Choosing an Oxford College
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Bezzler
Merton has a free gym on site, except it's more of a fitness room than a gym really, and it's very catered to rowers.
Yeah, lots of colleges (Oriel included) seem to have a free 'gym' per se, but ours just contains weights and ergs, so it's dominated by rowers.
out of curiosity, where's the best gym at oxford, that has free weights (benches, squat rack, preferably ability to drop weights, a wide range of dumbells) and a few cardio machines
St. Anne's have that, though I don't know how good the fitness stuff is. If you're really serious about the gym, you might be better off joining the University gym, and I think some colleges offer free membership of that to their students (e.g. Magdalen?)
Huw Davies
St. Anne's have that, though I don't know how good the fitness stuff is. If you're really serious about the gym, you might be better off joining the University gym, and I think some colleges offer free membership of that to their students (e.g. Magdalen?)
i'm already a student at chch but curious to know where i should sign up or attend in october
as i am a gym nut and will no doubt go 3 times in fresher's
Rai
i'm already a student at chch but curious to know where i should sign up or attend in october
as i am a gym nut and will no doubt go 3 times in fresher's
as i am a gym nut and will no doubt go 3 times in fresher's
I give you:
http://www.sport.ox.ac.uk/oxford-university-sports-facilities
Huw Davies
unfortunately, none of the pictures featured any weights. this was the first page i googled.
"Pulse gym and powerlifting room, equipped with a range of cardiovascular, resistance and free weight equipment."
http://www.sport.ox.ac.uk/oxford-university-sports-facilities/sports-facilities/pulse-gym
http://www.sport.ox.ac.uk/oxford-university-sports-facilities/sports-facilities/pulse-gym
Rai
i'm already a student at chch but curious to know where i should sign up or attend in october
as i am a gym nut and will no doubt go 3 times in fresher's
as i am a gym nut and will no doubt go 3 times in fresher's
Congrats on the offer
The University Gym is waaaaaay overrated. The building is very big, but its all taken up by the sports hall/basketball court and swimming pool. There is a medium sized room with resistance machines, cardio stuff, rowing etc, and the weights room next door to it is so bad I couldn't believe it. Don't get me wrong, they've got all the key equipment but the room is absoloutly tiny, and you have to constantly be moving out of the way of others.
Plus you feel like a **** because a lot of the time, it is dominated by serious bodybuilders/champion weightlifters and when you take the bar off them and have to take off like 2/3 of the weight, its embarassing
Oh yeah btw if you're doing Law you're training routine will get seriously messed up from time to time
BigBadSaint
Congrats on the offer
The University Gym is waaaaaay overrated. The building is very big, but its all taken up by the sports hall/basketball court and swimming pool. There is a medium sized room with resistance machines, cardio stuff, rowing etc, and the weights room next door to it is so bad I couldn't believe it. Don't get me wrong, they've got all the key equipment but the room is absoloutly tiny, and you have to constantly be moving out of the way of others.
Plus you feel like a **** because a lot of the time, it is dominated by serious bodybuilders/champion weightlifters and when you take the bar off them and have to take off like 2/3 of the weight, its embarassing
Oh yeah btw if you're doing Law you're training routine will get seriously messed up from time to time
The University Gym is waaaaaay overrated. The building is very big, but its all taken up by the sports hall/basketball court and swimming pool. There is a medium sized room with resistance machines, cardio stuff, rowing etc, and the weights room next door to it is so bad I couldn't believe it. Don't get me wrong, they've got all the key equipment but the room is absoloutly tiny, and you have to constantly be moving out of the way of others.
Plus you feel like a **** because a lot of the time, it is dominated by serious bodybuilders/champion weightlifters and when you take the bar off them and have to take off like 2/3 of the weight, its embarassing
Oh yeah btw if you're doing Law you're training routine will get seriously messed up from time to time
Thanks for the advice!
As long as I can drop weights, I think i'll be fine...
but it looks like i'm going to have to sign up at la fitnes as that appears to be just down the road
membership is bloody expensive though :{
neil444
My friend and I, from Sidney Sussex, Cambridge, recently graduated and (since now have far too much time on our hands!) we've created a web site, www.oxbridgecolleges.com which lets current and former students at Cambridge and Oxford review their colleges, and brings together lots of information about subjects on offer, student numbers, pictures, maps and the like. So far, it's proved to be a great way to find out things which don't necessarily make it into the prospectuses.
It's still a very new project and we're getting reviews coming in daily, so if the college you're interested in hasn't many reviews yet, it's worth checking back. We hope that even in this early state, it will be helpful! Finally, we'd really love some feedback about how to improve the site.
Thanks for your time.
and... Good luck!
Neil
It's still a very new project and we're getting reviews coming in daily, so if the college you're interested in hasn't many reviews yet, it's worth checking back. We hope that even in this early state, it will be helpful! Finally, we'd really love some feedback about how to improve the site.
Thanks for your time.
and... Good luck!
Neil
This is awesome!
neil444
My friend and I, from Sidney Sussex, Cambridge, recently graduated and (since now have far too much time on our hands!) we've created a web site, www.oxbridgecolleges.com which lets current and former students at Cambridge and Oxford review their colleges, and brings together lots of information about subjects on offer, student numbers, pictures, maps and the like. So far, it's proved to be a great way to find out things which don't necessarily make it into the prospectuses.
It's still a very new project and we're getting reviews coming in daily, so if the college you're interested in hasn't many reviews yet, it's worth checking back. We hope that even in this early state, it will be helpful! Finally, we'd really love some feedback about how to improve the site.
Thanks for your time.
and... Good luck!
Neil
It's still a very new project and we're getting reviews coming in daily, so if the college you're interested in hasn't many reviews yet, it's worth checking back. We hope that even in this early state, it will be helpful! Finally, we'd really love some feedback about how to improve the site.
Thanks for your time.
and... Good luck!
Neil
Thank you! Your site is really helpful! Hopefully in time it'll increase the amount of reviews.
I am struggling which college to choose to study E&M at Oxford.
Pembroke's and Lady Margaret Hall's accommodation look rather good - well that's from their websites so they might have deceive me by showing the "good" rooms [what yah think?].
I quite like Brasenose's "outside" buildings but the rooms.. they look quite dirty (no offence) - courtesy of BNC JCR's website.
Merton is quite nice (accommodation-wise) but the competition is pretty tight and, as it is branded as the "workaholic" college, surely the workload is above the average work set by other colleges. So I am not sure with that either.
Just really cant decide.. There are loads of colleges aside from the mention above that I am also considering and in deciding I am highly prioritising both accommodation (i.e. en-suite, fully furbished and cost about £4000) and distance to Said and Economics department (and probably the "language help centre" or something like that can't remember its name).
What do you think? I know that I need to go down to Oxford and actually see it. I might pop in next open day but it is not definite. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Pembroke's and Lady Margaret Hall's accommodation look rather good - well that's from their websites so they might have deceive me by showing the "good" rooms [what yah think?].
I quite like Brasenose's "outside" buildings but the rooms.. they look quite dirty (no offence) - courtesy of BNC JCR's website.
Merton is quite nice (accommodation-wise) but the competition is pretty tight and, as it is branded as the "workaholic" college, surely the workload is above the average work set by other colleges. So I am not sure with that either.
Just really cant decide.. There are loads of colleges aside from the mention above that I am also considering and in deciding I am highly prioritising both accommodation (i.e. en-suite, fully furbished and cost about £4000) and distance to Said and Economics department (and probably the "language help centre" or something like that can't remember its name).
What do you think? I know that I need to go down to Oxford and actually see it. I might pop in next open day but it is not definite. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Costing four thousand pounds? Good grief I don't even think Pembroke (most expensive college)'s top notch ensuite costs that much!!! While I understand why you might want en suite, which colleges exactly were you expecting to give you an unfurnished room????
You're wrong about Merton though. Also, bearing in mind no 2 colleges are more than about 2 miles from each other distance to Said is a bit of an odd criteria.
Have a look at college pros and cons in my sig
You're wrong about Merton though. Also, bearing in mind no 2 colleges are more than about 2 miles from each other distance to Said is a bit of an odd criteria.
Have a look at college pros and cons in my sig
Bekaboo
distance to Said is a bit of an odd criteria.
It isn't that odd when you consider that all management and finance lectures are held there. Also quite a few books on the reading list can only be found there and the bod.
jjdcfc
It isn't that odd when you consider that all management and finance lectures are held there. Also quite a few books on the reading list can only be found there and the bod.
Which is why I prefaced my comment with an explanation of the distances between colleges, and hence the understanding that none of them were more than a mile/a mile and a half from the centre, and not by saying anything about the pertinence of the SAID building, since that would make no sense
Pick New!
50% of accommodation is ensuite, it's amazingly pretty, right by the centre, we have big gardens and our 60s building is hidden behind the garden and not tacked onto an old building trying to make it look the same!
50% of accommodation is ensuite, it's amazingly pretty, right by the centre, we have big gardens and our 60s building is hidden behind the garden and not tacked onto an old building trying to make it look the same!
You cant forget though that Merton classically has a very high rent rate compared to the median.
I know that colleges at Oxford are under a mile walk but, tbh, I am one of the peeps who wakes up late.So really I need just under 20 minutes preferably 10 minutes walk from accommodation to Said/Econ dep't.
Look into BNC's rooms through the internet and IMO it look like a mess - I am sort of inclining to go there but the rooms are a bit of a turn off.I based my £4000 estimation from Bristol University's accommodations (that's per year by the way). And I know that they are completely different cities but I can't find any prices for the accommodation of these colleges: Hertford, Pembroke, St Hugh's, St Edmund, St Peter's (these + Brasenose are basically the colleges that have capture my attention).
I also love to cook, so a college that offers kitchen facilities would be a bonus. And a college that allows student to sit on the grass would be great, I heard some colleges don't allow this. Call me picky but I wouldn't want to spend three years in a college that doesn't suit me or doesn't have the things that I am looking for.
Thanks for all the help.
P.S. I have read a section that tells me that you can learn new languages or improve your grammar of the English language. Does anyone know what the centre's name is?
It offers help to students who would like to improve their grasp and understanding of the English language further. It would be great if you could provide personal information i.e. experience. Thanks.
Look into BNC's rooms through the internet and IMO it look like a mess - I am sort of inclining to go there but the rooms are a bit of a turn off.I based my £4000 estimation from Bristol University's accommodations (that's per year by the way). And I know that they are completely different cities but I can't find any prices for the accommodation of these colleges: Hertford, Pembroke, St Hugh's, St Edmund, St Peter's (these + Brasenose are basically the colleges that have capture my attention).
I also love to cook, so a college that offers kitchen facilities would be a bonus. And a college that allows student to sit on the grass would be great, I heard some colleges don't allow this. Call me picky but I wouldn't want to spend three years in a college that doesn't suit me or doesn't have the things that I am looking for.
Thanks for all the help.
P.S. I have read a section that tells me that you can learn new languages or improve your grammar of the English language. Does anyone know what the centre's name is?
It offers help to students who would like to improve their grasp and understanding of the English language further. It would be great if you could provide personal information i.e. experience. Thanks.
Wayi
I know that colleges at Oxford are under a mile walk but, tbh, I am one of the peeps who wakes up late.So really I need just under 20 minutes preferably 10 minutes walk from accommodation to Said/Econ dep't.
Look into BNC's rooms through the internet and IMO it look like a mess - I am sort of inclining to go there but the rooms are a bit of a turn off.I based my £4000 estimation from Bristol University's accommodations (that's per year by the way). And I know that they are completely different cities but I can't find any prices for the accommodation of these colleges: Hertford, Pembroke, St Hugh's, St Edmund, St Peter's (these + Brasenose are basically the colleges that have capture my attention).
I also love to cook, so a college that offers kitchen facilities would be a bonus. And a college that allows student to sit on the grass would be great, I heard some colleges don't allow this. Call me picky but I wouldn't want to spend three years in a college that doesn't suit me or doesn't have the things that I am looking for.
Look into BNC's rooms through the internet and IMO it look like a mess - I am sort of inclining to go there but the rooms are a bit of a turn off.I based my £4000 estimation from Bristol University's accommodations (that's per year by the way). And I know that they are completely different cities but I can't find any prices for the accommodation of these colleges: Hertford, Pembroke, St Hugh's, St Edmund, St Peter's (these + Brasenose are basically the colleges that have capture my attention).
I also love to cook, so a college that offers kitchen facilities would be a bonus. And a college that allows student to sit on the grass would be great, I heard some colleges don't allow this. Call me picky but I wouldn't want to spend three years in a college that doesn't suit me or doesn't have the things that I am looking for.
Well, not to sound harsh or anything, but there's a pretty good chance that you won't actually have to anyway...
To be honest, I don't think any college will give you a choice over which room you'll end up in beyond allowing you to pick price bands, and most won't give you any choice whatsoever. The same goes for kitchen facilities. So I don't think it's really all that helpful to fuss over accommodation quite so much...
P.S. I have read a section that tells me that you can learn new languages or improve your grammar of the English language. Does anyone know what the centre's name is?
It offers help to students who would like to improve their grasp and understanding of the English language further. It would be great if you could provide personal information i.e. experience. Thanks.
It offers help to students who would like to improve their grasp and understanding of the English language further. It would be great if you could provide personal information i.e. experience. Thanks.
Sounds like the University Language Centre. I'm a bit doubtful as to whether they do any courses on English grammar, though - as far as I know it's just English for academic purposes, English for the spouses of international students and so on.
hobnob
Well, not to sound harsh or anything, but there's a pretty good chance that you won't actually have to anyway...
To be honest, I don't think any college will give you a choice over which room you'll end up in beyond allowing you to pick price bands, and most won't give you any choice whatsoever. The same goes for kitchen facilities. So I don't think it's really all that helpful to fuss over accommodation quite so much...
Sounds like the University Language Centre. I'm a bit doubtful as to whether they do any courses on English grammar, though - as far as I know it's just English for academic purposes, English for the spouses of international students and so on.
To be honest, I don't think any college will give you a choice over which room you'll end up in beyond allowing you to pick price bands, and most won't give you any choice whatsoever. The same goes for kitchen facilities. So I don't think it's really all that helpful to fuss over accommodation quite so much...
Sounds like the University Language Centre. I'm a bit doubtful as to whether they do any courses on English grammar, though - as far as I know it's just English for academic purposes, English for the spouses of international students and so on.
Hmm.. I have been obsessively checking colleges in the past few hours; it is really non-stop clicking and skim reading. I am pretty sure I'll be constantly checking the UCAS website next cycle.
So what you're saying is that I shouldn't base my decision solely on accommodation? It is really hard to choose. Is there a guide here to help you choose a college? And about the University Language Centre (thanks for the link btw), yes you're right. There's nothing there related to improving grammar. But basing from my post, is my capability in English sufficient enough to meet Oxford's standard?
The reason behind this fuss is that I heard students will be writing 2 essays per week and therefore I wouldn't want to embarass myself from lacking the neccesary skills needed in writing a good essay i.e. free from simple grammatical errors and syntax. I also heard that some tutors are pretty harsh on these "stuffs" and would not mark your essay if it contains an overflowing set of grammatical errors. I would look like a pillock once I am at Oxford, if this was the case. Also, if other students know about my situation they might discriminate me for not being able to write perfect essays.
I think I am prejudice: I perceive Oxford as a university where other students would gang up on you if your essays are not perfect or talk behind your back for getting into Oxford without being able to express yourself wholly in writing (I've been spending a lot of time on TSR and have seen many "abuses" on grammatical correctness, which really is overwhelming for a student like me. I support it though as they are "trying" to help the user in improving his/her grammar but the extent of it here on TSR is unbearable).
Haha.. Re-reading my post, I sort of come across as a person suffering from paranoia. But no I am not (hopefully
). I am hoping that you could enlighten me of what Oxford really is and also thank you for your help.
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