Yesterday morning I walked with the other 3 Wilson Place residents to the Academic Office, and we listened to a lecture about the Tutorial Essay that we will have to write every week for our tutorials. Then we listened to Bob talk about British Customs. Apparently they are all supposed to be very reserved, but everyone I've met seems to be pretty friendly and helpful.

I went to Magdalen with the other Visiting Students to meet with Dr. Jacobs, our academic adviser. He gave us a bunch of information and our student ID cards:
Very exciting stuff. I am now officially a member of the University of Oxford.
We met Shabana, our student liaison, as well. They took us on a short tour of Magdalen in the rain, and it still managed to be gorgeous. After lunch at a pub, we had individual meetings with Dr. Jacobs. He mentioned that he visited Ohio Wesleyan in the summer of 2007 to advertise how nice the science department is at Magdalen, but he couldn't spend too much time there before he left for Chicago. I am assuming this is where Dr. Michael (my study abroad adviser) learned about the OSAP program and why he didn't know that much about it when he gave me the brochure last year. I am going to be studying Egyptology and Biochemistry this term. I have no idea what to expect from studying Biochem independently, but it works for Oxford grads, so hopefully I'll get the hang of it.

After my meeting I went to the Porter's Lodge and chatted with the Porters. They basically run the front office of the College. They are great, which is a good thing I guess because they are the ones who will be helping me out the most I'm sure.

Back to the OSAP office to listen to a politics tutor talk about the British government. Forever. Then home to read through all the materials I received yesterday.