think though is that I managed to walk right past Peterhouse twice without noticing