No, I'd say Cambridge has been better,
even if that sounds a bit cheesy. I think
it's easy to get intimidated by all the
grand buildings and the history and the
Nobel Prize winners, all that kind of
stuff, but at the end of the day we're
all students, we're all normal people and
I've really settled and I really like
being at Cambridge, I like being at
Pembroke and I like studying my subject
and those are the most important things.
Cambridge itself and the University are
pretty much all I hoped they would be
and very similar to how I imagined it. What I
didn't quite imagine, would be my own
experience and how many different things
I hadn't tried before I'd get involved
in, at my time at Cambridge, and I've
really enjoyed those.
The biggest difference I
have found at Cambridge,
compared to my friends at other
universities, has been the College.
The collegiate experience I have really
enjoyed. The sense of community within
Pembroke has been a huge part of my
student experience and something I wish
everyone could experience themselves.
So, I think there are
definitely some things
that are as Cambridge-y as I expected.
One of those would be our old and
gorgeous libraries and then also having
to get up dressed in gowns for formal
dinners, which is a bit of a surprise and
bit of a new thing, but I think the
atmosphere is a lot more
casual than I expected.
We definitely take our work seriously,
but it's not the be-all and end-all of
what we do.
