Direct answer
Objectives follow journal display order. Some depend on your choices; follow the active objective in the game.
Result
Some gossiping students informed Geralt about the annual intramural regatta organized by the Oxenfurt Academy. Though the campus had been closed as a result of war-related politics, the students had decided to keep with tradition and put on their own regatta. Geralt was interested in taking part, but as it was a students-only event, first he had to matriculate. Thus, in an admirable step towards increasing the diversity of its student body, the illustrious Oxenfurt Academy admitted the witcher Geralt of Rivia.