Above pic – with my ‘college husband’
Something I’ve always said about college is that it gives you a more familiar space and group of people, rather than being thrown into a pool of thousands of other students, immediately giving you something in common with the people around you. I lived in college in my…
What is a college?
Throughout the Durham application process, it can be easy to get overwhelmed by the amount of information there is out there about Durham’s 16 undergraduate colleges. Underneath all of the descriptors like gowned/non-gowned, catered/self-catered, hill/bailey, what actually is a college?
In its simplest…
When I was a prospective student applying to Durham, I very quickly discovered the collegiate system. If you are like me, you are probably confused about what the collegiate system actually is here at Durham. Luckily for you, I can share my experience of living in the collegiate system here and tell you what it can…
If you have been allocated Collingwood College, I am so excited for you! Make sure you check your room for messages from prior years, you might even see mine. If you are not lucky enough to be in my old room, I wrote a message to the next person on the last day of the first year, thinking back to how much fun I had and how much…
John Snow College has a reputation for being one of the most friendly and inclusive colleges in Durham with a student body that contains the most welcoming people. I am so glad I got my first choice of college and am forever proud to ‘Bleed Blue’!
Why I chose John Snow
I chose John Snow College primarily because I…
Why Josephine Butler College?
When I was considering which college to put down as my first choice, I was immediately drawn to Butler for two reasons. Firstly, on the more practical side of things, the facilities were just what I needed when I was starting my journey to living independently.
My room
There are 4 blocks…
College allocation is a very exciting time, as you start to feel really connected to Durham and (at least for me) it was at this point that I really started to imagine my life in university.
I know that many of you reading this are on the other side of allocation (and may have been provisionally allocated Van Mildert) so let…
When I first got assigned Hild Bede, it was not the college I was expecting. In fact, I had not even heard of it until then… I hadn’t attended the Durham open days, so was anxious about this allocation, but once I saw the college on the Post Offer Visit Day my mind was settled instantly.
Beautiful location
Hild Bede is…
Not Collingwood but Trev’s
Durham Colleges can be an enigma. When I was asked to choose a college I did some extensive research, Collingwood College would be the ideal college for me.
I panicked when a few months later, I opened an email assigning me: ‘Trevelyan College’. I had not considered Trevelyan when…
You can be as involved as you want to be
The great thing about college is that you can be involved as much or as little as you want – it’s about having the option if you ever want/need it. I was never the kind of person who ran for school council in primary school, I didn’t know everyone’s name in my secondary…
