Meldrew of Meldreth wrote:

You entirely misunderstand the "boarding school" nature of
education at Cambridge, which takes places 7 days a week. It's
simply not like most other Universities. It suits people very well,
and if it's not to your taste then no-one is forcing you to go
there.

This is rather an over-statement of the specialness of Cambridge
(especially given there's Oxford, Durham, and even UKC

Did I say it was unique to Cambridge? I just said "*most* other
Universities".

Certainly back in the 70's/80's, almost all universities expected first (and
often third) years to live on site