Profile: Katie Burns

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):

1. Andrew Kingsnorth
2. Thomas Hardy
3. David Attenborough
4. Jane Austen
5. Lin Manuel Miranda

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