Choosing colleges
Trinity hall
Kings
Emmanuel
Gonville and caius
Queens
Lucy cavendish
(Any other)
How would you say is the food and accommodation in the above?
How friendly/flexible are these colleges?
Which ones are more liberal/friendly to international students?
Reply 1
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Emmanuel has good food from my one meal there haha. Seemed very friendly. Has some more modern accommodation and some older ones, doesn’t look like bad accommodation.
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Lucy Cavendish is a lot more modern (but still quite pretty). Haven’t seen it but you’ll be more likely to have modern accommodation so likely better rooms/cooking facilities/en-suite availability
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Kings and Trinity are huge and rich, so they’ll probably have a mix of new accommodation and old considering when they were built. I think Kings is known to be quite liberal.
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Gonville and Cais I think is known to be more conservative, and also in either second or third year you accomodation is above some shops int he market.
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Queens has a modern block and an old block for accommodation. Very friendly again.
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No clue on Trinity Hall
Overall I think whenever you apply you’d be happy and people will be accepting of you as an international student. I’ll find the thread now but offer holders this year have been saying reasons why they chose their colleges
Reply 2
Reply 3
Trinity hall
Kings
Emmanuel
Gonville and caius
Queens
Lucy cavendish
(Any other)
How would you say is the food and accommodation in the above?
How friendly/flexible are these colleges?
Which ones are more liberal/friendly to international students?
Go for Trinity Hall
Reply 4
Ooh why?
Reply 5
Excellent community and good size
It may be worth noting that a good portion of Trinity Hall's offsite accommodation is rather far from the main site. It's called Wychfield Site if you want to check for yourself.
Reply 7
Yes but it is not that far though.
It's not in general terms but in Cambridge terms it feels far, especially if people are choosing colleges based on location, it's worth noting.
Reply 9
The location concept can be misleading. Some could be in a ‘central’ college but have lectures far away. I had lectures on Trumpington Street, which was largely alright, but i knew people who had a long distance to go.
Reply 10
Reply 11
Yes, i agree. Pembroke is a hidden gem.
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