Q&A: How to choose college at Cambridge?
Question by Coffee: How to choose college at Cambridge?
I’m not from UK so I’m totally new to the system of applying to university there.
I’m applying to Cambridge, but how do I choose the right college? I keep staring at a list of the 31 colleges but I have no idea on which would be good for me.
Are there different colleges for different fields of study, for example one for psychology students?
Are my chances on getting in depending on which college I apply to? Like, is it better to apply for a big college, because they have more spots so you are more likely to get atmitted to Cambridge that way? Do they even look at your preferred college in the application process, or only at grades, P.S and reference when deciding on giving you an offer or not?
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June 24th, 2010 at 9:57 am
University of Cambridge, University of York, University of Oxford and University of Durham have collegiate structure. Well, you should send an e-mail or contact them directly by phone, asking them which is the best option on your occasion. In addition, it might be a map that illustrates the colleges and your faculty or department where you can check which closer. What’s more, you should take into consideration “HOW THE CAMBRIDGE COLLEGES RATE”.
The 2008 Tompkins table ranks by college the results of all Cambridge
students in their end-of-year tripos examinations this summer
2007 ranking in brackets:
1 (4) Selwyn 68.47
2 (1) Emmanuel 68.30
3 (6) Trinity 68.27
4 (10) Gonville & Caius 67.33
5 (13) Magdalene 65.97
6 (15) Churchill 65.72
7 (9) Jesus 65.60
8 (2) Christ’s 65.27
9 (8) Corpus Christi 65.24
10 (7) Pembroke 64.96
1 1 (5) St Catharine’s 64.63
12 (3) Downing 64.48
13 (17) Clare 64.44
14 (12) Sidney Sussex 64.22
15 (16) Trinity Hall 63.76
16 (11) Queens’ 63.58
17 (25) Peterhouse 63.21
18 (20) Robinson 63.20
19 (18) King’s 63.07
20 (19) St John’s 62.48
21 (14) Fitzwilliam 61.08
22 (21) Girton 60.84
23 (23) New Hall
(Murray Edwards) 60.03
24 (22) Newnham 59.96
25 (26) Homerton 58.62
26 (29) Hughes Hall 56.36
27 (27) Wolfson 55.15
28 (24) Lucy Cavendish 52.61
29 (28) St Edmund’s 51.56
Scoring system:five points for a 1st, three for a 2:1, two for 2:2, one for a 3rd.
Score shown is a percentage of total points available
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June 24th, 2010 at 10:00 am
Yes, they do look at your preferred college. In fact, that college will be the one that processes your application and it will be where you have your first interview (and therefore is most likely to make the decision whether to accept you or not) so it is important that you choose correctly. And no, colleges aren’t dedicated to one specific field of study. Whilst some colleges don’t teach a couple of subjects, most will teach a broad range if not all of the courses offered by the university (btw Cambridge doesn’t offer psychology as a course…).
I went to Oxford (which has a similar system) and my biggest piece of advice to you would be to choose the college you apply to strategically. Everybody who applies to Cambridge is incredibly bright and if you don’t approach it like this you simply won’t get in. Therefore:
1. Don’t choose a college because it’s ranked highly or because it looks pretty – it doesn’t mean that it’s suited to your situation.
2. Apply to a college that has a reputation of taking students from your educational background, e.g. if you went to a state school (a school your parents didn’t have to pay fees for) apply to college that has a reuptation of taking such students.
3. As you’re a foreign student, don’t select a college which requires you to sit an entrance exam for your particular subject. Some of the ‘wealthier’ schools over here specifically train their students for these exams and you won’t stand a chance against them.
4. Choose a college where the tutors who teach your chosen subject have similar interests to you, e.g. if you were to study history choose a college with a tutor who specialises in the period that you are interested most in. This will give you the best opportunity to impress at interview and thus secure yourself a place.
5. Pay attention to the number of places offered by each college. This could help you get in as there would be more places, but others may have the same idea and they may have a higher than average number of applicants because of this thus reducing your chances.
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