Bopping to Oxford

It was so beautiful. Just every street seemed paved with academic brilliance, tradition and history. Was it the two professors walking down the street in capes with streamers and glitter littering their shoulders? Or perhaps the vandalism of poetry written on the toilet door. The casual flick of the hand with a "the guy that invented the Internet - this is his room. We don't use it anymore. Bad wifi (ironically)".

Despite a lovely day out full of early train rides and LOTS of asking through the picturesque city, I actually learned a lot. The English faculty were inspiring, and it is most definitely the course for me. Just the sheer amount of detail into two lines of a poem during one 20 minute session was massive, plus so interesting. Basically listening to celebrity gossip from the 1800's! Most helpful was probably the general English at oxford talk. I thought tutorials sounded scary, but actually it cleadly is a superior teaching method. You come to oxford for that specialised way of producing genius'.

The admissions talk was also very informative. Lots of notes were taken! I know I have to do massive amounts of reading over summer, but thebility to choose means I can find things that interest me personally! Plus the sheer motivation to get into the place is driving me.

After all the nice English things, and a bit of lunch hidden on some unassuming steps, we proceeded to look round colleges. We only got to around 4/5 in the end before going home.

Thoughts

*omg look at these nice buildings omg gargoyle

*is that a tapestry? THAT'S A FULL ON TAPESTRY

*omg they filmed Harry potter here COOL

*ew these rooms are a little dingy

*nice lawn. What no walking on it? Come on!?!?

*urgh.steps more steps stone steps wooden steps 

There are some very quirky things I have seen including: Percy, the Univ college tortoise; people playing croquet; boars heads on walls. Honestly it doesn't seem all that crazy. The language they use however just seems...a lot to learn. Everything is shortened or initialed or has an oxford er on the end. However I'm sure I will be having a bop with the other JCR's after hall during Michaelmas...see it's like a foreign language!

Despite its strange ways and small draw backs, ultimately it is the best college in the country. And I am definitely going to try for it. I think I'd regret it not too! So I have to hope my results live up to expectation, plus a lot of extra work this summer and next year, and hopefully I can apply! I don't really expect to be successful, but the whole experience is wonderful anyway. Just to even have the possibility to to be part of that thriving city is enough to try.