trinity term begins...

Monday was the first official day of Trinity Term - my third and final term of classes here at Oxford. This term we get to take all elective courses, chosing 6 out of about 30 options. After switching in and out of a few based on the reading lists that were just posted, I've settled on the following courses for the term: Management Control and Information Management, Strategy Implementation, Marketing Innovation, Media Strategy and Regulation, Marketing Strategy, and Entrepreneurship and Technology Ventures. Seems like a pretty nice mix of classes, while conveniently avoiding any additional finance classes! Phew.

In addition to classes, in the coming month we need to sort out where we will all be doing our summer consulting projects (SCP). These will be done in groups of four during the months of July and August, and we will return in September to submit our reports on our projects, and take a final exam for the programme. The possibilities of SCPs are slowly trickling in, and it seems like there will be some pretty interesting competition for the most desirable projects, as some of them look pretty mediocre. We will see how that all pans out.

On top of school work, I've decided to row again this term (because I'm crazy and aparently don't care if I never sleep!). It was a tough decision, as most of my classmates will be travelling to Paris the weekend of the big rowing races here (Summer Eights), to participate in the MBA Olympics. However, I decided that I really enjoy the rowing, and it is such a unique experience to be able to do it here. Summer Eights are rumoured to be *the* Oxford social event of the year, so it will be great to be able to see the mahem of thousands of people standing around drinking Pimms and eating strawberries while watching the races for four days in May. And an even more unique experience to be someone who is actually in a boat competing in the event. I'm looking forward to it - and to my chance to drink some Pimms out there after the last day of racing is over! More on this later, for sure!