These are the coolest Oxbridge colleges, according to how many applications they get

Not all Oxbridge colleges were created equal. There is a huge difference between how many people make applications to the colleges at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. While some of the oldest and most prestigious (read: scariest and stressful) colleges get well over a thousand applications each, the less famous colleges get less than half that.

We’ve worked out the Oxbridge colleges which get the most applications, so you can figure out which are the places to be, and which are way easier to get into.

This data comes from the Uni of Oxford and the Uni of Cambridge‘s websites. It refers to people who applied this time last year and are freshers right now.

Without further ado, here are the 35 Oxbridge colleges which get the most applications.

35. St Catharine’s College, Cambridge – 660 applications

34. St Edmund Hall, Oxford – 662 applications

33. Trinity College, Oxford – 690 applications

32. St Anne’s College, Oxford – 691 applications

31. Exeter College, Oxford – 697 applications

30. Sommerville College, Oxford – 708 applications

29. King’s College, Cambridge – 724 applications

28. Homerton College, Cambridge – 729 applications

27. St Hugh’s College, Oxford – 734 applications

26. Christ’s College, Cambridge – 738 applications

25. Pembroke College, Oxford – 738 applications

24. Churchill College, Cambridge – 759 applications

23. Jesus College, Oxford – 767 applications

22. Wadham College, Oxford – 786 applications

21. Selwyn College, Cambridge – 807 applications

20. Emmanuel College, Cambridge – 811 applications

19. Jesus College Cambridge – 832 applications

18. Queens’ College, Cambridge – 837 applications

=16. Hertford College, Oxford – 873 applications

=16. University College, Oxford – 873 applications

15. Clare College, Cambridge – 915 applications

14. St Catherine’s College, Oxford – 925 applications

13. Pembroke College, Cambridge – 976 applications

12. Christ Church, Oxford – 1,006 applications

11. Worcester College, Oxford – 1,017 applications

10. Balliol College, Oxford – 1,022 applications

9. Braenose College, Oxford – 1,045 applications

8. New College, Oxford – 1,051 applications

7. Downing College, Cambridge – 1,066 applications

6. St John’s College, Oxford – 1,080 applications

5. Keble College, Oxford – 1,189 applications

4. Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge – 1,197 applications

3. Magdalen College, Oxford – 1,210 applications

2. St John’s College, Cambridge – 1,421 applications

1. Trinity College, Cambridge – 1,636 applications

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