OXFORD UNI ROOM TOUR | move in + unpacking vlog (first year)

Watch as I struggle to walk and climb the stairs with my luggage and camping bag (while holding a shaky camera)! Moving in alone was definitely not easy … the struggles of an international student in these times! Featuring my cosy and aesthetic little room and how I try to organise everything before starting my new life :”) Warning: This can be quite a boring vlog as some parts are really random and I just kept them for the memories :P
P.S. I’ve been feeling extremely overwhelmed since officially starting school these past two weeks, which explains the belated uploads and blog posts, but I promise to post something more useful next week (related to medical school applications)! 😊 Stay tuned!
WHO AM I?
I am a first-year medical student at Oxford University, coming all the way from Singapore (international student)! I will be using this channel to document my journey (with vlogs like this) and share simple tips and advice for aspiring medics and aspiring Oxbridge students :)
disclaimer: i'm a very different person now (even the way i look, speak and act), please don't judge me by my old videos :P i may slowly remove/archive some of them to make way for new perspectives. not doing much youtube now due to other priorities!
Music: www.bensound.com

[@alyssasahir2791]

this is exactly the room i imagine whenever i read wattpad stores about college students

[@eqrltea5279]

Same

[@starr2870]

omg same

[@danikae_]

please give me recs 😭

[@abeth7195]

Maradeurs vibes

[@ItzSannyz]

Random but: what are your fave wattpad stories? I'd really like to read some good written ones about college etc. 😍😊

[@GabrielyanAkop]

imagine at the end someone from the security comes in saying: "pardon me, but this is not your room"

[@arshcheema3416]

😂😂

[@nishka9605]

I would be mad asf ngl

[@hemikiwi817]

i love that your room has character and beautiful windows! I think you are going to be very happy in such a delightful room!

[@clarkkennmorgana]

i like the windows of your room! like your vlogging style keep it up!

[@jennifermartin7844]

Oh my Gosh! I did a summer English seminar in Oxford two years ago and stayed EXACTLY in that staircase at Exeter! And yes, I almost blacked out carrying my huge suitcase up those stairs!

[@fgjbsroghwpuirghs]

could you maybe do a video on how you got into Oxford?

[@theastudy]

I really love your unique POV and calming edits! Thank you for making this vlog, I'm so glad I clicked on it ❤️

[@sabaali5321]

I absolutely love this vlog, it's my first time on your channel and I immediately subscribed it. I hope you journey in Oxford will be a great experience just remember to use this time to its fullest. Lots of love❤️

[@reya5667]

I just visted Oxford for the first time this weekend and was intrigued to see how the student accommodation was. Thank you for uploading your video. It was informative. Keep it up. Good luck with your studies :D

[@David-CoolDave]

Congratulations, best of luck with everything :)

[@mabelgolfer1]

your living my dream

[@savannahfaith4114]

wow! the room is beautiful especially those windows!!

[@PreetiPreeti-tc1nj]

truly you're blessed my dear, I wish you all the luck for future❤

[@lcrs5050]

Congratulations! Good luck in college! Love the windows.

[@SabrinaGranger]

What a beautiful university! I loved this video♥

[@markdarcy5256]

Omg the dorm room is so pretty 🤩

[@clarammageorge8979]

Your room is so beautiful. This is YOUR luck

[@magicpan6873]

You doing now how satisfied I was when I saw that the video is exactly 10 minutes long ✨

[@Fluxxxx]

Not you showing us the path to your dorm and your exact room. Slayyy😍

[@pdhd]

Beautiful room and surrounding. Very nice video. Hope to see more such vidoes from you.

[@aesteticvideos8264]

The bedroom make me feel calm by seeing it . You can put some flowers on the wall for some decoration ❤️ btw GoodLuck !

[@irsyadhassan151]

I love the room, good luck btw

[@onagordunpons5458]

you are literaly living my dream 🤩

[@user-dm3nc5xi6o]

The windows 😍😍😍

[@XSemperIdem5]

I got tired just watching you go up those stairs 😅 But I love the windows. I would definitely set up a comfy spot there with a cushion or some pillows to have my morning coffee and read. I bet it looks so pretty when it rains. Makes me miss the big window with window seat I had in my childhood home.

[@ZQmedicinspires]

Yep it's really pretty, I miss it now that I've moved! Your childhood home must be really nice! :")

[@mahamkhurram8326]

Best of luck ♥

[@urgurlmercy_]

I have always wanted to go to Oxford since I discovered it as a child in primary school. I hope that I go there.

[@Kim-po2fh]

Looking forward to more videos

[@remy4308]

I know this is after two years but im very proud of you. God bless you

[@shaggadulan9713]

Wish you all the best 💚💙🍃🍃

[@VGena-pp3op]

Rice cooker made me laugh so hard. So relatable 😂😂

[@user-dm3nc5xi6o]

Omg 😁 u said "the windows" too

[@ghulamfareed5665]

nice room u got there girl..... 💜

[@ARlELATOM]

I’m just watching your old videos, you really had an American twang when you first arrived 😄

[@ABC_DEF]

I was on that staircase in 1983-4, but in a room overlooking Broad Street. Staircase 9 was smaller in those days, because the archway that you went through in the video went into a very small third quad which hadn't yet been filled in; the entrance to Staircase 9 was under the Broad Street archway. Your room is very small indeed, but as you say the window is nice and you are absolutely in the centre of Oxford.

[@ZQmedicinspires]

Wow, it's really cool to hear how the college has changed over the years! Yes, my room is one of the smallest in college, there are bigger rooms, but I really like it nonetheless. And as you said, the location is great! :)

[@ABC_DEF]

@@ZQmedicinspires With any luck you'll get a bigger room next year. I was lucky to get three years in college, because I was a scholar. Staircase 9, then Staircase 6 in the front quad, then a very small room overlooking Turl Street on Staircase 13. Lord Crowther-Hunt was Rector, and it was his special project to fill up the third quad with more rooms. (The third quad was dark and dingy and was called Dustbin Quad because it was where the dustbins were kept; ever since, the college has had nowhere to keep its dustbins.) Those extra rooms were crammed into Dustbin Quad, and also that very narrow staircase that you walk up in your video. In the 1980s, the Broad Street gate was kept open all day, and anyone who wanted to walk from Blackwells to the Covered Market, say, could take the short cut through the college. No one was concerned about security and all the colleges were generally more accessible to everyone than they are now. There was no CCTV, of course. One thing in your videos that hasn't changed: the basement with the washing machines. It's exactly as it was. I am surprised it hasn't been upgraded. Exeter was always a friendly college, and the friends you are making now will be your friends for the rest of your life. I am now 57, and my best friends are still the ones from my Exeter days.

[@cal9610]

Ur literally living my dream rn. I’m planning on going to Oxford ((I’m a freshmen in highschool)) I’m working 2 jobs next summer and working extra hard in school

[@ZQmedicinspires]

All the best! :)

[@cal9610]

@@ZQmedicinspires Tysm good luck btw :)

[@akankshyanayak9045]

Hey I'm a freshman at highschool, a Directioner and Oxford is my dream uni too!!😃😃 I was so shocked to see your comment and pfp 😂 hope we bump into each other at Oxford :)

[@cal9610]

@@akankshyanayak9045 yoo that would be sick lol

[@emileeeeeee]

@@cal9610 I’m a freshman too, in the uk though. I hope we can meet at Oxford too haha

[@888sweethome]

That multi function cooker looks really useful. Can you do a video on how to use it and what kind of meal you can make with it? Thanks.

[@ZQmedicinspires]

Sure, I'll do that sometime in the future, thanks for the suggestion! :)

[@nitinrana4258]

Different rooms in different different colleges please tell me sister❤️😭🙏🏻

[@lihinilemon9597]

I wonder if I ever get a life like this

[@nupurnupur7181]

Oh that really good

[@sanianusrat5148]

❤😍❤

[@NostalgicDreamer]

I actually went to Oxford a couple of years ago. I remember one summer night in second year, I was at a party and there was this girl there who was really, really drunk. At one point she let out the longest, loudest fart I've ever heard come out of a girl. It smelled so awful as well. It was shocking yet hilarious at the same time, definitely one of my funniest memories from university. Such fun times.

[@hinata-sama6622]

Hey dearest i wanted to ask on the first day when u move in when will the studies start ? And are the dorms attached with the uni ? Like u just get ready and go down to study like that it will be helpful if u reply❤

[@virginiafry9854]

Standard room for an old university!

[@subhadipsarkar7692]

♥️

[@alfahim9iner]

How does a disabled person have equal access to classes and dorms if there aren't any elevators?

[@kpopworld3851]

How much is it ?(the room) And how much a year in Oxford university in Engineering

[@fgjbsroghwpuirghs]

I have a playist simply called "comfort videos". I started that playlist because of this video

[@PrashantPatil-xn9rf]

Your room even though it may looks small feels really comfy and cute , I don't know if this is the right expression but that's how I felt 🥰 , are you still living in the same room or is it changed??

[@ZQmedicinspires]

That was my room for first year and sadly I'm no longer living there. I'll be moving out for the next academic year!

[@stephenmuthoni9276]

My dream university

[@angelaesparza3053]

Gracias por los subtítulos en español

[@am050250]

Your dorm have some hogwart's vibe

[@roonilwazlib7298]

hiii I’m from Singapore too and I really hope I get into oxford in the future. How difficult is it to get in? And are there extracurricular prerequisites?

[@annawilliams4385]

I'd say focus on exploring your subject ! They're not that interested in extra curriculars , but like to see your passion and commitment for academics. Just work out what you love and why you love it. Then, you can read, listen to podcasts, watch films or anything else to learn and push your interest further. Best of luck :)))

[@user-cq5rd6rz2b]

Это просто супер ♥️😍

[@jeannepatricia8569]

Feeling like Hogwarts 🥺🥺

[@wimpypooh8232]

Hi! So glad to see you there. I want to ask some questions. Just a moment, can you answer me please? You, got into Oxford university here, is it after bachelor degree or before ? Thank you and glad that already seeing you.

[@ZQmedicinspires]

Before! This is my first degree :) At Oxford, you get two degrees for undergraduate Medicine, one after the first 3 years, and the final degree at the end of 6 years. There's also another option for graduate-entry Medicine which is shorter (4 years if I'm not wrong).

[@wimpypooh8232]

@@ZQmedicinspires Ok, Got it! Great, thank you!

[@aesthetic6511]

i hope i get into oxford, im in yr 9 rn btw

[@kristinabratz3907]

do you get any choice of which hall you’re in?

[@ZQmedicinspires]

For my college, we got to indicate a preference of room type (not the exact room number / staircase), but you may or may not get it depending on availability. This varies depending on college.

[@jamaicamustard6515]

Oxford cutieee

[@javiermarcialcespedesberne8575]

Hola, que tal?, como van?, Los mejores y más cordiales Saludos desde puente piedra, lima, Perú, ojalá que puedas venir en algún momento a mi país y que disfrutes mucho de todo por aquí, con la familia y los amigos, felicidades por tus vídeos...

[@reysfilms]

i would sell my soul for this

[@mariam-bj7tf]

Can you talk about how you got accepted into Oxford University?

[@theoneandonly3543]

Where do you wash your laundries?

[@ZQmedicinspires]

We have a laundry room in the college!

[@dorcidoc2970]

I assume you do not hage a scholarship so how do you finance you stay and fees seeing that Oxford is not cheap especially for international students or do you get support from your family?

[@ZQmedicinspires]

For now it's mostly through support from family and family friends! (and my own savings for living costs)

[@nishanthipadmakumari3574]

I wish to be there

[@yasirhoor1400]

Nice

[@davidc5191]

Students generally pack way too much. Bring the minimum and buy what you need locally.

[@masterwolf7983]

My pet peeve is that I realized I threw away something or left it back home 3 years ago and I need it now. Hence why I over pack everywhere I go.

[@davidc5191]

Or just order online like from Amazon and have it delivered to you, instead of packing it up and lugging it to your room. And you can save packing space by removing things from their retail boxes, like those ear pods.

[@AlohaAshXYT]

I would be happy with THATS it’s bigger than my room lol😂

[@mistymodhu8569]

I was wondering if you guys have bathrooms in your rooms?

[@ZQmedicinspires]

Some rooms are ensuite (meaning with bathrooms in the rooms), while some are not (so there's a shared bathroom for a few people in the same corridor). My room is one of the smallest types and is not ensuite :)

[@kennedy360]

How much it cost?

[@jeneveeve.]

You must be clever! As a 10-14 year old wanting to go to Oxford university I try to learn as much as possible so I have better chances of getting in, I always doubt myself though :,)

[@snugglyrat]

I believe in you!! You can do it :))

[@Scoobydooby_07]

Same here tho! Btw in which country do you live and in which grade are you studying.

[@Scoobydooby_07]

Same here tho! Btw in which country do you live and in which grade are you studying.

[@faithlesshound5621]

I thought they had domestic staff (called bedders?) at Oxford colleges. Or has that stopped with covid-19?

[@ZQmedicinspires]

We have Scouts who come in to clean the rooms weekly (but not during the lockdown period).

[@DrAnkitJangid]

Salute

[@888sweethome]

Did you travel with all those luggage from USA by yourself? So independent.

[@ZQmedicinspires]

I actually travelled from Singapore :) but yes, I travelled by myself

[@vaporlights7337]

Me being American wanting to go to oxford:

[@bhumikasahare8854]

What are you studying?

[@purpleheart1479]

What about washroom? Is it attached with dorm or common washroom

[@ZQmedicinspires]

It depends on the college and type of room. Some rooms have an ensuite bathroom, but mine was a shared. In my corridor, we had two showers and one toilet for about seven students. But again, this differs across rooms and colleges.

[@purpleheart1479]

@@ZQmedicinspires thanks it helped a lot

[@Nobody-tj9jo]

You guys don’t share dorms at Oxford ? Like you don’t have two beds in one room?

[@ZQmedicinspires]

There are double sets too, but majority of rooms are single (at least in my college and as far as I've heard for other colleges)

[@jasminekaur6860]

Hey there! I will be coming to exeter this October for history! Maybe we could meet. I'll be coming all the way from India so i could literally understand the luggage struggle ;)

[@Nicole-us9cc]

Room tour please

[@heyyou6341]

Im only here because of The Transformers.

[@mariamkinen8036]

Oh no.....the room ok.

[@anushkadoshi4121]

I don't know if anyone has told you yet but you literally look like namjoon😳

[@konhaiyehiishaa]

Bts.....😭

[@Lin-xb8xb]

I really want your room if I get into Oxford

[@Lin-xb8xb]

But turns out I can't as I want to do History and Politics

[@GoldenMagicc]

How much is your monthly rent? Btw nice vid! You have a very calm voice. :-)

[@ZQmedicinspires]

Thank you for the kind comment! My monthly rent is about £700 (but this is different for different rooms/colleges).

[@robertrockwell7581]

for the money a person pays for college.the room should be double the size.

[@XSemperIdem5]

I'm actually surprised she gets a room to herself. While I didn't live on campus, I know everyone on my campus had to share a room with another student.

[@KKelly1]

i have a GPA of 6.4 in science alone 11th grade yet i can't figure out if you're accent is Japanese or British

[@tessa1946]

Both I think

[@roonilwazlib7298]

I think it’s Singaporean and British

[@saintetienne755]

The "Excited Challenge" - can ZQ get through the vlog without mentioning the current buzz word? 01:24 Nope

[@sjw7758]

Where the bathroom?

[@ZQmedicinspires]

I didn't get an ensuite in my first year, it's a shared bathroom along the corridor

[@hollyjayde6796]

all i can think about while watching this is A Discovery of Witches

[@jonatascastro5351]

ZQ can a tourist visit Oxford University

[@ZQmedicinspires]

Yes definitely! Many tourists visit the University. Last year many colleges were closed to visitors due to the pandemic, but most of them seem to be open now. Some are free to visit, while others charge a small fee. There are also guided tours available :)

[@user-cf9jj9sg6s]

@@ZQmedicinspires Hello, can I ask what is the name of the campus you are in, and I am in the next year, I will study human medicine and I want to live in this campus ⁦^_^⁩

[@ZQmedicinspires]

@@user-cf9jj9sg6s Exeter College, University of Oxford

[@thomas01charles67]

Can I ask you ?

[@mayleshacorlette4272]

she is sweet

[@lilonghuang7700]

-5

[@parasgahlaut1866]

Idk why you look like Hamilton 😆😅

[@jippikayjee412]

Hog...? Hogwarts?

[@fwwryh7862]

That's an Oxford dorm? Looks like a third world country.

[@XSemperIdem5]

It just looks like a plain room in an old building. The windows are actually very pretty and it looks like she can set up a little cushion on there to sit and read in the mornings. What did the dorm rooms look like at your university?

[@roblangford4593]

I'm at the same college (Exeter) and my room in first year was at least 4x bigger than this. My scholarship meant I could afford an A tier room, this is likely a D tier room

[@K-sights]

The do you mean by third world country? India is also third world country but our country is much better than yours 😂 and our building house are much bigger than yours

[@mohadesahmohseni78]

Hi ZQ I really like your blog, I was really happy that you got accepted to Oxford university medical school and you are studying there. I am also very interested in Oxford university medical school, l wonder if you can give me your email because I have a lot of questions to ask. ❤️