This past Monday was our first Oxford exam experience and was our first time together in sub-fusc since Matriculation. The exam was quite challenging and a few of us are glad that we’ll have the opportunity do do resits in December should the results not match our expectations. After the exam, about half the class went down to the Turf for a traditional post-exam drink, complete with a toast to “the Bishop of Bath and Wells”. The whole thing was pretty nerve-wracking at times, but definitely part of the whole “Oxford experience”.

The rest of the week went by in a blur due to a finance assigment that needed to be handed in first thing on Friday morning. Working with my study group was great and I’m glad that my group members all tend to be fairly level-headed. We ended up submitting our assignment at around 11:30 PM on Thursday, or basically when security kicked us out of the building. I know some of the other groups worked well into the wee hours of the morning!

This module wasn’t all work though. We were treated to a great dinner at Worcester college on Wednesday with drinks in the college bar (and several others…) afterward. A few of us even found time during the week to enjoy the sunny weather and go punting out on the river for an hour or so. Once it was all over on Friday afternoon, about half the class got together for an Indian meal and a few drinks down at the Kings Arms.

I’m glad that the module is over as it was pretty much non-stop. Back in my office, a pile of work has been accumulating in my absence… best go to it.