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Which Cambridge College for Maths

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Cratos · 16/09/2025 21:02

My DS wants to apply to Cambridge for Maths. He is a state school student. He is social and he plays football. He likes the look of older colleges. He is struggling to choose one to apply. We would like to choose a college that is not too expensive as well -accomodation and food wise. Any advice would be very much appreciated.

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Muu9 · 23/09/2025 10:58

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Muu9 · 23/09/2025 11:03

spadeki · 20/09/2025 14:10

@TizerorFizzhttps://cliffordthurlow.com/2021/08/18/rules-of-the-bullingdon-club/

This would be a lot less funny if I was a private schooled student.

Dangermouse999 · 27/09/2025 16:07

IThinkImAMathmoMum · 18/09/2025 11:57

Trinity have the most mathematicians but they also get the most applicants, in the 2024 cycle more than 300 applications and they made 65 offers. I would be cautious about applying there as they get so many applications that good candidates end up in the winter pool and get offers from undersubscribed colleges. Of course with Maths a lot of students end up in the summer pool because they have just missed the STEP grades but quite a number of them get in to a different college at that stage as well. I am sure you are aware that they make about twice as many offers as they have places and then set the STEP grade boundaries such that the right number get in.

Lectures are in the middle of town for first year and I think second year as well, supervisions can be at your own college, other colleges or in the maths dept. Cambridge is quite small and easy to get around. Almost all students end up loving whichever college they end up. Don't overthink it!

Trinity is the college that gets a lot of applicants from students (including internationals) who've been in International Olympiad teams. If you look at the UK team for example, many of the members who've taken part over the years have gone on to Trinity.

Trinity is supposedly the one college that really cares about Olympiad experience.

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