Cambridge After Results Day

You can try but they will probably say no

I genuinely wouldn’t bother. Depending on your college, they almost definitely have no spaces — popular choices like Trinity, St. John’s, Pembroke and Clare rarely have extra places, and any they did have likely already went to summer pool candidates. It’s also incredibly rare to be allowed to switch college and this usually only happens under extraordinary circumstances.

I got into Cambridge but not the college i originally applied to, is it worth emailing them now that results are over and asking if they have any spaces?

No, not worth it. The decisions are thought about at great length, and aren't reversible.

Ok but if I was to try would I need to inform my current college?

It really does not happen. It’s a universally accepted truth that everyone loves the college they end up at, and, like threeportdrift said, it’s not exactly a good idea to try and study with the academics who rejected you. What college are you trying to move from? Why don’t you feel happy with it?

My daughter was at Cambridge for 4 years: three years for her BA at one 'unfashionable' college and one year for her MPhil at another 'even more unfashionable' college. She was pooled to her first college, made many great friends (students and Dons alike) loved the place and got a First. She was also 'pooled' to her second college and they were great during the worst of the Covid emergency, which took up her whole Masters year. Both colleges have been very supportive since.
You knew the rules and process before you applied and, actually, they have been positively applied to you. You have done well so please now forget everything else, enjoy yourself and maybe, just maybe, do some academic prep which will help you make a strong start.
Several of my daughter's friends were at Homerton. All loved their college, nearly all got Firsts and distinctions on their MPhils and all are now doing well in a range of professions.

It’s really important to get beyond this. You might have been a big ish in a small pond at school or college, but you’re going to a place where everyone is a big fish.
This is about your headspace and making an active choice to be positive and pleased about what you’ve got so you can look forward and make a good start. Make up your mind that you will not ask anyone once there if H was their first choice college, or to express any disappointment about it. Make up your mind to get involved and get the most out of it - there will be loads to get out if it.
Honestly, what will approaching your college and asking them to give you permission to ask another college for a place look like to them? How will it make you come across? Don’t go there. You won’t be moved and you’ll be an idiot before you’ve even arrived.
I say it kindly - count your blessings. You’ve got a place - that means you were extremely good. Remember that.

I needed to hear this, thank you 🙏

Hey, it’s okay to feel disappointed that you have been pooled. Obviously your heart has been set on your original college. But Homerton is gorgeous, and do not forget that *they chose you*. It’s not that you were not good enough for Cambridge, it’s that John’s had too many good applicants to choose from in your subject this year. Take it as a compliment that of all the people who really wanted to get in this year, you have a place.