St John's College
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Year founded[❔] 1511
Mature (21+)[❔] ❌
Women only ❌
Postgraduate only ❌
Accepts part-time students ❌
Oxford sister college[❔] Balliol College
Gold/Platinum Green Impact Award 2018[❔] ❌
College website click here
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18They have lots of money that they invest in students through student ships, travel grants and summer bursaries to name a few!
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8Beautiful buildings
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8Separate formal hall and canteen (buttery), with formals 6/7 days a week
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7Being able to chill on the lawn by the river watching the punts go by
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6Sports pitches on site (football, rugby, netball, hockey)
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5Cripps building is fantastic - big kitchens, very social, nice rooms that have been renovated relatively recently, many of which are ensuite
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5Amazing student services team - very friendly and understanding about any issues (exchange programs to accommodation requests to exam arrangements)
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4Free laundry
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424/7 library
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3Really amazing ents with super cheap drinks
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3Accomodation throughout winter and easter break included in the rent price
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3Great location - close to the centre but also quiet inside
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2Many university-wide events are held in John's as it is this big
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2Accomodation throughout the whole degree (in houses and also on site)
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1Loads of welfare events
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0Cheap punts for students
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5Lots of tourists visiting
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4We have a scholar's ballot where students who get a 1st or a 2:1 get higher priority when choosing rooms each year
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3Not completely balanced in terms of gender, also has a very high proportion of private school:state school ratio
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2About a quarter of first year accommodation is located at Chapel Court/North Court - it’s much less social than the Cripps building, with much smaller kitchens and smaller rooms on average
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1In second year, a majority of students have to share a double set, which are rather limited with respect to privacy.
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1Accommodation services are terrible at responding to student requests, and accommodation in older buildings is sometimes poor - e.g. broken heating, broken windows etc.
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13Accommodation services
UG - usual # years on-site room provided[❔] 4
UG - usual # years room provided[❔] 4
PG - usual # years on-site room provided[❔] 0
PG - usual # years room provided[❔] 4
Couples rooms ✔️
Family rooms ✔️
Ballot system[❔] ✔️
% full-time PG in college room (~)[❔] 64
PG single room min. (~£/wk) 106
PG single room max. (~ £/wk) 166
Deadline to have met conditions to be eligible for college accommodation 1st of September
Kitchen fixed charge [❔] ✔️
UG accommodation website click here
PG accommodation website click here
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7Heating often broken, accommodation services slow to respond to complaints, tiny kitchen with no oven
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2Big difference between North/Chapel and Cripps in first year, but North/Chapel is also considerably cheaper (cheapest 1300 Pounds per term including term breaks)
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2Very helpful maintenance - there is an online form for sending in maintenance requests and reasonable requests get responded within 1-7 days (lots of students don't seem to be aware of the form though).
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1Really nice and spacious rooms in beautiful buildings.
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St John's May Ball: a reality-bending extravaganzaVarsity, June 25, 2018
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St John's win fourth rugby Cuppers in five yearsVarsity, May 1, 2018
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St John's victorious in 2018 University ChallengeVarsity, April 23, 2018
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May Ball Review: St John'sVarsity, June 24, 2017
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'Sweet Lovin' Sigala to headline St John's May BallVarsity, June 13, 2017
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Punts banned for St John's May BallVarsity, May 6, 2017
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St John's conquer Caius to seal stunning rugby seasonVarsity, April 28, 2017
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John's book discovery suggests taboo hindered knowledge of female anatomyVarsity, March 29, 2017
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John's signet rings are a symbol of elitismVarsity, Jan. 20, 2017
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St John's to cover living costs for disadvantaged studentsVarsity, April 14, 2016
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Review: St John's May BallVarsity, June 20, 2014
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St John's to hold global charity auction of May Ball ticketsVarsity, Feb. 10, 2011
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John's do the doubleVarsity, March 11, 2010
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Tweets by WolfsonCam24/7 library ✔️
College cafe ✔️
Anglican chapel ✔️
Interdenominational chapel ❌
Discounted punting[❔] ✔️
Free punting[❔] ❌
Radio station ❌
Garden plot ❌
Bicycle scheme ❌
Art room ✔️
Gym (weights) ✔️
Cinema ✔️
Badminton court ✔️
Basketball court ✔️
Dance studio ❌
Eton Fives court ❌
Netball court ✔️
Squash court ✔️
Swimming pool ❌
Tennis court ✔️
Rugby field ✔️
Lacrosse field ✔️
Hockey pitch ✔️
Cricket pitch ✔️
Volleyball court ✔️
Football pitch ✔️
Brunch Saturday ✔️
Brunch Sunday ❌
Daily vegan option ❌
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Acapella ❌
Africa ❌
Altruism ❌
Anglo-Japanese ✔️
Anthropology ✔️
Apotheosis ❌
Archeology ✔️
Art ✔️
Baking ❌
Ballroom dancing ❌
Bachata ❌
Bee keeping ✔️
Board Games ❌
Book Club ❌
Botanical ❌
Caledonian ✔️
Card games ❌
Casino ❌
Charity ✔️
Chess ✔️
Chinese Culture ✔️
Choir ✔️
Christian Union ✔️
Classics ❌
College Brass Band ❌
Comedy ❌
Computer science ✔️
Consulting ❌
Contemporary dance ❌
Current affairs ❌
Debate ❌
Drama ✔️
Economics ✔️
Engineering ✔️
English ✔️
Entrepreneurship ❌
Families Club ❌
Feminist ✔️
Film ✔️
Finance ❌
Food ❌
French ❌
Gardening club ❌
Gender equality ❌
Geographical ✔️
History ✔️
Humanities ❌
Investment ❌
Irish ❌
Islamic ❌
Jewish ✔️
Land economy ✔️
Languages ❌
Law ✔️
Lawn Games ❌
Literary ❌
Lockpicking ❌
Maths ✔️
Medical ❌
Mindfulness ❌
Music ✔️
Musical ❌
Orchestra ✔️
Oriental ❌
PhD ❌
Philosophy ❌
Photography ✔️
Pilates ❌
Poetry ❌
Poker ❌
Politics ✔️
Quiz ❌
Role playing games ❌
Russian ❌
Salsa ❌
Science ✔️
Serbian ❌
Sign language ❌
Smoothie ❌
Social science ❌
Speakers ❌
Steel pan band ❌
Student publication ❌
Swiss ✔️
Tango ❌
Tea ✔️
Theology ❌
Ukelele band ❌
Veterinary ❌
Video games ✔️
Wine ❌
Yoga ❌
Zouk ❌
Zumba ❌
Aerobics ❌
Athletics ❌
Badminton ✔️
Basketball ✔️
Climbing ❌
Cricket ✔️
Croquet ❌
Cycling ❌
Football (mens) ✔️
Football (womens) ✔️
Golf ✔️
Hockey ✔️
Kayaking ❌
Lacrosse ✔️
Netball ✔️
Netball (womens) ✔️
Ninjitsu ❌
Pole ❌
Pool ✔️
Rounders ❌
Rugby (mens) ✔️
Rugby ❌
Rugby (womens) ✔️
Running ❌
Sailing ❌
Shooting ❌
Ski ❌
Squash ✔️
Swimming ❌
Table football ❌
Table tennis ✔️
Tennis ✔️
Tiddlywinks ❌
Ultimate Frisbee ✔️
Volleyball ✔️
Waterpolo ✔️
Windsurfing ❌
% 1st Class degree achieved (~)[❔] 31
JCR/MCR split[❔] ✔️
Student trustee[❔] ❌
UG student website click here
PG student website click here
Free formals ✔️
Free formals per year 3
Free formal for guest ❌
Private dining discount ❌
Free formal for guest per year 0
Free parking ❌
Use of squash and tennis facilities ❌
Free sports facilities ❌
Right to step on grass ❌
Gym membership discount ❌
Punt booking ✔️
Corporate event discount ❌
Wedding discount ❌
Accommodation discount available ✔️
May Ball frequency (years)[❔] 1
June Event frequency (years)[❔] 0
Winter Ball frequency (years)[❔] 0
Spring ball frequency (years)[❔] 0
Other ball frequency (years)[❔] 0
Entrepreneurship competitions[❔] ❌
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15Sixth best party in the world according to The Times and I believe it!
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8Tacky and overpriced
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5Pricey but worth it for all of the entertainment, food, and drink - so much to choose from!
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4Most amazing ball experience you can get!
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1Overhyped ball which frankly just is not as unique as it purportedly used to be a couple decades ago.
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0Amazing night - I loved it. The fireworks really sold it for me
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11A band/headliner we've actually heard of please
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0The 'sixth best party in the world' is a joke that was made up years ago and is still being perpetuated and taken seriously today. No such ranking by the Times exists or has ever existed.
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0less queues
# full-time Bachelor's (~) 610
% full-time Bachelor's (~) 70
# full-time Master's (~) 50
% full-time Master's (~) 5
# full-time PhD (~) 220
% full-time PhD (~) 25
Total # full-time students (~) 880
% full-time UK (~) 60
% full-time EU (non-UK) (~) 15
% full-time non-EU (~) 25
% full-time female (~) 45
% full-time Male (~) 55
# part-time Master's (~) 0
# part-time PhDs (~) 0
Total # part-time students (~) 0
Total # students (~) 890
% Arts and Humanities students (~) 45
% STEMM students (~)[❔] 55
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Gowns required[❔] ✔️
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Formals
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Graduate-only formals
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Net assets (est.) 780.0 million
Net assets/student (~£/student) 885,000
Scholarships and awards (~£/student ) 3,400