BASICS
Name: Catherine (Katie) Rose Burns
Year: Third
Degree: Medicine
Hometown: Glenariffe, Northern Ireland
FAVORITES
Book: Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Movie: Moulin Rouge. Every. Single. Time.
Song: A friend recently played me “Wish You Were Here” by Pink Floyd and it’s pretty awesome
Animal: Fox
Place in St Andrews: Forest walk in Lade Braes in autumn
Sports Team: Ultimate Frisbee
Midnight Snack: Apples and Peanut Butter or Pretzels and Nutella, with tea
Quote: From my favourite poem:
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield
(Ulysses, Tennyson)
CAMPUS LIFE
Campus Activities: Total BNOC mate (Medsin President, MedSaint Publicity Rep, Frisbee)
Plans for the Future: Burns it up
Study ‘Ritual’: Get a Starbucks and make a to-do list (frown intensely at to-do list)
Something on your St Andrews Bucket List: Pier Jump when I learn to swim
LOVE LIFE
Relationship Status: In a fulfilling academic marriage
Deal Breaker: Hates potatoes
Deal Maker: Loves potatoes
OTHER TIDBITS
Dream Job:
- Pipe Dream: Play Alexander Hamilton in the musical Hamilton
- Real Dream: Humanitarian Surgeon
Dream Vacation: Travel (in time) to see the Ancient Wonders of the World
Celebrity Crush: Tom Hanks
Secret Talent: I’m a low-key comedian
Three Things You Can’t Live Without: Peanut Butter. Frisbee. Books.
Guilty Pleasure: Bubble Bath-a-thons
Dream Dinner Guests (5, dead or alive):
- Andrew Kingsnorth
- Thomas Hardy
- David Attenborough
- Jane Austen
- Lin Manuel Miranda