Stuck between The Queen’s and St. Hugh’s Colleges?

Queens would be closer to the English dept, although most teaching will take place in College. It also has imposing and grand architecture, and is centrally placed within Oxford. Has a few hidden and pretty spaces.
Hughs is considered to be a 'long' way outside of the center, but in reality is only a 5 minutes bike ride from where you want to be. It has more extensive grounds, and has a more modern (for Oxford) red brick architecture.
You should also bear in mind that the UCAS choice of college is only a preference. The application process can shuffle you around and if you're fortunate enough to be made an offer it may be from an entirely different college.

Hi everyone! I’m applying to Oxford in October to study Classics and English and I’m stuck between two colleges - The Queen’s and St. Hugh’s. I know that at the end of the day it’s a personal decision, but it would be nice to have people weigh in offering different perspectives.
In an ideal world, I would want a college that is relatively central but not too so. I can get quite intimidated by very grand architecture so I would prefer a more modern style of college. A chapel and good music facilities are musts for me. I’m not too bothered about size - student-body-wise - but beautiful and extensive gardens would be a real pro for me.
Obviously some of those relate to Queen’s and some of those to St. Hugh’s. I’m going to go and see both in the autumn but does anyone have anything to weigh in that might help me make a decision? Thank you!
EDIT: forgot to add that for medical reasons an en-suite room for all years is essential for me.

Hi everyone! I’m applying to Oxford in October to study Classics and English and I’m stuck between two colleges - The Queen’s and St. Hugh’s. I know that at the end of the day it’s a personal decision, but it would be nice to have people weigh in offering different perspectives.
In an ideal world, I would want a college that is relatively central but not too so. I can get quite intimidated by very grand architecture so I would prefer a more modern style of college. A chapel and good music facilities are musts for me. I’m not too bothered about size - student-body-wise - but beautiful and extensive gardens would be a real pro for me.
Obviously some of those relate to Queen’s and some of those to St. Hugh’s. I’m going to go and see both in the autumn but does anyone have anything to weigh in that might help me make a decision? Thank you!
EDIT: forgot to add that for medical reasons an en-suite room for all years is essential for me.

have a look at the number of english students at each college. you may prefer smaller or larger cohort

If you don’t want to be too central, don’t want grand architecture and do want green space, I would say 100% Hugh’s. It is a short bike ride from town, close to Jericho (nice cafes and bars), very spacious and green. Queens is right on the High Street and much more formal looking.

St. John's College is just around the corner from the English faculty, so it might be worth taking a look at their website!!! 🙂 Also, St. John's College is so wealthy that they give £400 a term to each student to buy books. 😉 lol

Thanks! I know St Hugh’s has more English students so it does seem to have that in its favour, but joint honours statistics are quite hard to track down.

St. John's College is just around the corner from the English faculty, so it might be worth taking a look at their website!!! 🙂 Also, St. John's College is so wealthy that they give £400 a term to each student to buy books. 😉 lol

No college is going to have a quota for more than 1 Classics and English student per year. It is a small course. So both colleges will be pretty similar on that score - if you got in there is a high chance you’d be the only person doing that particular Joint Honours that year.
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OP, Queen's is a lovely college. If you are intimidated by beautiful old buildings (which seems an odd thing), please bear in mind that Oxford is full of such buildings.

Wanting to be in a certain physical environment is perfectly fine. Some people love the old buildings and that is fine too. People choose colleges for all sorts of reasons and a preference for a particular aesthetic is no worse than any other.
The centre of Oxford is small and if you find that claustrophobic, applying to one of the colleges a little further out is entirely reasonable. The environment around them is also a lot less touristy in the summer.
I do guarantee you, though, that if you ended up being reallocated to a college full of old buildings you would end up loving it there though. So make your choice but don’t worry too much as everyone always ends up thinking their own college is best.