There are no shared rooms. Undergraduate rooms in the main College grounds range from the eighteenth century to the 1960s, and therefore vary considerably in size, character, and amenities. The most expensive room has a termly rent approximately twice that of the cheapest room.
Students have a range of choice in the rooms allocation system.
First-years fill in a form before coming up to the College, indicating the type and cost of room they would prefer, and as far as possible these preferences are met. All first-years and about half of the third year have rooms within the main grounds. Graduate students do not live in College or in external staircases, as their studies usually require them to remain in Cambridge for virtually the whole year. But the College has two graduate hostels on its perimeter, so that it is possible for graduates to participate as fully as anyone else in College life. In addition, the College has converted a considerable number of small houses, again mostly on the perimeter, into bedsitters sharing a communal kitchen and dining room.