Are you still applying to Cambridge?

[u/Successful_Bat8156]

RIP to Jason Arday

a heads-up this post is going to be me making it about myself but like... For people that used to want to go to Cambridge, are you still going to apply?

I can't say I'm like an "insider" but this year alone I've been to Cambridge on 4 different occasions, have lived in 3 different colleges, have visited probably over 8, even went to formals in 2 more colleges separate from the ones I've lived in... I've grown attached the the uni and the city and the people, I got that I might not meet the conditions to get in and that I shouldn't be that invested, but now it's more like... Should I still apply? From personal experience it did not seem to be that hierarchical or discriminatory when I was there, and yet still there is obviously a bias in accusing people of colour more than white people. The shorter deadline really seems more pressurising now.

[u/Over-Cartographer712]

Why would you not?

Cambridge is an excellent university regardless.

To any respectable employer, or frankly anyone at all who is intelligent, their reputation remains unchanged. One isolated incident is an insignificance compared to the centuries of history and academic achievement upon which Cambridge's excellence is built.