Life at Oxford
A day in the life of Ollie...
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8 Ollie is in his second year of a four-year M President of th Phys degree. e St Peter’s Co He is the llege Boat Club happiest whe , is an avid cy n going uphi called Acceler clist, ll, and presen ate! in local sc ts a physics sh hools. He is al Oxford Under ow so involved in graduate Phys organising th ics Conference e for 2012.
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or, if lazy, grab 8.15 Alarm goes. Cooked breakfast in college, something from the shop on the way to lectures 9.00 Special Relativity lecture 10.00 Mechanics lecture 11.00 Differential Equation lecture
other St Peter’s 12.30 Lunch in the Physics Department with the physicists r Common 13.30 Spend an hour or so in the College Junio R&R Room, read papers, chat, table tennis. General pts presented 14.30 Spend a while digesting some of the conce favour some , room my in in lectures. I prefer to work ent differ for ooks textb of le the library. Consult a coup crack Then an. Feynm lly Usua . presentations of the ideas or (vect ial tutor next my for on with a problem sheet calculus, maybe) until r by myself or 16.30 Tutorial, discuss ideas and problems eithe sometimes hour, in a group of 2/3 with a tutor. Usually an thing best two. Almost always very helpful, and the about an Oxford education circuits, 18.00 Land training session for rowing. Running, chat chit of y plent with d Dilute rowing machine. dinner. If not, 19.30 Rush back to college, hopefully in time for g guys rowin the grab a kebab/pizza with some of
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20.30 College bar for a couple of drinks, catch up haven’t seen all day
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not so tired 22.30 After a day like that, probably bed. If I’m was no rowing there or ial, because I haven’t had a tutor friends with club night a session, maybe head out to
Ollie in the College Bar