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Tip: get a folder You can do A3 pieces outside your book just make sure you have your name on them and make sure to keep them safe

omg SLAY i cannot WAIT to see what you do with the place!! i'm so so excited for you both!! xox

omg nooo i have just rewatched like two mins of this and now i'm embarrassed this is actually such a cringe video lol, hope you found some inspo nonetheless xx

Also! How many sources for you recommend? Ive gone for around 12 main sources and then im using others for like fact checking and general figures (my EPQ is about space exploration and like its financing with public opinions)

Hi there! Awh thank you SO SO much for writing out such a lovely comment <3 Made my day :) I'm so pleased you found this video helpful - EPQ is certainly quite a daunting and overwhelming thing to get started with, so I totally know where you're coming from! My EPQ was with the OCR exam board - hope that helps! x

the link to the OCR spec is here if you want to compare it with other exam boards - www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/projects/extended-project-h857/

thank you so much!!@@life_of_lou

gah BLOSSOM ilysm <3 <3 biggest fan (and I am yours!) So pleased you think it'll help ppl - that is 100% the goal of this channel! xx

Thank you so much, that's really kind of you! x

Thank you so much! x

Awh hehehe yep no Hello Fresh/ready meals around here! I know that lots of people use services like that to save time and mental load, so I'm definitely privileged to be able to cook completely from scratch fairly easily - each to their own I suppose :) You are quite right about the electricity bill, but as I'm still living in college accommodation that comes out of a separate bill combined with my rent, so I sadly don't know *quite* how much it costs per minute etc. :( Would probably bump the cost up quite a bit! And you can't go wrong with soup - especially at this chilly time of year!

Hi there! Thank you so much for watching my videos and for reaching out :) I've just been checking the video comments, so sorry it's taken me a couple of weeks to get back to you! Really impressive to do the art GCSE early, definitely understand how you feel about not knowing the best way to present things! I will say that the marks usually come from the art itself rather than the presentation. Nice presentation is just a good way to make the examiners like you a little bit more, but in theory it shouldn't affect the marks much, if at all! Back when I sat my GCSEs boards weren't really a thing but I know they're much more popular these days. If you think boards would work well to tie similar concepts and ideas together then maybe go for that? But if you prefer having a book to flick through that ties the whole project together in one place then stick with a book! I think it's definitely up to personal preference tbh (I'm definitely a book fan, they're so much more practical and portable!) In terms of the size, I would say a few more big A3 pieces won't hurt as they show you can work on "final piece" scale (most proper artists work bigger on large canvases so if you want to give the impression that you can keep up with their level then bigger might be better!). Hope that all helps! Good luck and if you have any more questions do drop me a message/comment! xx

Hi thank you soo much yes its really helpful :) The chosen topic for this theme is celebrations and i wanted to study chinese new year but i dont really know what artist do that do u have any ideas? Thanks again :)@@life_of_lou

awh thank you so much! that's really kind of you to say, and it's so amazing to know that my videos are reaching viewers all the way in Australia! wishing you lots of luck with your homeschool art projects! xx

thank you! :)

Awh hey thank you ever so much!! That's such a kind comment, and I'm so pleased you enjoyed the video and watching Cambridge through my lens :) Take care and have a wonderful 2024! x

also “we actually beat them” - louisa we were told no bragging!!!

allow it allow it, i didn't brag IN FRONT of them at least hehe ;) @@ellenthomas7196

as you should!! about time you had a feature! :)

I do feel incredibly lucky to have had such a fun experience at university so far, I've had the most amazing time :) I definitely should acknowledge how fortunate and privileged I am more than I do on this channel, and your very thoughtful comment has reminded me - so thank you very much! I hope you were still able to have a fun time at college regardless of the different culture, and can still look back with a degree fondness!

Hi Lou! I loved every minute of college (my major was molecular biology), (especially after we were allowed to use calculators and not slide rules!) Since most of us didn't know any different, the "norms" of the 1970s were just that, norms. My mom used to complain about how much better we had it that she did in nursing school in the 1930s! I would love to be able to start over in college, just to see how things have changed. If I had unlimited money, the instant I retired (which is coming in the next few years) - I would enroll in a nanosecond, although I'm not sure what I would study.@@life_of_lou

love you love you love you x

it do be, and you be slaying ! :D

thank you so much! that's a very kind comment :) <3

haha thank you! Though i should say, whilst Cambridge is associated with lots of prestige, definitely do give my non-Cambridge peers a chance too! Lots of non-oxbridge students have great TH-cam channels :)

​@@life_of_lou Mate, I hope you realize that I was mocking you. And if you did know, and this is your attempt at faux sincerity, it would be quite fitting, considering the patronizing Oxbridge graduates I've met.

ah sorry jeff, my mistake - i thought you were trying to be nice actually! you are 100% free to not watch/comment/subscribe and dislike my videos if you find me patronising @@jeffbronson3696

@@life_of_lou yes but I wasn't free from seeing your video pop up in my reccomendations and I wasn't free from feeling cringe from just reading your title. I wasn't free from seeing that yet another person tied their identity to their elite university.

​@@jeffbronson3696 ah well, no obligation to read this - but for anyone else wondering: there were a couple of reasons for me to write "Cambridge" in the title! 1. Oxbridge colleges are usually catered-for, so students here don't usually cook (thus saving them time in the very short and busy 8-week terms). I personally choose to cook, largely because my college dining hall opening hours are limited to when I'm away on placement at the clinical school, and also to save a lot of money (our student loans don't go nearly as far in the current economic climate, and I don't rely on my parents for additional funds). However, doing so means that I risk wasting time cooking where other students rely on dining hall food. So meal prepping is significant to me, as a Cambridge student, because it allows me to cook without falling behind my peers in our short and busy terms (and yes, this is significantly different to how things work at non-oxbridge universities where the terms are much much longer/less intense overall). 2. As much as you may hate it, frankly, the algorithm does favour "Oxbridge" videos over non-Oxbridge videos. That is not to say I agree with this. I don't like that this is the reality. In my view, most of the best University TH-camrs out there are NOT from Oxbridge. BUT you can bet yourself I will be using the algorithm to my advantage, in case some of my content does make people happy/motivate aspiring Oxbridge applicants. Again, if you don't like Oxbridge content, you can block it from your algorithm. Don't let me stop you :) (3. Believe it or not, but I did actually work quite hard to get into Cambridge. So if I mention that I go to Cambridge, then that might be why! It has been my home for nearly four years, and I've loved my time here - so apologies for tying it to my identity a little bit, but I hope this somewhat clarifies that.) Thanks Jeff! Excellent opportunity for me to practice justifying myself to strangers on the internet :)

hi there! you could absolutely include all the other things going on in your life if you wanted to! there's no limit to what you can/can't/should/shouldn't include :) it's totally up to you! I only included the EPQ stuff because that was what I felt was useful/relevant to me at the time, but it's really not that deep so don't worry too much about the contents of the grids. Marks will come from showing that you know how to use the grids rather than what the grids say specifically ! Hope that helps! x

heheh thank you!

hehehe i finally made time for my passion project!! (bc i was ill lol and physcially could not go to my placement whoops) x

awh you are so very welcome!! best of luck with the EPQ & studies! :)

you are so very welcome!! good luck with your studies! x