my brutally honest oxford uni experience: academic life & workload | viola helen
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- čas přidán 14. 09. 2020
- finally got round to filming such a highly requested video talking all about the academics and workload at Oxford University. timestamps below! part 2 coming soon covering accommodation & social life :)
timestamps:
00:52 - background/about me
1:15 - classics course at oxford
2:32 - modules I took
3:44 - teaching
- 4:10 - first year
- 8:13 - taking a gap year
- 9:05 - end of first year
- 13:31 - second year
14:46 - oxford terms
17:09 - lectures
18:30 - overall teaching
19:27 - tutors
23:32 - workload
- 24:26 - 3rd and 4th year
- 27:08 - quality of teaching
- 27:38 - no part time job rule
28:42 - answering your questions
32:22 - what I liked about the course + final thoughts
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where are you from? i'm british chinese, grew up in london and currently living in lisbon!!
what did you study and where? i studied classics for 4 years at oxford university & did a term abroad in rome at sapienza university
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part 2 covering all aspects of social life & accommodation coming soon!! timestamps in description box. hope you enjoy xx
Thank you, so useful!
"looking back I just don't know what I did with my time"- mood
I'm applying to Oxford this year and I really appreciate your honesty Viola!!!
Same here! What course are you applying for?
Same! I’m applying for medicine
Winnie’s Kittens i do med at oxford if u wanna ask any questions :)) starting a youtube soon as well!!
Im applying for philosophy and linguistics (ppl)!!! Good luck to all of you!! Which college are you applying to? Xx
tolulah Hey ;) i’m a med student from germany - did you encounter any fellow students that applied for the clinical years at oxford from a different university and got accepted? Chances on the internet range from unbelievable small to impossible. 😬🤦♂️
thank you so much for filming this! i'm applying for caah at oxford this year, this was really helpful!
I agree with you regarding not being overloaded. The core of learning and studying is assimilation.
Assimilation requires SLOW THINKING. You have to take the time and ponder upon what you are studying / reading.
Universities nowadays overload you with work, and this destroys any proper learning.
It turns the so-called studying into a total waste of time.
A lot passes through your mind and very little, if anything, remains.
Also applying to Oxford this year (postgrad). This really helps Viola! Many thanks 😊
thank you, glad it helped!!
I think it’s so unfair how different colleges do things differently. In my first and second terms I had daily Latin classes, weekly essays, weekly tutorials, and even more extra Latin classes, it’s was so difficult. I’m IIA too xx
Very helpful and honest video!
oml thank you so so much for this video I'm starting classics iia in like 2 weeks and i was so afraid that i was not going to get enough help with learning latin! you've reallyyyyy reassured me because honestly i was so scared i haven't learnt any languages since like gcse! rip me why did i apply for a degree i had non of the right subjects for lolllllllll
ahh i feel you!! you’ll be absolutely fine xx
Do you have any information or maybe videos about the philosophy, psychology and linguistic program ? I'm in my last year of high school and just passionate about philosophy and psychology and can't really find any information on people experiences with this course
Also your video was really helpful since I want to apply to Oxford after a gap year so it really spoke to me and reassured me
thank you :)
This is sooo useful for me now that I'm here. Thank you for sharing!
- I wish I knew
Really appreciate the honesty! I’m starting in October, so it’s useful to know REALLY what to expect! ❤️❤️
Blarie chemistry 😊
Also starting chemistry, what college I’m at Exeter
@@roblangford4593 Pembroke xx Best of luck and will probably see you around!
good luck Ella!!
Incoming grad fresher at New! Does the JCR / MCR sell old discounted swag from the previous year? I didn't bring much clothing due to limited baggage.
Dream school
How's mba finance in Oxford ?
Loved this! Viola where did you get your new College merch???? I’m here rn and idk where to get it
omg Niall!! how exciting 🥺 you can get them from the JCR - the charity officer will usually do several orders throughout the year xx
viola helen thank you so much, hope all is well with you :) x
Amazing video!
I'm exhausted just listening
I need a speciality tea and a power nap ;-)
Thank you so much for this! Really really insightful. I’m looking to either apply to Oxford or Cambridge for law and I’m finding it really hard to decide but there are definitely more Oxford uni based youtubers :)))
Cambridge>Oxford :))
I’ve got an offer for Classics II and English at Oxford and this video was so helpful! I didn’t realise until you explained it that I also have a “I’ll be at the bottom but I’ll be at Oxford” mentality. I’m from a state school, I don’t know the first thing about Greek or Latin, and I’m undecided whether I want to accept the offer. I just don’t know whether I’ll be able to keep up with it all and be good enough
did you end up going to oxford?
@@boop9689beep yes! :) it’s a lot of work and can be really overwhelming at times but I do love it here and I’m glad I decided to come!
@@ampersandcastle1091how have you managed to keep up?
@@ampersandcastle1091how’s it going now?
If I don't like school, and then I watch your videos, I'm sure you'll get excited about the lesson, you're a source of motivation☺️☺️☺️☺️
thank you so much Merve!
@@violahelen_ OMG 🙏🤩🤩🤩
If I don't like school, and then I watch your videos, I'm sure you'll get excited about the lesson, you're a source of motivation
Please calm down geez
@@educatingmelanie4411 OMG please shut up this is comment And l am free
That sounds like a brutal latin class. I’d be stressed too!
Go to Bristol, UCL and Durham and actually enjoy it. Oxbridge is brutal
isn't durham kinda a nerd school?? people say that oxbridge rejects go there
@@aslizgr very true it's for Oxbridge rejects- BUT they have a way better experience, not the same workload and can party.
why mandarin and not latin in your gap year? May have relieved some pressure ?
Mandarin was a personal choice :) also my gap year was solely for travel and personal growth, not prep for uni!
You look so pretty! Hope you are doing well :)
thank you Stephanie! xx
l love You viola
you sound like a stalker!
You are perfect girl
Über treibt nicht es langt
Please answer me😭😭😭😭
All these Oxbridge graduates' videos on CZcams are really annoying. She's talking nonsense, unstructured, for more than half an hour. Randomly jumping here are there.
So annoying.
it's just a casual conversational video i don't think she meant to make it super structured and organised lol. she's just treating us like we're her friends, that's how most youtubers roll.
First day on the internet hey?
Are you her therapist or grading her English thesis? Unstructured, nonsense, random- lol you sound 12
😂😂