St Catharine's College, Cambridge

St Catharine's College is one of the colleges that make up the University of Cambridge.

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Most Cambridge students refer to it by the nickname "Catz". Catz has a reputation for being a very easy-going and well balanced college. The College has always generously contributed to the Cambridge team in the University boat race, providing three of the eight in both 2003 and 2004. The college was placed at the top of the Tompkins Table, which ranks the colleges by the class of degrees obtained by their undergraduates, for the first time in 2005. The proportion of students from state schools is relatively high for Cambridge, though still only a small majority.

Related Topics:
Nickname - Cambridge - Boat race - 2003 - 2004 - Tompkins Table - 2005

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There is a long-running but good-natured feud with Queens' College which apparently derives from Queens' disapproval of Catz having built its court in front of Queens', turning Cambridge's former High Street into a back alley. In the 1960s St. Catharine's built a modern block of flats named St Chad's near the University Library, in which the rooms are octagonal to resemble the Catharine wheel on the college crest. Second year students reside in St. Chad's while the First and Third years are at the main college site.

Related Topics:
Queens' College - University Library

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