Cambridge Room Tour June 2013 / University Stuff

Exams are over and I can record videos again, so please enjoy a brief look at some of the things in my room while I talk about some of the events that have happened/are happening this term.

[@DDoubleEDouble]

When he said '...so I put my work in this folder here' and then holds up the bin!! LMAO funniest thing I've heard all day

[@jakewrightnet]

I spend a lot more time working at uni than I did at school. 9am lectures six days a week, Monday-Saturday, and most days I work until I go to bed. I get my exam results on the 1st July, so pretty soon. I'll upload a video once I get them. :)

[@huckiDazalem]

wow, that's a lot of work! Good luck for your results! And btw, thanks for making the OCR Computing revision book! I had to self-teach the course, and it helped so much!

[@vinvin1715]

Welcome back! your vids have been missed. Look forward to you cramming and posting loads of informative vids.....................WE hope

[@Austenmad24]

Awesome, nice to have you back, and well done the your 1st year at universary :-)

[@FluffVideos]

In this folder here: *Shows the bin* hah good one Jake :)

[@MrJeffersonPrince]

Congratz on finishing your first year Jake! :')

[@jakewrightnet]

I never measured it but I dunno, about 3x4m perhaps?

[@radicalaccounting]

Congratulations on a successful year!

[@jakewrightnet]

Thank you. :D If there is interest then I'd love to make a similar book for the first two units. My two problems are lack of time and the fact that OCR will probably change the spec soon. But yes, I do plan to do it eventually.

[@trisnaekowiyatnikawaii3860]

Hi Jake Wright, nice to share your computer science student room tour with us here. Not only you, who is suffered with 150 pages handouts per day. I have to read almost 500 pages in one subject for 4 days before you go trough the examen in friday. That's the schedule that we must do every single week with different subject as long as 'i am student of Master Informatics Engineering'. Keep up the good work

[@stefan-iv3yx]

Great video! My dream is to study in Cambridge one day!

[@jakewrightnet]

No, I don't have a scholarship or anything, I'm paying £9000/year (with a student loan). I just applied through UCAS in the same way as I applied to other universities. Then got an interview followed by an offer. The Cambridge website has all of the details regarding the application process but it's the same as all other unis if you live in the UK and fairly straightforward otherwise.

[@GuineaPigSecretsUK]

I liked looking at the difference between your uni and mine, I've only studied in Scotland, I'm now a teacher after doing a one year PGDE, I hope to be a lecturer eventually

[@jakewrightnet]

Oh cool! No, Queens' didn't make me do STEP, which I'm glad about, seems pretty tough. Good luck with your application!

[@jijiao101]

4:37 Probability density function corresponds to continuous distribution since the page is showing discrete distribution, it should be probability mass function

[@huckiDazalem]

Will do! My school are going to attempt to teach the course from next year after seeing me do it, so I'll definitely recommend they buy your book! Do you have any plans to make books for unit 1 or 2?

[@jakewrightnet]

Ben Bray, I applied to Queens'. Open applications can be good if you don't know which college to apply to, but there were some colleges that I didn't want to end up at so I didn't want to take the risk. (It wouldn't let me reply to your comment properly.)

[@jakewrightnet]

Take a look at my Cambridge Q&A video :)

[@anadoniaali3980]

+Jake Wright I love Cambridge

[@bethc696]

How often do you have to clean out your room / change rooms.

[@MegaGmano]

Jake do you mind answering a few questions about Cambridge? I know that you have probably done a lot of times.. But could you please? Thank you,

[@huckiDazalem]

Ye, that's what I've heard. Would you say you spend more or less time a day working than you did when at school (including lessons at school and lectures at uni)? When do you get your results for your exams btw?

[@SamRuston]

I went on a tour at Queen's a few months ago, I didn't realise you were there! I'm applying to Cambridge for Comp Sci too. Did you have to do STEP?

[@erossy3]

What did you get at GCSE? Great video :)

[@huckiDazalem]

As a hopeful Comp Sci student, I was wondering, is the course interesting and up to date? When comparing it to UCL, I found that the course was a lot less modern, and more hardware based. Did you find that, or has it been a great course?

[@TurkishImmigrant]

Was there a hip flask on the biscuit shelf?

[@jakewrightnet]

Nobody else wanted them and Andy Rice would have put them in the bin. :O

[@jakewrightnet]

Thanks! Oh wow, I'm so glad it helped you. If you know anybody else doing the course it would be a great help if you recommended it to them! :D

[@jakewrightnet]

Honestly, the course is really out of date. Our lecture notes for the operating systems course mentions that "Longhorn" will be coming soon. It's still a good course, but with a hell of a lot of work. That's true for most Cambridge courses though, not just CompSci.

[@TheRhydian98]

Well done for completing your first year

[@sanatkarsatih]

Great! Thanks for sharing this :)

[@lucydickson539]

I know this is a slightly bizarre question, but I was wondering which building in Queens' this room was in? I'm working out where the best place will be to stay as a fresher next year and freaking the crap out! (Promise I'm not a stalker...) xx

[@jakewrightnet]

Haha no that's not weird, I would have loved to have seen more of the rooms before I chose mine. This was DD staircase in Cripps. Like 80-90% (maybe) of freshers live in Cripps in first year.

[@huckiDazalem]

Ye, you're probably right. The courses never last more than a few years. Btw, I'd love to work with you on developing a game or something like that sometime soon!

[@riversong4891]

I know this is late... but what was the storage space like in your room? did you have a wardrobe and drawers to put clothes in? I'm applying to cam this year but didn't get a chance to look at all the accommodation :/

[@D3LLI5]

depends on the building, cripps in queens' has a pretty good amount of storage space, wardrobe and loads of drawers

[@KrawallTusse]

As I went to Cambridge last year the punting guy told us the woodden bridge is the oldest bridge in Cambridge. True? :D

[@andyc5714]

Hey Jake, I am going to be applying to universities soon, I am trying to decide which computing course to do. Should I do computer science or Software Engineering?

[@UsTheHumans]

Andy Ciuffo computer science

[@dwikaerpa7918]

Jake..could you help me to get scholar cambrige university?

[@yusufasghar9140]

did the university provide accommodation for the whole course or did you have to rent a room or something

[@D3LLI5]

depends on the college and whether you're doing a 3 year course or longer

[@eduardische]

Well, I would have taken them if no one else wanted them but you did. :) The reason it was in the bin bag is just because there were no other bags available.

[@jakewrightnet]

Yes, a hip flask full of Gammel Dansk ;)

[@shineypinkz2445]

Hi I visited Cambridge City today loved I took pics in front of kings college I believe that is part of Cambridge university also how far is the main campus from kings college? Like where is Cambridge University?? Main campus? xx nice video btw 😊:) x

[@lbanyard3606]

Cambridge isn't essentially a university just a collection of colleges that each have a main site so there is no one Cambridge university site 😊

[@rizkanurulafifa4660]

I am just wondering about the maple at there :D

[@benbray4528]

Do you apply for queens college or did you apply any college?

[@97gulamali]

Jake Wright What headphones do you use? Do you recommend them?

[@jakewrightnet]

Panasonic RP-HTX7, I think they sound great but I find them a little uncomfortable to wear for long periods of time.

[@sammybray5346]

Jake, is it necessary to know more than a language to be qualified into Cambridge? If so, how many languages you need to learn in order to meet the conditions required?

[@Bobdowntheroadshow]

I don't think you need to learn any new languages, just having English as your only language should be fine. But that may vary dependant on the subjects you choose.

[@opus0872]

think his referring to programming languages

[@muskndusk]

Nice to hear someone with a regional accent at Cambridge.

[@hellaortizbachen7096]

My dream is go to Cambridge.. but I don't know if I can, someday, maybe :(

[@sami282149]

thats nice mate...thanks :D

[@ShaoVideoProduction]

So this is when you got the ML book...

[@insomniapetticoat]

aw I live in cambridge, how sweet

[@madlife7274]

hey you do computer science.... i also do... but is it necessarily for me doing physics to be an engineer, programmer whatsoever ....????

[@jakewrightnet]

Nope, Physics could be useful for certain things, maybe programming physics engines for games, but in general it's pretty useless for programming.

[@madlife7274]

ohh thanks... actually i do business studies....economic and computer science ....so what is waiting for me??? :/

[@madlife7274]

thanks ,man.... actually i love doing computer science..... but i doubt if this might have something to do with the other subject i do.... this quiet frustrating me sometime....

[@madlife7274]

hmm... ok.... thanks man for your advice or help... dnt know what it is.. xD..... wish you good luck in your future....

[@Sartorius988]

Cambridge takes everything to the next level. At St Andrews the May Ball would be 65 pounds and black tie rather than 160 and white tie

[@joshkenevanrumie5511]

thank you

[@heydeanie291]

God Cambridge is my dream university, along with oxford. Honestly not sure which I prefer

[@iram331]

Computer Science? Which programming language have you learnt?

[@opus0872]

just french and Swahili at the moment ;) Currently learning Malay

[@iram331]

I'm talking about programming language

[@opus0872]

Iram B haha Im just fucking with ya

[@MikeSmith-rd9fi]

do you lift bro?

[@briarrobbin5478]

Clearly not.

[@dgayson052]

Cambridge is my dream collage always has been and i hope in 4 years time i can get accepted :D

[@cobrafn2682]

Did you get accepted into Cambridge?

[@katherinewilliams8504]

'Sir Isaac Newton built the Mathematical bridge with no screws, by using the angles to make it stable' (or something I'm only Year 9) 'the students then took it apart and tried to rebuild it with no screws but they were apparently not clever enough to do it so they used screws' or that's what they told me when I went punting....

[@kekyola]

I want to study there .. What are you studing there

[@annax38]

He said computer science

[@iPhone171]

Nice video

[@MikeSmith-rd9fi]

£80 to HIRE A TIE??????

[@Tivaarg]

White tie is a form of dresswear. It's a complete suit, but it does include a white bowtie in it also.

[@winonavaleska2474]

White tie is a term for a certain type of attire, not just the tie!!

[@wendyz7365]

£160! I'm not going to the may ball. What a waist of money

[@missy0144]

you're so cute

[@petrucci15]

oh cambridge....laaahdy daaah

You could have bought a white tie for that price looooool

[@Dandraper1996]

check out my desk tour

[@micinum]

waaaaiiittt, how much slides for one exam? because what you just showed us is basic! that we learn in middle school ! (for the rest of the world that would be 9th grade if you start your education at age 7 starting 1st grade)

[@elliephantz]

Oh of course. You learn university stage probability in Middle school. I totally believe you. I also hope you understand my sarcasm.

[@micinum]

Now I see why transfer students from Macedonia say its much easier abroad 😀 I had a friend that was a big fail in middle school here in Macedonia, they moved in Australia and got into some university in Perth for computer science, he finished top of his class there and saying its easy! This is the same guy that almost failed a year in middle school...So no, it is not hard what you learn. Here in Skopje we have 3 foreign universities all American ones. Rich people go there that have no brains. After finishing the uni they cant get a job because they are from 'private' not a state university. The most stupid people get a diploma there. I know a lot of people that have gone to the US and UK as transfer students and they never come back...they finish the courses with ease and get a job..not one of the ones I know have returned to work here

[@micinum]

One other thing, what you learn is not hard remember there are places in the world where people live in shit holes and learn much harder things than this. They dont have money and must work at night just to pay rent and bills.

[@micinum]

If you want I can send you the slides from one of the subjects from my first year..you tell me if what you learn is hard then

[@jakewrightnet]

Branislav Stratrov That could be interesting to compare

[@ahmedabdellatif98]

80 quid to hire a tie!!!!

[@reegankay9799]

Ahmed Abdellatif not just the tie

[@walthgodh]

Eras más chico

[@rich9012]

cuteeeeee

[@Quickscopesproz]

Cambridge is alright Stanford is hurling the amount of work they give us

[@yusufasghar9140]

I'm thinking of a three year course in theology