TOP TIPS FOR A SUCCESSFUL OXBRIDGE APPLICATION

[@arristereo]

You're such an inspiration for your generation. Im so sorry we didn't have KZbin when I was your age (lol), these kind of videos would have been so useful

[@ameliairimies5392]

today i had my biology regional olympiad and got an pretty mediocre result after studying out of 8 textbooxs(might have cried all day). it's really reassuring to hear that things that i have already do out of pleasure really matter in my personal essay. thank you for the clear instructions and positive outlook

[@soniajones7493]

Literally the most helpful video for applying ever. All the other videos r too short and aren’t in detail

[@lou-xr5rz]

Paige I can't even describe in words how much I love your videos! They’re so informative and concise & you speak very clearly and eloquently, which makes them easy to understand and remember - honestly, _thank you_ so much. I’ll definitely use your advice! Also, you’re so beautiful, I was kinda distracted staring at your eyes haha 💛💖

[@KitBetts-Masters]

GREAT advice, thanks for this! I'll be sharing it with my students!

[@lisaevans8655]

that peachy eyeshadow tho

[@jackie7509]

This video is very useful and you point out lots of information that I haven’t heard before! Thanks

[@danten9937]

I would like to thank you very much for your advice I am starting my application this september. When they mentioned in my school about thinking about universities I was panicked but you're video helped me realize that there's a lot that I can still do and have done that I can talk about on my application. Thanks!

[@pianotiles4472]

how'd it go?

[@costanzapiva7566]

Hi! I’m 14 and really looking into Cambridge specially because of there math and sience so thank you so much for the video really helped me understand what’s going on

[@valencharra3046]

hello, i’ve just found your channel. i was wondering if you knew something about applications for people from other countries. i know you are from england but maybe you have heard about someone in your classes.

[@ana-mariadobrinoiu8770]

It depends which country you are from. For example I know some peaple that are from Romania and some were accepted at Cambridge and some at Oxford, because they had really good results at their baccalaureate. This is a really important exam that they have when they are in year 12,also you need to know English really well, 'cause you are going to have an interview. 😊

[@teaartemis7430]

@@ana-mariadobrinoiu8770 hi i'm from romania and i would also like to go to cambridge, do you know what grades they got?

[@eleanorthomas763]

Thank you so much for taking the time to link everything, it’s so helpful.

[@dadt8009]

I read The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes during my A-Levels. There is a lot of physics and physics history there. But you can also gain insights into the life of physicists, history of WW2, and relationships of science, technology and politics. The heaviest thing to read is actually the impacts of the bombs in a human dimension, ie the aftermath and the ethics of it all. The last few chapters are quite emotional if I remember it correctly. The book was long for me but once I started I couldn't stop. For months after finishing, I couldn't stop thinking about the book. I discussed it in my UCAS personal statement, and received 7 out of 8 offers (at my time, you could apply to 8). Imperial rejected me because I wasn't predicted with 3A's (we didn't have the A* grade), fair enough, I am aware of my own weakness and was never disappointed about it. Richard Rhodes went on to write many more excellent books.

[@vickvack09]

I’m 13 and watching this because honestly it makes me excited for my life ahead and yk I can dream to get into Cambridge lol

[@littel-nq3no]

I'm in Year 10 and am already looking at what university course I want to go on. Is that bad? By the way I'm looking into history and German as a joint degree.

[@elg-c612]

Lara Historylife I’m doing the same 😂😂. But I’m looking into physics and maths. At least we won’t be the ones having breakdowns in year 12 when others are stressing about what they want to do🤷‍♀️

[@anumitabagchi9727]

I'm in year 12 now, and I definitely don't think that's too early. I'm confused now and stressing. One piece of advice is not to make your A level choices too narrow because I was narrow with mine and now I wish I could go back and change it 😭 good luck!

[@littel-nq3no]

deathbyanu thanks

[@rrnn6881]

Go ahead and think about it but remember to enjoy your time as well. Don't let it take over your life yet yknow :P

[@burger5082]

No that’s very good. You should read outside of your school work to find a field you’d like so when you’re going into your A-Levels you can choose the best ones for your specific course but if you don’t know what you wanna do by the time year 12 comes around don’t worry.

[@FatimaZahra-lu8bf]

Hey! Thank you for making this video. Question: When you say know the A level syllabus inside out, does this include A2? Since the interviews are before A2 has been covered?

[@obrod7080]

I just finished that Rovelli book. I found it very interesting

[@katelynnevarez2433]

Hi Paige! I'm currently in high school and I live in America. Do you have any tips for international students that would like to attend an Oxbridge school? Thanks!!

[@louisemcintosh4230]

Most helpful video ever !!💕

[@elishaijaz4979]

I find your videos really useful, and if you are going to upload such videos till your farewell at Cambridge, i'll adhere with your channel.

[@Wild4lon]

I went on the same headstart course this year! Did you have Jake as the leader?

[@PaigeY]

Yes we did! Nothing's changed haha

[@zbek6658]

I feel like I should be glad I've already done most of this/set the wheels in motion before watching. Minus the personal statement.

[@paulinacaballeroosorno3564]

I really like the video, Is that true that you can't apply to both schools at the same time?

[@alexandramiracle5011]

Good afternoon. You said about online lectures. Could you recommend the resources? Thank you.

[@diegoalvarez8343]

Do you have any advice for a student from the US to attend Oxbridge

[@tanmoyprobably718]

Nice advice but I'm actually facing some problems on full application process stepwise like your UCAS then SAQ then COPA and pre-interview assessment and finally interview....Plz make a video on stepwise application process not in depth but reflecting all the parts of the application so that we don't get confused that if we have completed every steps or are we incmplete yet...THX

[@SalmaBchr]

I’m Canadian and study at U of Leeds. I wanted to do my master at Judge or Saïd Business School. Unfortunately they only offer MPhil in my subjects (Maketing and Management). As much as I want to apply for Cambridge I feel like the program offered in Leeds MSc in International Marketing and Management suits me wayyyyy much. So yeah 😒

[@farahmasarweh8271]

Hey! I loved your video!! It enlightened me so much in order to plan ahead for my uni applications!! I have been doing Model United Nations for a good two years now (and am hoping to continue till I graduate school) - is MUN a good Super-curricular activity for a degree in HSPS in Cambridge?? Thanks for your help!

[@Khizara]

This was really helpful thank ya love x

[@wikik1291]

Do GCSEs matter when it comes to Cambridge?

[@mori5305]

Depends on ur course. I wanna take architecture and on the website for Cambridge it says I at least need a GCSE in maths. Though I'm only 16 so I wouldn't know precisely.

[@ginaalya5927]

Thankyou so much for your tips! Im so excited and i want to be like you. Now i study at brawijaya university, but i wish i could get my master in cambridge wit h food & human nutrition as subject🙏🏻

[@lailaraslan8310]

So do you mean that if I for instance am so passionate about a certain field and I mention "supercurricular" activities without nessiccerly have something away from that field that doesn't make me a weak candidate??

[@rabbit5000]

thank u so much for this video! super useful xxxxxx

[@riiiii787]

this was so helpful!! thank you so much 💗💗

[@bharathindu805]

I take admission in MSc physics ,so please tell me how the admission process? And I am from India.

[@HailalaMGalal]

i have a very important question, can i apply to oxford with an American diploma and sat/act scores

[@saffronhg2516]

Yes you can I believe. Just make sure the results are pretty amazing! Make sure you do some extra research on the college and try to find a student who studies there and reach out for inside info

[@bob_-js4gd]

Check on their website.

[@ranaozakca7940]

Thank you very much :)

[@cathyz.7201]

You are th_e cutest academic ..girl ever!!😁 .. then and now. Well, apart from being greatly informative and having such a soothing, nice presentation style, and.. and...😁👍 All the best to you!!!😊🎆

[@user-xl9fx9ue6y]

I have to state that I have the same World map as you!

[@PaigeY]

Ahhh snap! It's a very cool world map 😉

[@helenabrown1230]

Sooooo helpful thank you so much ❤️btw I think you are a great youtuber 😂❤️

[@elysian2765]

Thank you so much for the video. As an EU student sometimes I can feeel very lost trying to apply to an UK university but in the end I think it will be worth it. If you are interested, I'll let you know if I got in Cambridge Law since maybe it was because of your tips ☺☺☺ So nervous

[@mozamelatai588]

U get in?

[@nithent5149]

Got in?

[@blackpinkstanforever6201]

did you get in

[@elysian2765]

@@blackpinkstanforever6201 i got a conditional offer yes

[@raveny3954]

elysian Congratulations!!

[@tutorialinformation]

Hello, I have a big question: do you know if for an Engineering personal statement you are supposed to talk just about Engineering in general or you can actually take a specific subject and talk about that, because I really would like to study civil engineering but the first year in Cambridge I believe that is general engineering, in my personal statement I explained why I would like to study civil engineering and not why I like engineering its self, obviously I like Engineering in general but I love civil engineering the most, is that ok? Or should I rewrite it and say nothing about civil engineering in specific?

[@orlaithday6135]

I know that you probably want Paige's advice but I'm in the same position as you with civil engineering and wanting to study at Cambridge and I would recommend dedicating a paragraph of your personal statement saying something like "while I would love to study engineering and a broad spectrum I have found a particular interest/passion for civil engineering" etc or something like that. I don't know if you have applied for other universities for only civil engineering courses but for Cambridge that might be useful and then don't forget to say why and what reading you have done specifically on civil engineering and what you learnt from it. Hope this helps! Good luck with your application!!!

[@tutorialinformation]

Orlaith Chambers well in my case, since I live in Switzerland, I chose to do a apprendiceship, so I've been working for 4 years with civil engineers (in a civil engineering company), and I mensioned that and what I've learnt from that, even though in the first part of my statement, I explained why I wanted to study Engineering more in general (mainly because of physics). P.S. no, I do not need Paiges answer, you helped alot, thanks. And yes I'm going to apply for other university in civil/structural engineering, because again, since I've been 4 years in the engineering ambient.

[@tutorialinformation]

Orlaith Chambers and if you are applying for 2019 entry: good luck, hope to see you at cambridge in the engineering course ahahah :D

[@orlaithday6135]

+tutorialinformation hahahaha thank you and glad I helped!!! Still a couple years away for 2020 entry but hopefully you do get in too and I'm sure you will do great wherever you go!

[@brundhaaa]

This is perfect..Thank you SO MUCH❤️

[@gm836]

Does anyone have any book suggestions for veterinary medicine? Thx

[@zoeelizabeth4687]

Can Americans go there and do we have a disadvantage to being accepted?

[@nikola206]

Zoe Elizabeth absolutely you can and no you dont! The only disadvantage is that your school probably won’t know the English application system very well in order to help you with it

[@zoeelizabeth4687]

Poppy Lochland thanks:)

[@JoeMama-fp4gc]

Her:''Make sure you write your personal statement nice and early so you don't have to panic'' Me 14 years old writing my personal statement: yeah uhhh got it.

[@notheme3394]

I'm loving your videos so far! Just one suggestion though but please take it with a grain of salt because I'm probably the only one who thinks this but could you try different background music? The cheesy foreign language music and the overly used youtuber bubbly song gets a little distracting and a bit annoying.

[@PaigeY]

Thanks for the pointer, all vlogging/editing advice is welcomed! Will change my background music choices in next vlog :)

[@hume7171]

I love it because it's funky. Do you enjoy funk music?

[@litaa4755]

I can't understand 😥 Can you write tips in here? :)

[@ohitsme8444]

erlita aprilia 1.Choose your course before your university 2. Go to an open day at Oxford/Cambridge 3. Do extracurricular activities that relate to your subject 4. Read around your subject 5. Attend a summer school/ master class 6. Have a good personal statement 7. Prepare for the admissions test 8. Relax about the interview 9. Revise revise revise 10. Be optimistic

[@hamzazia6763]

Could you please specify in detail, what your extracurricular activities included? I am hoping to apply in Cambridge once my A levle completes; and I really want to follow your footsteps especially when it comes to extracurricular activities! Any sort of help will be highly appreciated! BTW GREATTT VIDEOO!!!

[@pupu25-o4r]

I don't know...but I think she has joined a boat club

[@sophiehowarth8540]

Any advice for the NSAA?

[@joshkenevanrumie5511]

thank you !!!

[@joshbriggs1615]

Dose dofe (Duke of Edinburgh) count as a supercurricular activity

[@Ryan-1704]

It's an extracurricular but not a supercurriucular. Oxbridge won't be interested in it but others will so include it

[@joshbriggs1615]

@@Ryan-1704 what things could I do as a supercurricular activity

[@Ryan-1704]

​@@joshbriggs1615 Wider reading, online courses (look up MOOCS), watching lectures, competitions Normally people would do Work experience, volunteering etc. but that's obviously not possible in the current situation

[@joshbriggs1615]

@@Ryan-1704 thank you for the feed back 😊 Also nice profile pic 👌

[@yichengwang4803]

Not gonna lie, I have all the book you have mentioned. Yet they are in Chinese version! I have the same book as a Cambridge student, am I going to get into Cambridge in the future?!!!!

[@bobbuilder22]

What universities did you apply to?

[@nidhipunetha8958]

Can you help me and share with me your application form to Cambridge

[@axyte535]

that pre intro tho how you do that

[@araucariapasquale1]

I am beginning to regret the decision to watch EACH of your videos in sequence. It is a coincidence that Oxford has a combined humanities program (PPE) which Cambridge doesn't, and Cambridge has a broad Sciences degree (NatSci) which Oxford doesn't.

[@zoeelizabeth4687]

I’m American but I want to go to uni in England can someone pls tell me some good schools that I could realistically get into????🙏

[@aude03]

Well it depends what you’re looking for, what subjects are you wanting to specialise in? And what grades do you get?

[@zoeelizabeth4687]

MichaelClifford IsMaBoi all a’s with maybe one high b and I want to do something with government or history or political science

[@gav-ce5cm]

There are some good websites or you can go on the uni itself and it will say what grades you need.

[@ciaralocc3541]

Is a fourth a level or epq necessary?

[@feyi9692]

Ciara Locc only if you’re confident you can do well in that - A*A*A* is better than A*AAA so only do 4 if you’re confident you can keep up w it

[@quennieblack6375]

Hi. I'm 1st grade in high school now but I wish to study in university of Cambridge. I would like to study engineering. I don't study at a school that teaches a level. Is that possible you give me more information? I'm from Turkey. If I don't take a level subjects, is that possible to be accepted? If you respond to my questions, you make me happy. I know that the email isn't formal. But as I said before, if you answer me, you make me happy. Thank you for your time. Your video is to useful 😉👍❤️

[@cianomalley7049]

How many friends have you made?,Could you make friends with students of other courses?.

[@acx8680]

Read suggested books

[@acx8680]

Desc links

[@hannahbarwood4672]

I remember speedrunning my Nuffield personal statement. I got 54' 30" 980 (I got on the programme anyway so...) I will improve it in my oxford personal statement though 🤣

[@kanishkaparmar8060]

how do ya'll manage to go to such costly universities

[@bob_-js4gd]

In the uk all unis cost the same

[@janekgroe4304]

2:34 what was the essay about??😂

[@Saoirse_don_Phalaistín]

Fracking

[@linahongsp]

I'm in grade 11 now and I'm so confused. Do I really have to apply a year before finishing secondary school? Please could someone tell me?

[@hannahfox5422]

Red You apply for university at the start of your last year of sixth form.

[@linahongsp]

Hannah Evans Ok😁thank you😄😄

[@Hannah-lr1uc]

I would be soooo grateful if you could send me your personal statement or just do a breakdown of it in a video on your channel.

[@WildGamez]

Don't have interest in a university built by british colonial slave traders. I would be doing a Disservice to my heritage, cultural values and long forgotten ancestors. Btw I can easily go there (long application process tho) but because of safety and security reasons I choose not to.

[@nikola206]

Nobody asked 😁

[@WildGamez]

@@nikola206 nobody asked for ur reply as well lol

[@nikola206]

@@WildGamez why do you copy and paste that comment on any video mentioning oxford?

[@WildGamez]

@@nikola206 raise awareness and alleviate the misunderstanding of false reputation. Its an excellent uni but people need to understand the truth instead of having a superficial and biased knowledge.

[@alishabilal5756]

ah yes. you’re taking a real stand on colonialism by refusing to attend a university that you can “easily go” to just because of its history. after all, THAT is the issue that we should all be focusing on and putting our energy towards- right?!?!

[@anthonyrios4419]

Your so beautiful

[@Amelie-ks2em]

Anthony Rios you’re not your but I agree :)

[@splinterbyrd]

Don't. Do an apprenticeship instead.

[@editname654]

On the front it said you’re applying for Oxbridge just so u know that’s a primary school in Stockton-on-Tees

[@cherryberry3850]

can I get your email??

[@gav-ce5cm]

Haha ever since I was in the womb

[@Fahim1738]

instructions unclear, made it to harvard

[@fernandorodriguezbajo9377]

it's EXTRAcurricular activities

[@georgekurioreilly4857]

Same thing

[@anumitabagchi9727]

Supercurricular is a different type of extracurricular activity, it has to be related to your academic pursuits to be considered supercurricular :)

[@rrnn6881]

Someone already said this but yeah Extra- and Super-curricular are different (much to my distress after spending my life doing random extra curricular shit). Extracurricular is fun stuff outside of school that isn't related to your course like sports & music (unless you're doing sports or music). Supercurricular is (fun) stuff outside of school that IS related to your course like online courses, books, related volunteering, etc. So, yeah. Different. Sadly.