Choosing an Oxford College

Why do you want to be 'central' i.e. what do you want to be near?! Those colleges are both obviously really central, but if you wanted to be near to the english faculty for example, colleges on that side of town might be just as useful.

Paying attention to application numbers to individual college courses is a bit useless - they are going to vary a lot year on year. If you really didn't want to end up at particular colleges though, it might be worth a small consideration to look at application statistics.

Haha, I think Worcester does do Classics and English...I'm not too sure why I discounted it, actually, I might take another look!

Yeah, Regent's Park does. I'm not sure how many share a kitchen, but there was at least one, sizeable kitchen on each corridor, I think.

Woosta is 72% ensuite with access to good kitchen facilities, as well as being a very pretty - and indeed, the best - college That said, if you're set on Regent's Park, go for it! I've only been there once and haven't seen it all but have heard very positive things about it

this is probably said on every third page - your loyalty is quiite something, it must be a special college!

Well, if twistor theory is your thing then Wadham also has Roger Penrose who basically created the field.

Oh I know all about him, but I thought he was more Phys/ Comp Sci. I also thought he was at a different college.

I'm applying to worcester but I honestly thought that colleges like Exeter/Trinity/Balliol/Merton were much more demanded then Worcester!
Now I feel like I'm applying to the overdemanded college where I have less chance to be accepted...
I've changed 5 times my college on UCAS already :P

Just apply to Woosta anywhere. If you're deserving of an Oxford place, you are very likely to get one somewhere, even if it's not Woosta in the end

Do I deserve or deserve not an oxford place? That is the question

I'm applying to worcester but I honestly thought that colleges like Exeter/Trinity/Balliol/Merton were much more demanded then Worcester!
Now I feel like I'm applying to the overdemanded college where I have less chance to be accepted...
I've changed 5 times my college on UCAS already :P

I think the best advice is to not let competition ratios influence you too much one way or another - they're just too unreliable.

We can always give you further advice on here if you state what you are looking for but... just to re-emphasise, the thing that will make the most difference to your time at Oxford is the people you meet, and you just can't predict that! You don't have to stress this much over college applications

Don't bother choosing a college because they have great person XXX or YYY, unless they are an undergraduate tutor. If not (e.g. Wiles, Penrose) chances are you will never see nor hear them. Far more important is to choose a college based on non-academic stuff. The only academic factor is which undergraduate tutors they have. I certainly recommend Merton's!

I'll second the recommendation of Richard Earl at Worcester (which is fairly big in maths compared to some colleges (something like 15 undergrads/year across the joint schools) and has a number of other great maths undergrad tutors) but also agree that the college as a whole is far more important. Fortunately, Worcester's lovely! check out as many colleges as you can at open days to get a 'feel' for them - it helps if you've narrowed them down a little beforehand by size, whether they have a tutor for your specific subject, college accommodation availability (i.e. for one, two, three or even four years) etc. - and then choose the place you'll be happiest.
Even if one college were better at maths than the others, it's not exactly going to affect your prospects in life. You're not going to be complaining that you're not doing enough maths. Much better to make friends and be happy for three/four years!

From my experience, when people actually get started at Oxford they compare tutors and there are significant differences in styles, effort and experience! Familiarity breeds contempt.

Hey guys

So I'm in year 12 and I've been researching which college to go to in the university of Oxford

But I need some help

I'm going to be doing Law so I've cancelled out all the colleges which don't do the Law course (which is not many)

But now I need to think of is accommodation cost, food costs, food quality, if there's a gym...etc

What I'm asking you guys is: What are your opinions on the best colleges? Any past experiences? (Even if they are bad ones!) Do you have any of the information up there? ^

Do worry I have been researching myself... I'm not just posting this to get out of doing research. However some of the college websites don't have the vital information I need to choose which one to go to ... especially accomodation costs

Any Help would be greatly appreciated!