a REALISTIC day in my life at Cambridge University (in the lab)

[@aliabdaal]

first

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

absolute legend

[@justastudent4605]

dude this was by far the realest day in my life i've ever seen. Where things are a mess, you suddenly crack the best jokes to make up for excuses to not have cleaned the room, envious of juniors' skills and talents, and being yourself. Nothing pretentious. Things shouldn't always have to be all aesthetic and nice. This was such a breath of fresh air.

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Thank you! It's annoying when people have "realistic" day in life videos which set such an unrealistic standard

[@justastudent4605]

@@IlyasCambridgeAdvice ikr!...

[@shivig6840]

Hey! Can't tell you how enteratining this video was on two accounts: firstly, your commentary and editing style is hilarious and I hope to see more of it but more importantly, it was very insightful, especially as I am (hopefully) starting my undergraduate degree for Biology at Oxford this October!

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Thank you! Undergrad will be quite different because you'll have classes, but maybe later on you'll have a similar experience!

[@giilmari9524]

I don't know how or why this was recommended to me, but I haven't laughed this much in a while. What an interesting research topic! Your sense of humor is gold.

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Thank you and glad to hear!

[@MarioFabelo]

Really interesting to see your day-to-day, Ilya! I haven’t had Biology since Y9 and feel like I have learned a lot from this video! Biology looks cool ngl : o

[@waterunderthebridge7950]

I still get that moment of illogical horror when I start an old centrifuge and it just starts clattering like there’s no tomorrow. Even though I know I balanced everything perfectly, I still sometimes get the irrational fear that it’ll just up and explode in my face

[@h3r0_p00ks]

Wow! This is so cool and amazingly realistic. Thanks for this! Going to Cambridge is my absolute dream and I can’t imagine how amazing it must be.

[@AllanLovezGaming]

Woah cool video! I just wanted to say that your editing is amazing and it's really engaging.

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Thank you!

[@aymz1212]

you gotta upload more day in the life videos bro! watching you do lab work really makes me want to study biology too, i hope i get into my dream uni.

[@ifunanyamolokwu6121]

Don’t know why this was recommended to me but it was amazing to watch! Really engaging , funny and interesting! -From a first year philosophy undergraduate at Cam who’s rarely interested in anything science lol

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Thank you!

[@tomoldaker1268]

Yeah actually a great video icl I hate when ppl do day in the life’s but it’s so fake I love how you’ve done it w the jokes and everything. Also love to see that ppl at oxbridge can be normal and have social lives that’s not something u see everyday

[@jojomooc]

An upgrade from the stick insect video! Jokes aside, great video, glad you’re back! :)

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Please buy my bugs 📈

[@SailingwithSharvani]

this commentary was so entertaining haha!

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

gotta keep the people entertained :)

[@danielc.m6899]

This channel is going to go far

[@lilmzlondon]

this is incredible thank you so much for sharing your stories

[@Gabrielowns321]

I did my bsc in biology and decided to avoid wet lab for masters so I’m now doing bioinformatics. Interesting to see wet lab life, also funny cos I also climb after uni

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

I do some bioinformatics but as you can see not a lot lol

[@Gabrielowns321]

@@IlyasCambridgeAdvice haha yeh I can probs help if u need, i've used imageJ and R. Interesting project!

[@memoali1730]

Great video! i have PTSD from my undergrad biomed research project working with HeLa cells haha. I'm now in biomedical engineering for my masters.

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Nice! I've grown HeLa though in this video I was dealing with EJ30!

[@TashaPeak]

"Well anyway, my cells look leng!" LMAO!

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Words to live by

[@AceTac]

Ive been there and its massive! Its pretty cool to see right inside it!

[@MaximShvetsov]

Nice editing man! Interesting to watch!

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Thank you!

[@namm-uo4ro]

this video recommends to me randomly, dk why but really enjoy your content👀thanks for letting me know the life in cambridge

[@jefferypendleton6912]

Hi Ilya, I’ve been watching your videos (along with other Cambridge/Oxford oriented KZbinrs) and am planning out my own flavour of Cambridge content for a channel after being accepted for Research degrees in Bio-Anthropology. I just wanted to ask, are the Cambridge university and other crests (that I see in your and others’ videos) ok to use without permission or must one first obtain permission from the Uni to use them? On another note, I absolutely love your content and have found it both entertaining and informative during my application process the past year! Maybe we’ll see each other around.

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

You’re probably not allowed to use their logo but what are they gonna do about it lol

[@jefferypendleton6912]

@@IlyasCambridgeAdvice gotcha, I assumed as much but thought I’d ask. Thanks so much for your swift reply! Aside from the application process your videos have been rather helpful in planning how id like to set up my own channel and what content to cover - I rather enjoy your approach to videography. As an American that was admitted I’ll also have some videos planned for the differences in application processes and between the American and UK higher education systems (something I’ve not found a lot a of content on) along with the other themes! I’ll let you know once I get the channel up and running. If fate shines favourably perhaps we could have a potential future collaboration. :)

[@aakankshapai8859]

Humour game on point! New subscriber :)

[@elvism6051]

Wow, what luxury to get up at 9 am and get to the lab at 10. When I did my undergrad, I had to be at lectures for 9 am. And when I did my PhD, I had to be in the lab no later than 8.30 or else I'd get in trouble with my supervisor. :-D

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

I can't complain! Although to be fair my undergrad at Cambridge was 9am lectures Monday to Saturday in addition to practical classes and supervisions. And although I do come in at 10 these days, I can spend long hours and sometimes weekends in the lab too.

[@unicornzandmustaches]

slay im coming to do a bio mphil an will def join the climbing club!!!

[@jennyluvballet]

Passing out while trying to work at night after three parties is literally so real

[@-Osiris-]

This guy is low key hilarious

[@pooey]

My guy got into Cambridge and said "I want to be a youtuber"

[@anupamjana1876]

My realistic day at Cambridge U Website. Everytime I seek a PhD position, it says , funding for UK students only

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

It's a tough one unfortunately, funding is really hard to get especially if you're international. I didn't get funding for my master's and I'm a British citizen with a first from Cambridge!

[@studywm_pls]

thats crazy bro ! just wanted to ask what a-levels did you do, and if you can, what gcse grades did you get ? appretiate it !

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Hey! I've got videos about this on my channel but in summary I did the following A-levels and got these GCSE grades: chemistry, biology, maths, further maths, Dutch (which I speak already). 9A*s, 3As, and 1B at GCSE.

[@mahkhi7154]

I haven't Forgotten. Primary School (Copthorne - I must have been about 7 years old) . The Others Boys - DID tell me Not to Study. They used to Tell me Not to Sing. I thought they were Doing that because they didn't want to put in the effort to Study. I Now know, those boys had been Shown by the local King, What happens if you Study.

[@josephchadwick5429]

Cell culture without gloves, each to their own. Whatever works for you. Great vid though.

[@leppex5930]

This is hilarious commenting. Looking forward to the next video!

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Look no more, it came out the other day

[@harshpatel-yo1gy]

I am average student in study. But i really want to do research in physics . Can average student go to Cambridge?

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Cambridge students tend to be above average academically. You'll probably have to work to be above average to get in.

[@harshpatel-yo1gy]

Thankyou

[@JohnnyNorfolk]

Up at 9.06 no way it should be 6am so you can tidy your room/s and prepare for your day and plan everything and do outstanding jobs. it called the real world.

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Real world doesn't necessarily mean getting up at 6am :)

[@citywalk5689]

That was interesting👌 We NEED more! 😁

[@Tristan-zt8tw]

Good informative, and funny vid. 8.5/10

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

How do I get a 10

[@Tristan-zt8tw]

@@IlyasCambridgeAdvice I don’t even know. But if you pay me 50$ I’ll give you a 9

[@caioreis9626]

hey , whats the name and location of the restaurant? the food seems to be really nice....how much? thksss

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Nanna mex, petty curry, Cambridge! I wouldn't call it a fancy restaurant but food isn't bad

[@tomwaistell5883]

"my cells look LENG"

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

frfr

[@theduskydreamer5948]

Hello I am a zoology student as well and i dont know how I got here 😂but i think I wanna do my Phd in the UK.

[@chunkydave87]

Not sure why this came up in my recommendations! Have you had many issues with contaminations? I’ve never seen anyone work in a bsc with cells and not wear gloves!! 😮

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

I've so far had no issues with contamination. My supervisor has found that not wearing gloves actually reduces contamination as long as you sanitise well

[@indiabliss]

Love the witticisms

[@peachd2593]

I love your humor

[@yes-ft9ze]

I messed my GCSEs up and messed up college so this makes me feel like a mud blood peasant person but great vid! 👍

[@osantiagues]

At 10.42am the clock is wrong, it says 5.40 ....

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

buying batteries is effort

[@udonorganicfarm]

Should you be wearing disposable gloves for cell culture lab?

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

That's a good question. My supervisor recommends we don't and instead douse our hands and forearms in ethanol, because from his experience it is less likely to lead to contamination.

[@user-tg1zf6ow4o]

Great video ur commentary is hilarious

[@masternoob1679]

Lmao I literally ran into Peter on the tube on the way to the boat race 😂

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Pieter is a celebrity clearly

[@emilyrosesparkes8123]

Ooo which college are you in

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

I'm at Jesus College!

[@pugh.joseph]

How do you find time to answer every comment?

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

I just kinda answer on the go

[@riyadedani9533]

gosh good luck!

[@andreyoga5358]

You should work on the way of handling the micropipette. Always keep the tip lower than the handle!

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Surely it's fine if there's nothing in the pipette tip?

[@kerem6753]

"climbing is my main sport" disappointing

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

poles are just a side thing Kerem

[@luciuscaeciliuslucundus3647]

@@IlyasCambridgeAdvice One day when you've got to drop knee and full crimp in an interview, you'll ascend.

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

@@luciuscaeciliuslucundus3647 I'd just campus it

[@kpp28]

Wow! You did not wake up with a camera ready face, ate a 5 star Michelin breakfast, work out at the Ritz's gym, finish off your autobiography in the college library, interview the prime minister and finish off your day with yoga fly? Can you even call this a day in a life? 😜😜😂

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Tbf I did meet Robert De Niro and grow cancer cells so I'll take it

[@worldofameiso5491]

'Soy milk cappuccino' says it all really.

[@valeriiadanylchuk9792]

Вы из какой то СНГ страны? Ваш английский идеален и чёткий, но я не уверена что Вы британец

[@jamesshelley6478]

Handsome and educated 😍

[@emmanuelladrewry]

Does this school have nursing majors??

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

It's not a liberal arts college so there's no majors or minors. And there's no nursing either (Cambridge is more academic than vocational)

[@michaelnovotny6680]

Absolutely 0 clue if these comments are super sarcastic or not

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

oof if they are

[@annaaa_poon]

the wordle got me XD

[@stevek1225]

3:03 leaked Oxbridge entrance exam answers?

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

fml time to blur

[@caioreis9626]

hey,, where do you climb?

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Rainbow rocket

[@waterunderthebridge7950]

We always use gloves, lab coats etc. in the wet lab. Watching you was like seeing people without masks in crowded spaces xD

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

I'm not a Karen I swear

[@waterunderthebridge7950]

@@IlyasCambridgeAdvice I guess it’s just cultural differences in science? I’ve heard some places in the States also perform autopsies/anatomy courses on body donors without gloves while I shudder at the thought of touching formalin soaked _anything_ with bare skin

[@paju9697]

bro where‘s the lab coat?

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Bro allow

[@justintan0000]

My cells look leng nahhh ROADMAN

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Cells are mandem

[@darkdestroyer8313]

I stopped at ‘soy milk’

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

It's ironic and iconic

[@revisionvideos9464]

My cells look *leng*

[@vigneshvijayrajloo1600]

Hello

[@splinterbyrd]

I went to Cambridge University. It's fulla arrogant little wankers, the course was really boring, it was the worst experience of my life, and I wish I'd never set foot in the place.

[@studioreviews2649]

Great video lol.

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

wanna see an unrealistic day in life? kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIiwkHp4oK9sY6c

[@Muradsahar]

You are very clumsy, man!! be careful with those samples.

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

😢

[@faranakalishahi3934]

Meh.... Thank you so much. Now I can feel better about myself not going to Cambridge. I sincerely appreciate the effort you took to show a day of a life I'd rather NOT have. Have a very nice day

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

To be fair I have the day of a postgrad stem student, and a day at Cambridge for an undergrad or postgrad humanities would be different. But glad you liked the video;

[@faranakalishahi3934]

@@IlyasCambridgeAdvice you know what babe, on second thought...I don't really like my life as an engineering student either so my apologies if I offended you with my comment

[@tomw0184]

My cells look leng 😂😂

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Bet

[@noemozica]

No labcoat and no gloves? For real?

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

just following what my supervisor says + no contamination issues yet

[@vigneshvijayrajloo1600]

Hi dude

[@Fatima-ph9ju]

New subcriber 💃

[@francisbaugh8687]

Paid up pete

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

what

[@AndroidTwenny]

Mate, can I be honest? I don't care mate

[@AndroidTwenny]

Nah this was rude I didn't even watch the video, sorry mate

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

mate

[@AndroidTwenny]

@@IlyasCambridgeAdvice sorry fella, don’t know why I was so rude, will watch the video tonight over a cuppa

[@AndroidTwenny]

Sorry again mate, forgot to watch it, will pencil it in soon though

[@h.k3459]

Gen Z Humour at its finest lmfao

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Not sure how I feel about being called gen z but I'll take it

[@Allz]

What i learned in the first 2 minutes is that Cambridge got incompetent' students and broken machines, alright!

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

at least I can use apostrophes correctly

[@Allz]

@@IlyasCambridgeAdvice LOLL alrighty, am just a college student, please don't come at me with ur 9s i cant compete

[@eleskabradston7355]

you’re quite funny

[@MarioFabelo]

I’m fifth then lol

[@cambridgesilyaadvice3564]

Second

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Go away

[@theacademicfix2210]

funny guy

[@waimandododo5760]

Shouldn't draw on that kitchen wall down Jesus lane😠

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Wat

[@sarahocallaghan2365]

Incred

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Thank you!

[@chefduke3719]

soy milk

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

cream

[@chefduke3719]

@@IlyasCambridgeAdvice soy. milk.

[@maheraberu2000]

Second hahahaha

[@_whoisuj]

Fourth

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

fifth?

[@doubleabrix5513]

@@IlyasCambridgeAdvice Sixth

[@droge192]

I thought this was a joke when it (irrelevantly) appeared in my feed. You have to have a big ego to even imagine that a day in the life of a university is of any interest of substance whatsoever.

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

Day in the life videos are not necessary about flexing or having a big ego, but about sharing what your life is like so that other people can decide if that lifestyle is suited to them. I've had people comment on this video saying that this has made them realise they wouldn't want to study at Cambridge, and others saying it's made them want to study at Cambridge. Hence, this video is of interest to some people.

[@cambridgesilyaadvice3564]

@@IlyasCambridgeAdvice ratioed

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

@Kieran Smith Kieran went to private school and I didn't, cancel him

[@jeromechen1916]

Lol, dude thinks he's smart because he studies at Cambridge. He's even called his channel Cambridge advice. I bet if he studied at some low-tier college he wouldn't have posted this video. Mans just tryna flex

[@catriziacat1756]

Bro calm down you sound so salty

[@jeromechen1916]

@@catriziacat1756 Ask yourself: "What is the purpose of the video?"

[@IlyasCambridgeAdvice]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXuvnH13d9J7sKs

[@rubiksworld2170]

@@jeromechen1916the purpose is a day in the life. And it’s useful for students wishing to study lab-orientated courses. And people in different universities post their experiences all the time, there’s nothing wrong with it.

[@sonjakuusisto4430]

you.are.hilarious