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Stick Man
I think non-ensuite Cripps bathrooms are between 3 people.
BB is definitely between 4 (happy memories...), but I'm not sure about the others. To be perfectly honest, sharing between 4 was no problem, and I doubt 1 less person would have made any difference. Just be thankful you don't get scaffolding and 8am-6pm building works 6 days a week.
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Hey! I was on FF in my first year and shared bathroom between 3. I'm third year and chosen to be in Dockett this year though so itlll def b great over there too! xxx
FF is between three I think, as the rooms are a bit bigger. Plus in Cripps there's a seperate shower and WC room, so you won't get caught short just because your neighbour. Or in Johnrambo's case last year you won't have to wait for your shower because your neighbour is too busy vomiting. Sorry about her, btw, she is an awful awful human being. :P
Four weeks in a B room? I spent thirty weeks in one. They're perfectly ok -- you get a sink in your room and all of the wood in the entire building is oak. It's not your whole life you get to live in a building with loads of oak panelling.
Four weeks in a B room? I spent thirty weeks in one. They're perfectly ok -- you get a sink in your room and all of the wood in the entire building is oak. It's not your whole life you get to live in a building with loads of oak panelling.
SiMonTisT
Howdy! Looks like we'll be neighbours - CC11 here 
Ace!
I'll see you there, then! EDIT: In other news, I've finally got myself a new duvet cover! It all feels real now!
coldfish
Or in Johnrambo's case last year you won't have to wait for your shower because your neighbour is too busy vomiting. Sorry about her, btw, she is an awful awful human being. :P
It wasn't so much the vomiting that got to me - it was more the locked door and a very strange snoring-like sound coming from within. I have to admit that it confused me a little at first, but once a well-meaning friend (remaining anonymous) spent the next hour outside my door doing his best to motivate a semi-conscious girl to pick herself up off the floor to unlock the door so he could help her get to bed the exact nature of the situation became clear. Then there was the time that same well-meaning friend was helping said drunken girl (now locked out at 3 in the morning) to open her door with the aid of henry the hoover (not sure he had thought that through entirely), only to be confronted by a rather confused porter and lectured on the proper degree of respect for college property.
Both of these events had sufficient novelty value that - rather than tainting an otherwise positive memory of my last year's room - they both figure prominently in my top-ten list of all time most interesting ways to be woken up in the middle of the night. They certainly beat the fire alarm for comic value. The only downside being that they both preceded 6 o'clock rowing, but I guess that's my own fault.
...the moral of the story here being: while it's nice to get a big room with an ensuite etc., your neighbours can be a far more significant factor if they want to be. (I hope this gave an illuminating glimpse into the sort of events that may well colour your next year.)
rofl. I don't think she remembers either of those events, but I will remind her at every opportunity I get. The whole college is saved from aforementioned unconscious/drunk girl next year, whilst she is set loose in Berlin. Mercy has been shown to you, freshers.
Though she is very entertaining, and not always drunk or unconscious. Honest.
Though she is very entertaining, and not always drunk or unconscious. Honest.
Help!
I got a room on the second floor in Dokett. I am really in despair and frustrated because it was my very LAST choice! I don't know why they sent me this stupid list of choices if they finally gave me the room I wanted the least. (I am international student but I do not need to stay in the college during holidays so this cannot be a reason).
I would be very thankful if someone could write something about Dokett (apart from information that nobody wants to live there
). I've learnt that showers and toilets are only in basements. How many of them are there? So if I want to brush my teeth in the morning, do I have to go down two floors and moreover wait thirty minutes in a queue? Are there separate showers/toilets for men/women?
How many first year students live there? I'm afraid of being totally out of social life because of living there (in addition, I chose oriental studies so I'll meet no more than 2 persons from my course in the college, I suppose).
Maybe someone knows if there is any chance to change the room? I plan to write an e-mail to the accomodation officer but I doubt if it may help.
P.S. I am sorry for complaining so much but I really don't want to live there...
I got a room on the second floor in Dokett. I am really in despair and frustrated because it was my very LAST choice! I don't know why they sent me this stupid list of choices if they finally gave me the room I wanted the least. (I am international student but I do not need to stay in the college during holidays so this cannot be a reason).
I would be very thankful if someone could write something about Dokett (apart from information that nobody wants to live there
). I've learnt that showers and toilets are only in basements. How many of them are there? So if I want to brush my teeth in the morning, do I have to go down two floors and moreover wait thirty minutes in a queue? Are there separate showers/toilets for men/women?How many first year students live there? I'm afraid of being totally out of social life because of living there (in addition, I chose oriental studies so I'll meet no more than 2 persons from my course in the college, I suppose).
Maybe someone knows if there is any chance to change the room? I plan to write an e-mail to the accomodation officer but I doubt if it may help.
P.S. I am sorry for complaining so much but I really don't want to live there...
Which staircase are you in, btw? The fact that nobody wants to live there doesn't mean that it's bad, it means that people are stupid, because Dokett is really lovely. The chances are that you've got a B room, which are admittedly very small, but that's not a huge deal.
Every room in Dokett has a sink, so you don't need to go to the basement to brush your teeth etc. There is never ever a queue for a shower/toilet in the basements, because there are seven WCs and about as many showers. There are not seperate facilities for men and women, but each shower cubicle is in its own lockable room so there's plenty of space to get changed/unchanged in private. The showers are also the best in college... I think the fact that they are in the basement affects their water pressure or something.
There is really very little chance of changing rooms. It was last on your list, but probably last on everybody else's too. Somebody has to live there. But, and this is important: it's not so bad. About twenty/thirty odd first years live there, as well as almost that many third years (this time around). It's a nice little community, and you will get to know each other as well as plenty of other people in the year. It's not just based on subject and accommodation, and this is the best part about the collegiate system. The fact that you all use the same bar/buttery/etc means that you have loads of opportunity for meeting people.
When I got given a Dokett room I despaired slightly too. I was in a fortunate position of having somebody I knew (from the internet) also assigned to Dokett too. The fact is that I've got plenty of close friends that didn't live in Dokett and don't do my subject, as does everybody that lived in Dokett in their first year.
Perhaps this is the best piece of evidence you can get pro-Dokett: Out of the people who lived there with me in our first year, many (including me) returned there out of choice in their third year. I'm looking forward to meeting all of the first year Doketteers when I get back in October.
Edit: Oh, and having a small subject is often good for meeting people. The natscis often stick to their college-friends when in lectures because there's plenty of them. This isn't the case in smaller subjects like oriental studies and philosophy. Your subject really isn't a problem: friendship groups more often than not aren't based around them. The people studying bigger subjects (like natsci, engineering and medicine) often form loose groups around their subject, but the smaller ones can't and so don't.
Every room in Dokett has a sink, so you don't need to go to the basement to brush your teeth etc. There is never ever a queue for a shower/toilet in the basements, because there are seven WCs and about as many showers. There are not seperate facilities for men and women, but each shower cubicle is in its own lockable room so there's plenty of space to get changed/unchanged in private. The showers are also the best in college... I think the fact that they are in the basement affects their water pressure or something.
There is really very little chance of changing rooms. It was last on your list, but probably last on everybody else's too. Somebody has to live there. But, and this is important: it's not so bad. About twenty/thirty odd first years live there, as well as almost that many third years (this time around). It's a nice little community, and you will get to know each other as well as plenty of other people in the year. It's not just based on subject and accommodation, and this is the best part about the collegiate system. The fact that you all use the same bar/buttery/etc means that you have loads of opportunity for meeting people.
When I got given a Dokett room I despaired slightly too. I was in a fortunate position of having somebody I knew (from the internet) also assigned to Dokett too. The fact is that I've got plenty of close friends that didn't live in Dokett and don't do my subject, as does everybody that lived in Dokett in their first year.
Perhaps this is the best piece of evidence you can get pro-Dokett: Out of the people who lived there with me in our first year, many (including me) returned there out of choice in their third year. I'm looking forward to meeting all of the first year Doketteers when I get back in October.
Edit: Oh, and having a small subject is often good for meeting people. The natscis often stick to their college-friends when in lectures because there's plenty of them. This isn't the case in smaller subjects like oriental studies and philosophy. Your subject really isn't a problem: friendship groups more often than not aren't based around them. The people studying bigger subjects (like natsci, engineering and medicine) often form loose groups around their subject, but the smaller ones can't and so don't.
Thank you very much. I counted on you to answer my post
It's not that I need a luxurious villa or something but those toilets and showers in the basement really scared me, especially that I hoped to get a nice en-suite room in Cripps... I was even thinking of moving out of the College but then I thought that the college life was something important in Cambridge, so it wouldn't be reasonable to lose it simply because of the toilet in the basement.
It's nice to hear you'll be in Dokett too. If you notice a girl who looks miserable on her way to a basement-shower, that would probably be me
I got a room on Q (second floor). Please, don't tell me it's the worst staircase of all!
I've learnt that on that floor there is a laundrette. Is it possible that I'll have a room next it and not be able to study/sleep etc.?
P.S. And there is one practical question. It's hard for me to explain with my English but I hope you'll understand it. It's about the washbasins in each room. I know that in England there are often separate taps for cold and hot water. Is it like that in Dokett? Because if yes, I'll try to buy a kind of linking "thing" before arrival if it's allowed.
It's not that I need a luxurious villa or something but those toilets and showers in the basement really scared me, especially that I hoped to get a nice en-suite room in Cripps... I was even thinking of moving out of the College but then I thought that the college life was something important in Cambridge, so it wouldn't be reasonable to lose it simply because of the toilet in the basement.
It's nice to hear you'll be in Dokett too. If you notice a girl who looks miserable on her way to a basement-shower, that would probably be me
I got a room on Q (second floor). Please, don't tell me it's the worst staircase of all!
I've learnt that on that floor there is a laundrette. Is it possible that I'll have a room next it and not be able to study/sleep etc.?
P.S. And there is one practical question. It's hard for me to explain with my English but I hope you'll understand it. It's about the washbasins in each room. I know that in England there are often separate taps for cold and hot water. Is it like that in Dokett? Because if yes, I'll try to buy a kind of linking "thing" before arrival if it's allowed.
shi
It's hard for me to explain with my English but I hope you'll understand it. It's about the washbasins in each room. I know that in England there are often separate taps for cold and hot water. Is it like that in Dokett? Because if yes, I'll try to buy a kind of linking "thing" before arrival if it's allowed.
Your English is very good.
Was just wondering - why would you want to get a linking thing? 
I hate mixer taps. I always bash my head on them when I wash my face. 
Just curious.shi
Thanks
Well, to be honest, these separate taps seem to me a really stupid solution! Either you burn your hands or freeze them Isn't it better to have more choices of temperature?
Well, to be honest, these separate taps seem to me a really stupid solution! Either you burn your hands or freeze them
Isn't it better to have more choices of temperature?I don't bang my head on separate taps when I'm washing my face. Ergo, they are better.
I think normal practice is to run the water into the basin with a plug rather than just use running water. Mind you, I usually just use cold - where I am, at least, it takes a little while before the hot water starts running.
And with mixer taps you always have to run the cold water if you want to drink it, or it's all warm and manky. I just don't like them!I'm aware that only gyp-room taps are drinking water, at least according to the huge document the college sent me. Meh... drinking water, schminking water. It hasn't killed me yet.
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