Queens' College (Cambridge) Students and Applicants

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I've just received the accommodation preference form. Just a few questions to those currently at Queens', any help would be great and much appreciated.

Does an en-suite room in Cripps generally mean that the non-en-suite part of the room is smaller than it would be in a non-ensuite room? (Sorry I haven't said that very well)

I have a choice of floors, do any floors in Cripps have slightly higher quality rooms than other and if so which?

What's your opinion on an outward-view vs inward-view room?

En-suite is more expensive and in my opinion not worth it unless you have a morbid horror of sharing a bathroom. The non-ensuite bit of the room will necessarily be smaller to fiot the bathroom in, although sometimes it's not strictly ensuite, just a private lockable bathroom across the corridor.

The top floor of Cripps has much bigger and nicer rooms, but it's also *much* more expensive. Otherwise I'd recommend going for first or second floor - stairs are hard work, especially when moving in with all your stuff!

Inward-views tend to be cheaper, but they have the disadvantage of a) a view into the ugly Cripps' Court b) people can see into your window from the rooms across the court. (I have a friend who got caught out by the fact that when it is dark outside and your room light is on, the net curtain doesn't help all that much! ) Outward-views are (often) prettier, if pricier. Oh, and with some of them you have the snag of random people outside being able to look into your window, it's just less likely to happen than with a court view. C staircase has a nice view of the grove, which is pretty, and B faces the river, which is also pretty, but gets noisy in summer because of the tourists and people on punts.

Hope this helps.

I'm almost certainly going to get stuck in a tiny room in bloody Cripps again, given that degrading means I don't get a choice of accomodation. Do not want. -_- As long as it isn't above the second floor though... </lazy>

They confirmed my place over the phone but still haven't updated it on UCAS so I don't feel completely relieved just yet.

Can someone who's received the various letters because they got an offer earlier on explain the accommodation and utilities charges? I'm not awfully clear on the whole metering/fixed prices for gas and electricity.

Thanks.

Congratulations to all the new Queens(wo)men!

AFAICT we just get charged a flat rate for heating and electricity - it's averaged out over everyone, and it gets put on your college bill. But I've never paid that much attention to what I'm paying the college.

Thanks for the congrats ! I was wondering if you could give me an idea on how much the meals cost, I hear the chef is good so i'm guessing they'll be pretty expensive.

Also do you remember if you found out about which accommodation you got pretty much straight after your place was confirmed or did they leave it till a week before term started? Thanks in advance

Ahahaha. I wouldn't get your hopes too high about food. It's decent for mass catering, but that's about the best I can say about it - I'd reckon on about three or four quid for supper, including pudding.

I honestly can't remember about the accommodation, but I recall that it came a fair while before term started, though after my place was confirmed

I need to know what to do before I get there... I'm sure there's loads of stuff I need to buy. Espesh clothes... sub fusc? Black tie..?

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