Posted by: Paulina Abramowicz on July 25, 2016
Nothing beats summer in Oxford, or Cambridge for that matter (both are equally beautiful, and though I am partial to Oxford, I was pretty enamored with Cambridge…the only way to tell them apart is by the vast number of scurrying bicycles! Bicycles are actually so prominent that streets are closed to drivers (except on Sundays). […]
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Posted by: Paulina Abramowicz on July 21, 2016
Well we all officially “survived” our first exam together with all the pomp and ceremony involved of imparting what we have learned…. simultaneously anxious and excited, all decked out in our sub fuscs ready to board buses to examination schools, I think preparations were equally as nerve racking as the experience itself but needless to […]
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Posted by: Paulina Abramowicz on March 20, 2016
So what is Oxford really like? Below is an account of a flurry of my emotions and first impressions. Just as I had imagined, there are intimidating and almost draconian protocols in how Oxford operates…from examinations to marking schemes (you receive the average of two marks by independent proctors which are ratified by an external […]
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