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Physics student
Rachel is a first year Physics student who has shared her timetable to show an example of a student’s week at Oxford University. It demonstrates how she organises her time for studying, and that she makes time to have fun and relax as well.  |
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Monday9 am–12 pm Lectures 12.15 pm–1 pm Coached fencing training Afternoon: Finish off tutorial work that was set last week, hand in at 5pm 6 pm Dinner in College 8 pm–9 pm Fairtrade Coalition meeting (I'm the Secretary) 9 pm onwards Do a bit of work, bed at 11ish |
Friday6 am Rowing outing on the river 9 am–10 am Lectures 10 am–3 pm Go over maths tutorial work, make a start on the physics 3 pm–4 pm Maths tutorial, same format as physics – we say what we don't understand, and work through it. Set work for the next week 6pm Dinner Evening: Friends come over |
Tuesday9 am–12 pm Lectures 12 pm–1 pm Have some lunch in the College gardens 1 pm–3 pm Prepare for tutorial by working on problem sheet I had to prepare 3 pm–4 pm Physics tutorial, reviewing the problem sheet with one other first year physicist and my tutor, asking any questions we have from this and from our lectures; organise next week's tutorial work 4 pm–5.30 pm Relax! Maybe tidy my room, have someone over for tea 5.30 pm Rowing training 6 pm Dinner in college 7 pm–9 pm Do a bit of work for my maths tutorial 9 pm onwards Go out with my friends |
SaturdayLie in! Get up about 11am, maybe have a rowing outing at some point, see some friends, work on physics for a few hours, watch a film in the evening and generally relax |
Wednesday9 am–12 pm Lectures 12 pm–3 pm Lunch, relax 3 pm–5 pm More work on the problem set for my maths tutorial, read over the lab script in preparation for practicals tomorrow 5 pm–5.30 pm Weights session in the gym Evening: Every Wednesday evening I have several friends over and someone cooks for everyone else and we generally catch up |
SundayThis is when I get a lot of my work for the week sorted, probably work from about 10am until 6pm, then church until 8pm, come back and do some more work. Have an early night, ready for the nine o'clock lectures tomorrow morning... |
Thursday9 am–10 am Lectures 10 am–5 pm In labs. Basically, we collect the details of the week’s experiment the week before and read over the theory and background. There might be a demonstration from one of the supervisors, then we conduct the experiment. 6pm Dinner 7 pm–8.30 pm Work on maths tutorial work 8.30 pm–10 pm Fencing at the Sports Centre 10 pm Sleep! |
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