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

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  • What's it like to study at the University of Cambridge?
    Here's a REALISTIC day in the life of me, a Biology Master's student at Jesus College.
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    🙋‍♂️ About me:
    I'm a student at the University of Cambridge who studied Natural Sciences and now an MPhil in biology, and I make videos that can help you with studying and applying to universities such as Oxbridge.
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Komentáře • 187

  • @aliabdaal
    @aliabdaal Před 2 lety +181

    first

  • @justastudent4605
    @justastudent4605 Před 2 lety +189

    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
      @IlyasCambridgeAdvice  Před 2 lety +17

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

    • @justastudent4605
      @justastudent4605 Před 2 lety +4

      @@IlyasCambridgeAdvice ikr!...

  • @giilmari9524
    @giilmari9524 Před 2 lety +45

    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.

  • @shivig6840
    @shivig6840 Před 2 lety +79

    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
      @IlyasCambridgeAdvice  Před 2 lety +7

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

  • @h3r0_p00ks
    @h3r0_p00ks Před 2 lety +8

    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.

  • @aymz1212
    @aymz1212 Před 2 lety +1

    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.

  • @MarioFabelo
    @MarioFabelo Před 2 lety +23

    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

  • @AllanLovezGaming
    @AllanLovezGaming Před 2 lety +13

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

  • @waterunderthebridge7950
    @waterunderthebridge7950 Před 2 lety +7

    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

  • @namm-uo4ro
    @namm-uo4ro Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @lilmzlondon
    @lilmzlondon Před 2 lety +1

    this is incredible thank you so much for sharing your stories

  • @ifunanyamolokwu6121
    @ifunanyamolokwu6121 Před 2 lety +6

    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

  • @jojomooc
    @jojomooc Před 2 lety +5

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

  • @aakankshapai8859
    @aakankshapai8859 Před 2 lety +1

    Humour game on point! New subscriber :)

  • @danielc.m6899
    @danielc.m6899 Před 2 lety +2

    This channel is going to go far

  • @citywalk5689
    @citywalk5689 Před 2 lety

    That was interesting👌 We NEED more! 😁

  • @AceTac
    @AceTac Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @MaximShvetsov
    @MaximShvetsov Před 2 lety +1

    Nice editing man! Interesting to watch!

  • @tomoldaker1268
    @tomoldaker1268 Před 2 lety +2

    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

  • @memoali1730
    @memoali1730 Před 2 lety +2

    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.

  • @SailingwithSharvani
    @SailingwithSharvani Před 2 lety +12

    this commentary was so entertaining haha!

  • @studywm_pls
    @studywm_pls Před 2 lety +3

    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
      @IlyasCambridgeAdvice  Před 2 lety +3

      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.

  • @peachd2593
    @peachd2593 Před 2 lety

    I love your humor

  • @unicornzandmustaches
    @unicornzandmustaches Před rokem

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

  • @jefferypendleton6912
    @jefferypendleton6912 Před 2 lety +2

    Hi Ilya, I’ve been watching your videos (along with other Cambridge/Oxford oriented CZcamsrs) 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
      @IlyasCambridgeAdvice  Před 2 lety +2

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

    • @jefferypendleton6912
      @jefferypendleton6912 Před 2 lety +1

      @@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. :)

  • @riyadedani9533
    @riyadedani9533 Před 2 lety +1

    gosh good luck!

  • @TashaPeak
    @TashaPeak Před 2 lety +5

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

  • @Gabrielowns321
    @Gabrielowns321 Před 2 lety +4

    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
      @IlyasCambridgeAdvice  Před 2 lety

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

    • @Gabrielowns321
      @Gabrielowns321 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @indiabliss
    @indiabliss Před 2 lety

    Love the witticisms

  • @user-tg1zf6ow4o
    @user-tg1zf6ow4o Před 2 lety +2

    Great video ur commentary is hilarious

  • @elvism6051
    @elvism6051 Před 2 lety +3

    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
      @IlyasCambridgeAdvice  Před 2 lety +1

      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.

  • @caioreis9626
    @caioreis9626 Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @IlyasCambridgeAdvice
      @IlyasCambridgeAdvice  Před 2 lety

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

  • @anupamjana1876
    @anupamjana1876 Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @IlyasCambridgeAdvice
      @IlyasCambridgeAdvice  Před 2 lety +1

      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!

  • @masternoob1679
    @masternoob1679 Před 2 lety

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

  • @-Osiris-
    @-Osiris- Před 2 lety +6

    This guy is low key hilarious

  • @yes-ft9ze
    @yes-ft9ze Před 2 lety

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

  • @udonorganicfarm
    @udonorganicfarm Před 2 lety

    Should you be wearing disposable gloves for cell culture lab?

    • @IlyasCambridgeAdvice
      @IlyasCambridgeAdvice  Před 2 lety +1

      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.

  • @leppex5930
    @leppex5930 Před 2 lety

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

  • @pugh.joseph
    @pugh.joseph Před 2 lety

    How do you find time to answer every comment?

  • @Tristan-zt8tw
    @Tristan-zt8tw Před 2 lety +1

    Good informative, and funny vid. 8.5/10

  • @jennyluvballet
    @jennyluvballet Před rokem

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

  • @josephchadwick5429
    @josephchadwick5429 Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @annaaa_poon
    @annaaa_poon Před 2 lety +1

    the wordle got me XD

  • @harshpatel-yo1gy
    @harshpatel-yo1gy Před 2 lety +2

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

    • @IlyasCambridgeAdvice
      @IlyasCambridgeAdvice  Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @harshpatel-yo1gy
      @harshpatel-yo1gy Před 2 lety +1

      Thankyou

  • @emmanuelladrewry
    @emmanuelladrewry Před 2 lety

    Does this school have nursing majors??

    • @IlyasCambridgeAdvice
      @IlyasCambridgeAdvice  Před 2 lety +3

      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)

  • @osantiagues
    @osantiagues Před 2 lety

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

  • @studioreviews2649
    @studioreviews2649 Před 2 lety +1

    Great video lol.

  • @pooey
    @pooey Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @theduskydreamer5948
    @theduskydreamer5948 Před 3 měsíci

    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.

  • @jamesshelley6478
    @jamesshelley6478 Před 2 lety

    Handsome and educated 😍

  • @chunkydave87
    @chunkydave87 Před 2 lety

    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
      @IlyasCambridgeAdvice  Před 2 lety +1

      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

  • @mahkhi7154
    @mahkhi7154 Před 2 lety

    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.

  • @andreyoga5358
    @andreyoga5358 Před 2 lety

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

  • @emilyrosesparkes8123
    @emilyrosesparkes8123 Před 2 lety +2

    Ooo which college are you in

  • @JohnnyNorfolk
    @JohnnyNorfolk Před 2 lety

    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.

  • @Fatima-ph9ju
    @Fatima-ph9ju Před 2 lety

    New subcriber 💃

  • @IlyasCambridgeAdvice
    @IlyasCambridgeAdvice  Před 2 lety

    wanna see an unrealistic day in life? czcams.com/video/FWM_GBkJ9-E/video.html

  • @tomwaistell5883
    @tomwaistell5883 Před 2 lety

    "my cells look LENG"

  • @caioreis9626
    @caioreis9626 Před 2 lety

    hey,, where do you climb?

  • @valeriiadanylchuk9792

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

  • @vigneshvijayrajloo1600

    Hi dude

  • @paju9697
    @paju9697 Před 2 lety

    bro where‘s the lab coat?

  • @vigneshvijayrajloo1600

    Hello

  • @justintan0000
    @justintan0000 Před 2 lety

    My cells look leng nahhh ROADMAN

  • @kerem6753
    @kerem6753 Před 2 lety +5

    "climbing is my main sport" disappointing

  • @worldofameiso5491
    @worldofameiso5491 Před 2 lety +1

    'Soy milk cappuccino' says it all really.

  • @waterunderthebridge7950
    @waterunderthebridge7950 Před 2 lety +2

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

    • @IlyasCambridgeAdvice
      @IlyasCambridgeAdvice  Před 2 lety +1

      I'm not a Karen I swear

    • @waterunderthebridge7950
      @waterunderthebridge7950 Před 2 lety

      @@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

  • @revisionvideos9464
    @revisionvideos9464 Před 2 lety

    My cells look *leng*

  • @kpp28
    @kpp28 Před 2 lety +1

    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? 😜😜😂

  • @tomw0184
    @tomw0184 Před 2 lety

    My cells look leng 😂😂

  • @eleskabradston7355
    @eleskabradston7355 Před 2 lety

    you’re quite funny

  • @darkdestroyer8313
    @darkdestroyer8313 Před 2 lety +2

    I stopped at ‘soy milk’

  • @landlordgaming6356
    @landlordgaming6356 Před 2 lety +1

    0:11 he is still a broke college student like the rest of us

  • @MarioFabelo
    @MarioFabelo Před 2 lety +1

    I’m fifth then lol

  • @sonjakuusisto4430
    @sonjakuusisto4430 Před 2 lety

    you.are.hilarious

  • @noemozica
    @noemozica Před 2 lety

    No labcoat and no gloves? For real?

  • @michaelnovotny6680
    @michaelnovotny6680 Před 2 lety

    Absolutely 0 clue if these comments are super sarcastic or not

  • @francisbaugh8687
    @francisbaugh8687 Před 2 lety

    Paid up pete

  • @Muradsahar
    @Muradsahar Před 2 lety

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

  • @cambridgesilyaadvice3564
    @cambridgesilyaadvice3564 Před 2 lety +1

    Second

  • @stevek1225
    @stevek1225 Před 2 lety

    3:03 leaked Oxbridge entrance exam answers?

  • @maheraberu2000
    @maheraberu2000 Před 2 lety

    Second hahahaha

  • @h.k3459
    @h.k3459 Před 2 lety

    Gen Z Humour at its finest lmfao

  • @theacademicfix2210
    @theacademicfix2210 Před 2 lety

    funny guy

  • @_whoisuj
    @_whoisuj Před 2 lety

    Fourth

  • @faranakalishahi3934
    @faranakalishahi3934 Před 2 lety +3

    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
      @IlyasCambridgeAdvice  Před 2 lety +6

      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
      @faranakalishahi3934 Před 2 lety

      @@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

  • @sarahocallaghan2365
    @sarahocallaghan2365 Před 2 lety

    Incred

  • @splinterbyrd
    @splinterbyrd Před rokem

    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.

  • @Allz
    @Allz Před 2 lety

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

    • @IlyasCambridgeAdvice
      @IlyasCambridgeAdvice  Před 2 lety +2

      at least I can use apostrophes correctly

    • @Allz
      @Allz Před 2 lety

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

  • @AndroidTwenny
    @AndroidTwenny Před 2 lety

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

    • @AndroidTwenny
      @AndroidTwenny Před 2 lety

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

    • @IlyasCambridgeAdvice
      @IlyasCambridgeAdvice  Před 2 lety +2

      mate

    • @AndroidTwenny
      @AndroidTwenny Před 2 lety

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

    • @AndroidTwenny
      @AndroidTwenny Před 2 lety

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

  • @chefduke3719
    @chefduke3719 Před 2 lety

    soy milk

  • @waimandododo5760
    @waimandododo5760 Před 2 lety

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

  • @jeromechen1916
    @jeromechen1916 Před 2 lety

    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
      @catriziacat1756 Před 2 lety +2

      Bro calm down you sound so salty

    • @jeromechen1916
      @jeromechen1916 Před 2 lety

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

    • @IlyasCambridgeAdvice
      @IlyasCambridgeAdvice  Před 2 lety +1

      czcams.com/video/gJLkJABmHzI/video.html

    • @rubiksworld2170
      @rubiksworld2170 Před rokem

      @@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.

  • @droge192
    @droge192 Před 2 lety +1

    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
      @IlyasCambridgeAdvice  Před 2 lety +7

      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
      @cambridgesilyaadvice3564 Před 2 lety +1

      @@IlyasCambridgeAdvice ratioed

    • @IlyasCambridgeAdvice
      @IlyasCambridgeAdvice  Před 2 lety

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