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Accommodation in general: choosing a college... (1265 words)
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One of the most striking features about Oxford and Cambridge are their division into small colleges, in which you are completely self-sustained and can live, go out and be taught there, especially in the arts subjects where university wide lectures are less frequent and not as strikingly important to the course as science lectures. The colleges thus parallel halls of residence in many other universities, but the crucial difference is not only the more secular nature of the colleges, but that the admissions process is conducted at a college level first, rather than at the level of the university. This means that you apply to a specific college, or apply open ... Read the complete review

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