Got trevs and now I don't even want to go to Durham

This sounds so dramatic but it's true. I wanted basically anything but this one, it was so low on my list, all my friends got Marys or chads or castle and are so excited and I just cant see what the point is at spending the same amount of money some people are spending for gorgeous places, for somewhere I dont want to be. I'm not trying to be entitled, ik that some people just have to have the bad colleges (and ik everyone says you'll love your college but I just wouldn't). I've been looking it up since I got allocated it and even people online who go to trevs are talking about how much they dont like it, how people from trevs are weird and going to the balls isn't fun?
Trevs is also where the rugby team took the mic out of the miners strike so just generally not looking forward to it at all.

This is kind of just me complaining but I have no idea of where to go from here since I had my heart set on literally any other catered gowned college.

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Anonymous #2

Hey, I’m sorry you feel disappointed in your college allocation, I understand it can be a bit annoying when you had your heart set on somewhere else.

At the end of the day colleges are just more community based and supportive versions of traditional accommodation blocks you’d get at other unis. I think the main reason people say you will ‘end up loving it’, aside from all the info about student support, events etc., is the people. Your first friends you make are most likely to be from your college, especially at catered colleges where I’ve seen a lot of people make friends finding somewhere to sit in the dining hall, and you come to appreciate the place, with all its unique traditions and societies, that’s brought you together.

I think one of the benefits of being allocated one of the more underrated hill colleges is that as less people tend to rank it highly, there’s less of a certain demographic that goes there and more just a randomly allocated mix of people in the same boat as you - there’s no college that’s got “weird” people in I promise, anyone who spreads rumours like that is just acting childish.

I’m not from Trevs but as far as I’ve seen they’ve got a solid bar, regular events, and they’re pretty close to the library/lecture sites so it doesn’t seem too bad at all. Also being in a more modern building probably doesn’t hurt considering how cold it gets in the winter lol.

I’d really recommend giving it a chance and seeing how you go, your college experience is ultimately what you make of it. The majority of people don’t live in college after first year anyway, so if you come and decide you really don’t like it (which I’m sure you won’t!) you could just treat the experience like you’re renting a room in an accommodation block you’d get at a regular non-collegiate university.

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This sounds so dramatic but it's true. I wanted basically anything but this one, it was so low on my list, all my friends got Marys or chads or castle and are so excited and I just cant see what the point is at spending the same amount of money some people are spending for gorgeous places, for somewhere I dont want to be. I'm not trying to be entitled, ik that some people just have to have the bad colleges (and ik everyone says you'll love your college but I just wouldn't). I've been looking it up since I got allocated it and even people online who go to trevs are talking about how much they dont like it, how people from trevs are weird and going to the balls isn't fun?
Trevs is also where the rugby team took the mic out of the miners strike so just generally not looking forward to it at all.
This is kind of just me complaining but I have no idea of where to go from here since I had my heart set on literally any other catered gowned college.

I visited Trevs with my son(got Aidan's), as its on the smaller side it had a tight knit feel to it the bar was lovely and the facilities seemed good. Its a bit of an illusion about choice of accomodation as its a lottery as to when your name gets drawn as to who gets their top choices so there will be plenty of people who wanted to be in the same colleges as you at Trevs and the people are what make the college so its in your power to make it great with your cohort when you get there. Good luck in your exams and hopefully you get your Durham offer and can go in with an open mind and heart and make fabulous friends and have the best time.