Imperial interview

Today was my interview at imperial and it was quite a nice day except for the actual interview part!

I got a little lost on the way there but easily got back on track after getting on the wrong train! So I ended up still being on time but was the last one there nonetheless which is pretty awful when you consider that I live the closest out of the 10 others there, one girl was from Denmark! What am I saying, one girl? I mean the only other girl...

We had a tour which was very nice and showed how close lots of things are even though it's a city but also showed how busy it is. I don't particularly like the idea of having to fight for a desk in the library!

Then we had lunch which was free and yummy and only a little awkward. The other people were really friendly and I actually spoke to most of them. Particularly the Irish guys cause they have cool accents! And of course the girl because that's what happens in physics, us girls stick together!

Then we had a meeting as a group and a department tour with an academic and she was lovely! It gave us a chance to relax before the interview although that didn't stop me getting flustered with my negatives but I'll come to that in a second... We snuck into the back of a 3rd year lecture and from what I could gather it was about particle physics and for some reason when something is to do with z and w bosons the mass has to be massive? So yeah very educational!! We also got to see the labs and talk about experiments which surprisingly got me super excited.

Then came the interview! Well no, first came the wait while another guy had an interview and then came the interview! The wait was actually quite enjoyable, I just got to chat about physics with a guy in a heavy metal band, something I've never done before and can now cross off the list!!

In the interview I got to talk about MRI, Tesla and endoscopes, I totally didn't mean to mention medical physics so much - I don't know what's wrong with me!! I only quite like it... Then came the questions there was a math and chemistry one but the worst was the physics one. I got in a right mess and started saying rubbish... The question was basically why when I open and close a freezer twice is it harder to open the second time. It's something to do with pressure or something but I said it was the normal reaction force of the gas on the door... I'm so stupid... But I've learnt about interviews a bit? Yeah I basically wasted the day... But the important thing is that I bought a hot chocolate on the way home and found a free marshmallow in it! Loving life :)