The Big 'Which Cambridge College?' Thread

Which colleges (list a few - all of them if possible) have the grandest, old, classic cambridge-esque libraries?
I know of trinity, but that's about it

Hey! I am an international student applying to Cambridge University for Economics.
I have submitted all required forms (including forecast results by my school).
My forecast results are as below,
Econs A, Math, Phy and Chem A*
For my college, we are given different forecast results from time to time as applications to different unis can be at different time of the year. My forecast results above are the first forecast. As my Econs teacher was not aware i was applying to Cambridge, she was quite strict with the first forecast (very strict indeed, no one in my whole class got A*!) as most of us would be using the 2nd forecast instead.
And my 2nd forecast for Econs is an A*!
my concern is my A in econs would affect my application a lot as applying to Cambridge is very competitive (around 50 from my school applied and most of them have straight A*s!) and i have requested to be interviewed overseas.
I'm not sure how much the grades matter, is there anything i can do now to make up for it? like emailing the college or whatever?
oh yeah, btw i'm applying to Emma.

Sorry for such a long post! and thanks in advance!

Hey guys,
I need to decide between Newnham and Robinson (to do Land Economy).

Any suggestions?

Fellow land economy applicant Good luck with your app!

Can I just ask which college you are applying for ?
Good luck to you too, so stressed!

hey just wanted to ask-
do you have to stay in a shared accomodation at cambridge? or can you have a room to your self?

All rooms at Cambridge are individual, I believe (at the very least, the vast, vast majority of rooms are individual) - you will most likely share a bathroom though. Some colleges do offer ensuites, however - Christ's offers ensuites for example.

I think it's more accurate to say that you won't be forced into a shared room if you don't want to. There are some rooms at Emma where you can choose to share with a friend a huge living room and then two independent bedrooms. I've also heard at Queens' you can have a shared room where you go through the other guy's bedroom to get your own.

Is it possible to have your boyfriend/girlfriend stay over when they come down to visit you?

I was looking at the admission statistics, and I see that last year, 1 in 4 people who applied for medicine got into Robinson, and 1 in 5 for Sidney Sussex. Would this be a reason for deciding Robinson? I know many people say that you have an equal chance everywhere but is this REALLY the case? I wouldn't think so for those that are heavily subscribed to (1 in 10 people getting in ).

Furthermore, Robinson's website said that BB was needed for BMAT which really isn't that bad compared to others? Again, is this something I really shouldn't look into? Does the slightly lower BMAT score mean that very high UMS is needed? I have no information at all about what Sidney expect in the BMAT. However, I think this might not matter because my UMS is slightly below average so I need to definitely perform well in the BMAT. Anyone have any information on this?

I apologise if this is in the wrong place, seems like a college question. Before you ask, I haven't visited either but they both seem like nice places.