Yesterday was one of the biggest days in my life as I graduated from University with a Masters degree in Physics. After spending the majority of my life in full-time education, I was both ecstatic and sad to have it all over and done with. It’s a really surreal feeling to know that I will probably never sit in another lecture for the rest of my life, but it also marks the opening of a new exciting chapter in my life.
Having never graduated from anything before in my life, this was a completely new (and pretty daunting) experience, and one that was a lot of fun. Can I do it all over again?
The ceremony was set in the university grounds, in the chapel in Founders building, which is one of the prettiest buildings I’ve ever seen.
Royal Holloway Founders building
There was a long wait to collect our gowns and hats so I sat with my parents enjoying their company and soaking up the atmosphere.
Waiting to collect my gown and hat.
I have to wait for the DVD to get any video footage of the graduation ceremony itself, but needless to say after an hour of queuing up, my feet were red raw and I was regretting deciding to wear heels for the event. After freaking myself out beforehand and convincing myself that it was absolutely certain that I would fall or pass out in front of everyone, I was very pleased to survive it without any major setbacks (apart from an extremely thick carpet which made my heels very unsteady!)
Graduated!:
After graduating!
After graduating it was time to move to the drinks reception to take lots and lots of photos and mingle with friends and staff members.
All of the MSci physics students together
All physics graduates and staff together chucking our hats in the air!
With all the physics girls!
All my physics friends.
After lots of photos and goodbye hugs (with all my friends telling me not to die on my trip!) it was time to leave.
Saying goodbye to Royal Holloway
I enjoyed graduation a lot more than I expected to. Before the day I felt that it was a long, unnecessary hassle, but I had an amazing day and I can’t think of a better way to say goodbye to all my friends and my university.
Overall, it was such a bittersweet day, but now it’s on to the next adventure!
Congratulations….what a wonderful accomplishment!
Thanks Lisa! It was a great day :)
Congrats on graduating girlie!
Thanks Elle! :)
Congratulations! :)
Thank you Abhijit!! :)
WOOHOO CONGRATS!!! All the hard work is going to pay off because now you get to see the world!!!
Thanks Jaime! :D I can’t wait!!!!
Congratulations on your Graduation and all the best in your future endeavors.
Thanks so much! :)
Congrats Lauren! Now it’s time to party your ass off in Croatia! :)
Hell yeah!!
Congratss!! i know how this feels, freshgraduate too, tho my graduation party and all the hat throwing and stuff is still after 10 days!
now goodluck and have fun using ur graduation present, a RTW trip ;)
Such a great present! :D
Congratulations! That’s an amazing achievement :)
Thanks Megan! :)
Congratulations. Looks like a beautiful college.
Thanks Kris! I’m going to miss having lectures there for sure.
Hi, I’m a new visitor of your blog! :D Congratulations! I love traveling too! Nice to meet you! Your college is so beautiful!
Awwww thanks Lia! :)
Two things that are awesome. We both have Masters Degrees (Architecture) and my roommate was a physics major before switching to mechanical engineering (and now doing bio-medical engineering!). There were lots of conversations surrounding the craziness that is physics. We should totally have conversations about it. Congrats on graduating and starting your adventure! Looking forward to all the stories :)
Josh