Grey College Durham Offer Holders 2025

Figured I’d get the ball rolling with a thread for all of us heading to Grey College in 2025! It'd be nice to get to know each other a bit before freshers' week kicks off. I'm hoping this can be a place to chat, ask questions, find potential flatmates/course-mates, and maybe even plan a sneaky pre-term meetup or two during visit days!
Grey was not my first choice (not even ranked haha!), as I feel is the case for a lot of people, but I hope I'll grow to love it.
If you'd like drop a message with:
Your name (or nickname)
What course you’re doing
Any societies/sports you’re thinking of joining
Anything random to kick-start the convo!
#durhamfreshers #collegeallocation #undergraduate

Posting this anonymously for now because I’m not sure where I’m going yet, but I’ve also been allocated to Grey’s! It seems lovely and I hope it doesn’t change on results day if I end up at Durham.
Doing law and I’m definitely thinking of joining an informal/relaxed orchestra and the bouldering/rock-climbing society. I also want to try rowing and ballet, which sounds silly but it’s something I’ve always wanted to try : )
What about you?

That’s so exciting, fingers crossed it is Grey for you on results day!
Law sounds intense but proper interesting, we’d need people like you around when someone inevitably breaks a kettle in the shared kitchen and chaos ensues haha!
I’m doing psychology and anthropology, definitely want to get stuck into fencing (Durham apparently is a great getaway to go pro, and Grey is a very good college for sports I've heard), and I’m debating between rowing (classic Durham rite of passage?) and something completely rogue like the debating society. Who knows, we’ll see what sticks!
Have you visited Grey yet or just rolling with what you’ve read online like me? I've visited Hatfield which was my first choice but didn't get around Grey sadly! And do you play an instrument already for orchestra or just fancy trying it out?

hi there thought i’d join in! i got allocated grey too (chad’s first- typical), i was really disappointed at first but thought that uni is what you make of it, it doesn’t look too bad by any means just a bit vanilla-esque. i’d be doing history undergrad but still undecided between durham, st andrews and edi. if i go greys ill just throw myself into all the socs i can manage from sports to music and drama and some cheeky academic ones would be fun, id love to try things ive never done before and carry on some of my hobbies (i think thats a bit benefit of durham how u can just try anything within the college!). i think another benefit from the likes of a smaller bailey college is the size- more people more socs more fun!

hi there thought i’d join in! i got allocated grey too (chad’s first- typical), i was really disappointed at first but thought that uni is what you make of it, it doesn’t look too bad by any means just a bit vanilla-esque. i’d be doing history undergrad but still undecided between durham, st andrews and edi. if i go greys ill just throw myself into all the socs i can manage from sports to music and drama and some cheeky academic ones would be fun, id love to try things ive never done before and carry on some of my hobbies (i think thats a bit benefit of durham how u can just try anything within the college!). i think another benefit from the likes of a smaller bailey college is the size- more people more socs more fun!

I ranked Grey as second after an aspirational Bailey (castle). I got Grey and I am chuffed to bits, by far in my opinion the best hill so wouldn’t be put off: gowned, shared room usually max 1 term, bar just got redone, one of cheapest for drinks on hill and reasonably close to the main campus. YES Mary’s is closer and has very similar things and they were my third choice, but their bar is direly boring and Greys looked so much more fun and social, especially with the added Collingwood rivalry.

I ranked Grey as second after an aspirational Bailey (castle). I got Grey and I am chuffed to bits, by far in my opinion the best hill so wouldn’t be put off: gowned, shared room usually max 1 term, bar just got redone, one of cheapest for drinks on hill and reasonably close to the main campus. YES Mary’s is closer and has very similar things and they were my third choice, but their bar is direly boring and Greys looked so much more fun and social, especially with the added Collingwood rivalry.

ooh this makes me feel a lot better, i was going to rank mary’s as i loved the architecture vibe- but i saw the bar and (planning to spare a fair bit of time there haha) decided against. i’ve seen pics of greyhound before renovation and looked perfectly great, large space, so that’s added bonus it’s been updating too! the socs really are a selling point for grey.
what will you be studying?

ooh this makes me feel a lot better, i was going to rank mary’s as i loved the architecture vibe- but i saw the bar and (planning to spare a fair bit of time there haha) decided against. i’ve seen pics of greyhound before renovation and looked perfectly great, large space, so that’s added bonus it’s been updating too! the socs really are a selling point for grey.
what will you be studying?

Absolutely agree with everything you've said, Grey looks really good, it just doesn't stand out to me yet? I do think that compared to others on the hill it is more balanced in terms of socs and sports at the college level, and that there is a fair bit of choice. (side note: if anyone in this thread is disappointed with clubs at Grey, this is the link to the page with all socs at university level which as you know can be joined independently of whatever college you have been allocated - https://www.durhamsu.com/groups)
Very jealous of your degree choice, the course at Durham looks like one of the most beautifully structured ones out there! Have you been to St Andrews yet? I'll be going at the end of this week and am really excited to see it in person

And also same, as much as I am going for the academic the college bar is probably far to important to me than it should be lol 🤣

Law, what about you?

Figured I’d get the ball rolling with a thread for all of us heading to Grey College in 2025! It'd be nice to get to know each other a bit before freshers' week kicks off. I'm hoping this can be a place to chat, ask questions, find potential flatmates/course-mates, and maybe even plan a sneaky pre-term meetup or two during visit days!
Grey was not my first choice (not even ranked haha!), as I feel is the case for a lot of people, but I hope I'll grow to love it.
If you'd like drop a message with:
Your name (or nickname)
What course you’re doing
Any societies/sports you’re thinking of joining
Anything random to kick-start the convo!
#durhamfreshers #collegeallocation #undergraduate

Posting this anonymously for now because I’m not sure where I’m going yet, but I’ve also been allocated to Grey’s! It seems lovely and I hope it doesn’t change on results day if I end up at Durham.
Doing law and I’m definitely thinking of joining an informal/relaxed orchestra and the bouldering/rock-climbing society. I also want to try rowing and ballet, which sounds silly but it’s something I’ve always wanted to try : )
What about you?

Has anyone heard from Grey firming their offer?