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Choosing an Oxford College

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Reply 140
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Willa
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Zerox
well i dont really see much point in doing work BEFORE the course, and i just feel it'll be a waste of a year really. i'd much rather be at uni, but now theres this issue of age


the point of working in a related area before you start engineering is to give you a realisitic feel for the real-life problems involved. As a physicist, I deal with ideal situations, something which you can't get a feel for in work experience. As an engineer you need to be able to make the jump between ideal situation, and reality....something which experience can only truly teach.
Zerox
well i dont really see much point in doing work BEFORE the course, and i just feel it'll be a waste of a year really. i'd much rather be at uni, but now theres this issue of age

Im on a post uni gap year of sorts and its crap, the worst year of my life, but I was to busy during my finals to put in my masters applications. I was 18 on 4th of October of my first year, so seeing as Oxford starts so late it was just before freshers, so I was older than you but still felt younger than most people but I dont think being younger is a problem, even for a 3 year degree. Im glad I didnt have one before uni, you may as well get a masters as waste time on irrelevant work experience that wont count for much, and which you could get in your summer holidays anyway. You may as well apply without deferal, then if you dont get the offers you want then you can try again and take a forced gapyear.
Reply 142
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Zerox
Willa
....something which experience can only truly teach.

i can still do a bunch of work exp though in the long summer between a-levels and october or whenever term begins, and again between yrs 1 and 2 - so i'll still be gettin work experience, just not for a whole year.
Reply 143
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Zerox
pendragon
You may as well apply without deferal, then if you dont get the offers you want then you can try again and take a forced gapyear.

yeah that's always an option, but i doubt i'll sacrifice a year just to reapply to cam
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p.s does this reputation actually matter by employers etc.? (Just checking)
Reply 145
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Willa
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ElWilson
Best rep for law:

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p.s does this reputation actually matter by employers etc.? (Just checking)


you get your degree from the university, not the college...so i cant see how your college choice would matter to an employer?
wow thats some really good tips there! thank you. i will visit cambridge in june. hopefully the visit will let me know which college is rite for me.
you dont have to defer. some colleges say they 'encourage' deferring and working in industry. others are not too bothered.
is there any website that shows how good each college in cambridge is at individual subjects?
Reply 149
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sjuthani
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i_luv_maths
is there any website that shows how good each college in cambridge is at individual subjects?

No, but reputations and rumours abound...
Can anyone give me a really detailed lowdown on any of the following colleges? Thanks! :biggrin:

Cambridge - Kings, and Jesus.

Oxford - Balliol, and Corpus Christi.
Reply 151
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Willa
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pendragon
Can anyone give me a really detailed lowdown on any of the following colleges? Thanks! :biggrin:

Cambridge - Kings, and Jesus.

Oxford - Balliol, and Corpus Christi.


it's probably better if you ask specific questions about the colleges, rather than ask for a "detailed lowdown" because that isn't going to be consistent at all. So what are you biggest concerns when choosing a college?
Willa
it's probably better if you ask specific questions about the colleges, rather than ask for a "detailed lowdown" because that isn't going to be consistent at all. So what are you biggest concerns when choosing a college?

Ive already applied to those colleges for Masters (you get to put two down), just wanted to hear more about them while I anxiously await application results. Dont mind hearing from undergrads or postgrads. I went to Mansfield, Ox for undergrad.
Reply 153
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paddy
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Does anyone know Fitzwilliam (Cambridge)? That's the college I really like but no-one seems to know anything about it?
Reply 154
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Helenia
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paddy357
Does anyone know Fitzwilliam (Cambridge)? That's the college I really like but no-one seems to know anything about it?


They're on a hill (the only one in Cambridge). It's not very pretty, but if that sort of thing doesn't bother you, then it's supposed to be quite nice. I don't really know anyone from there so I can't really comment.
paddy357
Does anyone know Fitzwilliam (Cambridge)? That's the college I really like but no-one seems to know anything about it?

My dad went there:smile:
Reply 156
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sjuthani
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Its apparently the sister college to Teddy Hall (Oxford). Wiki has all you want to know and more...
Reply 157
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Jerby
I know this is probably unlikely, but still, if anyone is at Christ's College, could they please tell me a little about what it is like? I got a very positive vibe from their literature, and it looks absolutely stunning - I certainly (depending on my grades) would like to apply. However, I have one minor consideration: mainly, because it is one of the academically stronger colleges, does this mean it is harder to get into?

I know someone will say, 'Apply where you want, don't worry about it!', but it seems silly to me to apply somewhere where I stand a lesser chance of gaining a place.

Thanks for any advice.:smile:
Reply 158
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Willa
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Jerby
I know this is probably unlikely, but still, if anyone is at Christ's College, could they please tell me a little about what it is like? I got a very positive vibe from their literature, and it looks absolutely stunning - I certainly (depending on my grades) would like to apply. However, I have one minor consideration: mainly, because it is one of the academically stronger colleges, does this mean it is harder to get into?

I know someone will say, 'Apply where you want, don't worry about it!', but it seems silly to me to apply somewhere were I stand a lesser chance of gaining a place.

Thanks for any advice.:smile:


perhaps with them being quite academic, their standards might be eeeever so slightly higher than those of other colleges, but to be fair we're talking about a drop in the ocean if you ask me. Presuming that you are actually good enough to study at cambridge (i.e. that if you could have applied to all the colleges, one of them would take you), then what makes it easier/harder to get in to a particular college is merely the standard of the other applicants around you. And to be fair, I think christs has built up it's academic reputation through hard work rather than accepting only brilliant students - I think they, like most other college, are looking for an initial talent as well as a keeness to learn!

apply to christs, you're clearly set on it, you'll only be asking yourself "what if" in a years time if you dont.
Reply 159
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Jerby
Willa
apply to Christ's, you're clearly set on it, you'll only be asking yourself "what if" in a years time if you don't.

That's very true Willa, you're definitely right.

Thanks for the advice. :smile:

If anyone else has got any info about the general atmosphere etc., I would be grateful.

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