6 September:
We hope that everyone is doing well! Those of you who've emailed recently will mainly have received replies saying we've passed your message on to the tutorial team. Apart from one or two small things we need to chase, the tutorial team are now looking after you and arranging things for your arrival in Cambridge. Meanwhile here in the admissions team, we are already looking after the October 2024 applicants! For those who applied last year, I'm sure you remember the back-to-school rush to get your applications sorted out well! Remember that the tutorial team are due to publish information for you on 9 Sept, so you will soon have more detail about joining the College. Thanks very much for your patience!
22 August:
STEMBridge is now live for Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, Engineering and Natural Sciences students. We have emailed updated instructions if you have not logged in yet.
21 August:
We've now sent preparation information for your subject, as well as emails to UK/Home students to let you know if you are required to attend the Bridging Course or not. This means everyone should now be able to complete the College Living Arrangements (accommodation) form when you can before 1 Sept.
20 August:
We've sent an email about accommodation, vaccinations and a few other bits and pieces. Please make sure that you are reading your emails (and your spam folder, just in case anything goes there!)
15 August:
Many congratulations on having your place at Christ's confirmed. We are very much looking forward to welcoming you all as new students here.
We now have exam results for all of our conditional offer holders and we're sending out emails during the day today (15 August). In the next few days we'll be working on the remaining decisions, processes and support for students who have not had their places confirmed at this stage (thank you for your patience whilst we do this).
What happens next?
- On Monday afternoon / Tuesday, we will email you with the accommodation preferences form which you need to complete by 1 September, and a small number of other things we need to say at this stage.
- Also next week (unsure which day), we will be in touch with home fee status students who had a paragraph about the Bridging Course in your offer letters (normally on page 2 if you're looking). We will write to let you know whether or not you are in the group we would like to attend the course (this affects your arrival date)
- On 9 September your freshers information will be published by the Tutorial Office. Most info will be online but some individual details may also be sent by email.
You can help us greatly by waiting to receive the information on 9 September - this is very comprehensive and will answer the vast majority of your practical questions.
| From early Sept you will be looked after by our colleagues in the Tutorial Office (which looks after current Christ's students and will be organising things for your arrival). |
You'll receive info about a group chat in due course if you want to chat to current students online. In due course you'll also be assigned "College parents" (students in the years above) so that you can ask all the details you want to know about!
Sometimes people want to visit at this time: anyone who can get to Cambridge and would like to do a self-guided visit to the College is welcome. Please read the pages on seeing the College as an offer holder and self-guided visits carefully to ensure that you come when we are open etc.
Accommodation
We will send the Accommodation form (which includes the questions we need to ask you about your accommodation preferences) by email on Monday 19 or Tuesday 20 August. You have until 1 September to complete the survey (online) and all responses received by that date will be considered equally (i.e. no rush - it's not first come, first served, and it's not a problem if you're away).
Online information
Whilst you are waiting to receive further information, and in addition to the Tutorial Office Freshers section, there are some helpful details on the following pages:
If you're from overseas, see also
- International Freshers Events/Support
- Visa information (if relevant)
- For students who need a visa, the International Students Team will be sending some CAS documents the end of this week and a lot next week (they hope to have most CAS documents sent by Friday 23 August). Please help them to work efficiently by not emailing them. They are aware they you are waiting but if they take time to answer questions that slows things down. Many thanks!
Want to apply for an Instrumental Award?
- Application for instrumental awards is open from 9am (UK time) on 15 August and the deadline for application will be 5 September at 4pm UK time. See the Instrumental Awards page.
And, of course, if your offer is for 2025 (or even 2026!) entry, the pages to keep an eye on over the next year are:
- Deferred entry
- Dates and deadlines
(this will be up-to-date for October 2025 entry by late January 2025)
That's all for now, congratulations again! For those who applied to Christ's, it's been a pleasure to support you through the application process / as offer holders, and we're delighted that you will soon be joining the College, and for those who applied to a different College, welcome! This is a very friendly community that you'll be joining, and we hope you'll enjoy finding out about Christ's.
My College Family really helped (like every first year I got two college parents from second year, along with two or three other freshers who were therefore my siblings!). It was so reassuring to have someone to ask those questions which you know are small but you still worry about.