BASICS
Name: Ross Ewing
Year: First Year
Degree: Geography
Hometown: Crieff, Perthshire
FAVORITES
Book: One Hundred Days by Admiral Sandy Woodward
Chick Flick: Pitch Perfect
Song: “9 – 5” by Dolly Parton
Place in St Andrews: Costa Coffee…
Sports Team: Scotland Rugby Team
Midnight Snack: Anything Dervish
Cheesy Quote: “Aca-what?”
CAMPUS LIFE
What campus activities are you involved in: Music Society; Member of the Symphony Orchestra and Wind Band; Brass Music Scholar; Member of the Royal Navy at university on a sponsored undergraduate scheme
Plans for post-grad life: I want to serve twelve years as an officer in the Royal Navy working as a Warfare (Hydrograhy & Meteorology) Officer. Then, I would like to rise through the ranks and make a long career out of the Royal Navy. However, I am also looking at careers in the Secret Intelligence Services (MI5 and MI6) and in politics.
Best study spot: Library
Something on your St Andrew’s bucket list: Living with my pug, Monty, for at least one of the years I have left at St Andrews.
LOVE LIFE
Relationship Status: Otherwise engaged…
Ideal Date: Anna Kendrick
Deal Breaker: Hatred of Pitch Perfect
Deal Maker: Love for pugs
OTHER
Dream job: Captain, Britannia Royal Naval College of the Royal Navy
Cats or dogs: Dogs
Celebrity crush: Anna Kendrick
Secret talent: I play the accordion.
Three things you can’t live without: My accordion, pugs, and musicals
Guilty pleasure: Love a bit of Eastenders or any soap…
Lizard or Brew Pub: Brew Pub
Dream dinner party guests: Her Majesty the Queen, Prince Philip, Kate and Will, and Anna Kendrick