This type of stress seems to be rather absent from regular studytuber content. It's important (and refreshing) to see this side too and realize that I am not the only one who is/were struggling with their studies and doubting themselves.
Paigey react to the fun times you had with friends. Share behind the scene anecdotes with us. Reflect on college life, learnings regarding studies, friends, relationships, personal growth, how to survive in college, tips and tricks, skills to develop before and during college etc.
Until I started watching a bunch of British vloggers, I didn't realize how intense the exam culture was over there. It's literally all you guys talk about, lol. GCSE's, A Levels, university exams, exam season, exam results....exams exams exams! We have final exams at the end of each semester in university, not at the end of an entire year, so I guess it just wasn't as huge of a thing, thankfully!
you think british exam culture is intense, try middle/eastern europe lol. We HAVE to take 3 basic level A-levels and at leats one extended A-level. Of course most people take 2. But that's 5 exams to write. We have all the subjects in class anyway, so 7-9 hours a day of just lessons. At univeristy too, all those subjects not related to your course at all, at least 10-12 modules per year. Pretty much the reason I don't study there at uni, it's just... I mean... hard, but pointless work. Uk is pretty chill to be fair
I did physics and astro at uni. Totally resonate with all of the stresses related to labs, problem sheets, not understanding physics tutorials, exams, constantly feeling out of your depth, comparing yourself to others
I've been binge watching your Cambridge vlogs recently, and I just want to applaude you for being so honest and real on your journey. You didn't have to show us your lows, but you did and that is powerful. In the midst of the immense stress of being in the most prestigious university in the country, you made it through with success and became an inspiration for so many, Paige 🥰
I’m a new sub and I’ve only watched a couple videos, but your level of self-awareness makes me feel like I’ve sleepwalked a significant portion of my life.
I'm currently a second year student at Cambridge and started to watch your videos when I was in high school. Can totally relate to all those feelings of stress. Revising for exams now and this video really helped a lot with me dealing with all the stress and expectations. Very proud of all of your achievements and good luck with everything!!
I have been watching you since your first days in Cambridge.. you encouraged me so much to finish my dream .. now I'm a second year PhD student and believe me i FEEL the same way you felt over the past year.. you are VERY brave to be as honest as you were..thank you for your advices!!
I've discovered her in lockdown and now I'm obsessed with her! I literally watched each and every single video of her ( some videos i've watched even twice or thrice lmao) She's my fav as well. I really really appreciate this girl. She's probably the sweetest I know so far. AND I LOVE YOU paige
Looking back at stressful times that we manage to overcome should remind us to continue doing our best and remember how great and weird it feels to finish or overcome something. I just submitted a long term in-depth exam today that I've been stressing over the last month, but I managed to start early and felt relaxed and proud of myself when I submitted it because I was so hopeless during March. Hopefully it'll go well though!
This was such a good idea for a video- it really puts things into perspective for people currently in that position. I’m a finalist at Oxford and my exams start on Monday (!) so I definitely needed reminding that there’s no point trying to judge how you did in an exam because you just never know! Sometimes you forget how far you’ve come and everything you’ve accomplished, so it must be really nice to look back at these things in a way xx
Thank you!! 💗 definitely- it also made me realise I’ve actually done all the hardest bits of my degree, all those weeks of essays and deadlines, the exams are just the very last hurdle! xx
Oh gosh! I don't miss these feelings... you tend to forget the tears and constant stress after you've graduated though. I deffo have rose tinted glasses😂😂
I can't wait till other studytubers start working too (and hopefully show their experience on TH-cam). You're the only one I can really relate to rn (and Eve Cornwell, but she doesn't do vlogs). Love u xoxo
4:44 background noices felt just so nice. It's unbealivable but it's been almost 1,5 year since I got into a crowd like that. Going to a cafe, walking in the street full of people. Omg that background noice is about make me cry 😂😂😂
I love your videos Paige! I only discovered your channel five months ago, but since then, I watch your Day in the Life and Study With me videos every time before studying because they're so motivating. Love from India 🇮🇳❤
I have an offer from Cambridge but I'm getting really stressed about meeting the grade requirements. thanks for the great revision break though, you've shown that things get better!
@TheRenaissanceman65I was very stupid and didn’t realise Imperial’s grade requirements would be higher than Cambridge’s!I don’t have an insurance because the grade requirements are all very high (maybe due to COVID/cancelling of exams they have given out higher offers or something) but happy to go through clearing later
Hey Paige, love your content and have followed since your day in the life vlog over 3 years back. You helped me through my undergrad and now through my masters which I am about to finish. Thank you for your content and I look forward to anything you produce in the future!
I am from Austria and I have studied for my Bachelor's and Master's degree in Austria, Denmark and Norway and at least in my field/at the unis I was studying at there was this ranking system in place. I honestly think that that contributed to your stress an awful lot, because you constantly have to compete with all the other students in your class in order to get a good grade (that might also be why you didn't feel like asking your friends for help that much, because you knew that even though they are your friends, they are also your direct “rivals“ in achieving your goal). Where I have studied, you were graded merely on your own merit and how well you've done in your exam, but there was no comparing to other students whatsoever. So if it was an easy exam, lots of people got an A, but if it was a particularly difficult class, maybe 70% of students failed. There was never only a certain percentage of people who could get an A or whatever grade. I really think that would have made all the difference for me - we just studied together, helped each other out and celebrated together when we all got good grades. It really sounds extremely competitive if helping out your classmate potentially means not getting as a good grade yourself. This really sounds like it facilitates unnecessary stress and the feeling that you have to constantly beat others. I was only my own worst enemy, but never someone else. If I put in the hours and the work then nothing is stopping me from getting an A, no matter how anyone else does. Sorry for the rant 😅 I just feel that it would also be somewhat unfair because the students in your year might do particularly well in exams and you do your best abd “only“ get an 2.1, when in the next year, when the competition is not as tough, you mighg be able to fairly easily get a 1st with the same amount on work put in... Anyway, love your videos, just wanted toto add some rambly perspective :)
Paige, it is quite normal to be stressed at university with the heavy course load, all the assignments, and exams which one has to do and it can be quite difficult. I found university stressing with all the assignments which I had to do especially essays which I found difficult. I was worried not finishing my assignments on time with all the sources which I had to look for and how to write and structure my essays.
what nice memories. You must be nostalgic. I am also leaving my school in a month or so. Covid really ruined our farewell but still i am a really nostalgic person and viewing your reactions it made me even more nostalgic. Love from Pakistan. 14-5-2021 8:06 pm
I was at Sidney Sussex from 2002 to 2006. I had an absolute blast. I think the tide started to turn around the time I left. They brought in league tables for the colleges and there was more emphasis on results. They have clamped down on the drinking societies too apparently. Smartphones and social media also made people a lot more self-conscious. I am not sure I would enjoy it now as the whole place is a lot more political, work-heavy and less relaxed. I know for a fact that my course was more intense than that of any other UK university bar Oxford, but I think we had a better balance. All the best in your future endeavours.
Your videos are awesome! In a few months I will enter the Physics career and well sometimes I think that maybe I don't have what it takes and that there are many better people than me but your videos motivate me too much, so I plan to follow the beautiful path of physics. Thank you!
Sending supportive thoughts your way! I’ve been there, it’s the worst feeling 😭 best of luck, and remember you’ve put in your best effort, and that’s all that can be asked of you!!
Yesss love this idea! 🎉 and please don’t let me put you off physics. If I could go back in time, I’d still choose physics again! It was hard work, but worth it.
erm i seem to recall being in oxford (on the way to somerset)once during exam week...and seeing students wearing gowns to exams.....what ya whinning about :P
Paige I don’t know If this relevant but your vlogs through uni got me through my three years of Middle School where I was extremely stressed all the time, so, yeah, you are welcome 😂😂😂
I don’t think there’s a set amount of people who have to fail, but there’s a set of amount of people who must get a 3rd (or a fail) and a set amount of people who must get a 2.2, and these results are often not looked on favourably by employers
İ know it was a bad situation to cant go to your lovely uni but if it is gonna help to get through, think about the first year students, it is worse because they dont know can they go to the Cambridge even for 1 year . Also i love the video concept i would like to see more about Cambridge and you
thanks for the video! I was studying at the university at the same time that you and your videos really inspired me to work and study! It is very interesting to know your opinion, was it worth it to study so hard, to worry so much and try to do everything perfectly? do you feel that such hard work gave the results you expected? was it still possible to worry a little less at times? I sometimes think about it myself
It was 100% possible to achieve the same results without the stress (a little bit of panic is good motivation, but too much panic can deffo hamper progress)... but unfortunately I couldn’t help stressing 😅
Oml this is me rn! From the coxing to the exams I’m literally living this at the moment. 😂 Paige made it through and did amazingly so *hopefully* I’ll be ok
This type of stress seems to be rather absent from regular studytuber content. It's important (and refreshing) to see this side too and realize that I am not the only one who is/were struggling with their studies and doubting themselves.
Paigey react to the fun times you had with friends. Share behind the scene anecdotes with us. Reflect on college life, learnings regarding studies, friends, relationships, personal growth, how to survive in college, tips and tricks, skills to develop before and during college etc.
Until I started watching a bunch of British vloggers, I didn't realize how intense the exam culture was over there. It's literally all you guys talk about, lol. GCSE's, A Levels, university exams, exam season, exam results....exams exams exams! We have final exams at the end of each semester in university, not at the end of an entire year, so I guess it just wasn't as huge of a thing, thankfully!
Oh you should see the Indian system 😂😂😂
you think british exam culture is intense, try middle/eastern europe lol. We HAVE to take 3 basic level A-levels and at leats one extended A-level.
Of course most people take 2. But that's 5 exams to write.
We have all the subjects in class anyway, so 7-9 hours a day of just lessons.
At univeristy too, all those subjects not related to your course at all, at least 10-12 modules per year.
Pretty much the reason I don't study there at uni, it's just... I mean... hard, but pointless work.
Uk is pretty chill to be fair
I did physics and astro at uni. Totally resonate with all of the stresses related to labs, problem sheets, not understanding physics tutorials, exams, constantly feeling out of your depth, comparing yourself to others
I remember watching the vlogs then and now I am watching the reaction
I've been binge watching your Cambridge vlogs recently, and I just want to applaude you for being so honest and real on your journey. You didn't have to show us your lows, but you did and that is powerful. In the midst of the immense stress of being in the most prestigious university in the country, you made it through with success and became an inspiration for so many, Paige 🥰
I really wanted to give a rounded view of my experience 👍
I think you'll find actually Oxford is the most prestigious uni in the country!😉
I’m a new sub and I’ve only watched a couple videos, but your level of self-awareness makes me feel like I’ve sleepwalked a significant portion of my life.
I'm currently a second year student at Cambridge and started to watch your videos when I was in high school. Can totally relate to all those feelings of stress. Revising for exams now and this video really helped a lot with me dealing with all the stress and expectations. Very proud of all of your achievements and good luck with everything!!
Best of luck! And I hope Cambridge stays sunny for some fun post-exam celebrations 🎉
I have been watching you since your first days in Cambridge.. you encouraged me so much to finish my dream .. now I'm a second year PhD student and believe me i FEEL the same way you felt over the past year.. you are VERY brave to be as honest as you were..thank you for your advices!!
I've discovered her in lockdown and now I'm obsessed with her! I literally watched each and every single video of her ( some videos i've watched even twice or thrice lmao) She's my fav as well. I really really appreciate this girl. She's probably the sweetest I know so far. AND I LOVE YOU paige
OMG sameee
Looking back at stressful times that we manage to overcome should remind us to continue doing our best and remember how great and weird it feels to finish or overcome something. I just submitted a long term in-depth exam today that I've been stressing over the last month, but I managed to start early and felt relaxed and proud of myself when I submitted it because I was so hopeless during March. Hopefully it'll go well though!
This was such a good idea for a video- it really puts things into perspective for people currently in that position. I’m a finalist at Oxford and my exams start on Monday (!) so I definitely needed reminding that there’s no point trying to judge how you did in an exam because you just never know! Sometimes you forget how far you’ve come and everything you’ve accomplished, so it must be really nice to look back at these things in a way xx
Good luck!!! Wish I could go back and reassure myself before my exams haha, so at least I can help relax other people ☺️
Thank you!! 💗 definitely- it also made me realise I’ve actually done all the hardest bits of my degree, all those weeks of essays and deadlines, the exams are just the very last hurdle! xx
Oh gosh! I don't miss these feelings... you tend to forget the tears and constant stress after you've graduated though. I deffo have rose tinted glasses😂😂
Sameee I only remember the social activities and fancy dinners 😂
paige, you've helped us through some of our lowest moments too. it's great to see you have the chance to reflect:)
12:36 an option we now don't have because of online and different time zones😢
memories and experience in life make you become better person, thanks for the past version of you !
Rowing is so intense, but enjoyable. I have 7 outings this weekend
Omg nostalgia✨
Even I stress out so much that I just CRY seeing the list of topics I still have to revise😩😭
I can't wait till other studytubers start working too (and hopefully show their experience on TH-cam). You're the only one I can really relate to rn (and Eve Cornwell, but she doesn't do vlogs). Love u xoxo
4:44 background noices felt just so nice. It's unbealivable but it's been almost 1,5 year since I got into a crowd like that. Going to a cafe, walking in the street full of people. Omg that background noice is about make me cry 😂😂😂
Agreed! Life has changed so much
I can so relate to these moments, I just had my winter term exams a month back which I gave under covid. Thanks, I really needed this video ☺️
Your vlogs keep me going through my uni. Especially now that we're doing remote classes.
Love your study vlogs.💜
"to get a good night's sleep before an exam" - I have an exam tomorrow and I have a baby. I'm hoping he doesn't wake up too often tonight.
Uni can be really stressful at times. But hey look at you today!!! You have come out really strong!! Proud of you!!
I love your videos Paige! I only discovered your channel five months ago, but since then, I watch your Day in the Life and Study With me videos every time before studying because they're so motivating. Love from India 🇮🇳❤
I have an offer from Cambridge but I'm getting really stressed about meeting the grade requirements. thanks for the great revision break though, you've shown that things get better!
@TheRenaissanceman65I was very stupid and didn’t realise Imperial’s grade requirements would be higher than Cambridge’s!I don’t have an insurance because the grade requirements are all very high (maybe due to COVID/cancelling of exams they have given out higher offers or something) but happy to go through clearing later
It’s feels cool to watch the vlogs and now the reaction!!
Hey Paige, love your content and have followed since your day in the life vlog over 3 years back. You helped me through my undergrad and now through my masters which I am about to finish. Thank you for your content and I look forward to anything you produce in the future!
I am from Austria and I have studied for my Bachelor's and Master's degree in Austria, Denmark and Norway and at least in my field/at the unis I was studying at there was this ranking system in place. I honestly think that that contributed to your stress an awful lot, because you constantly have to compete with all the other students in your class in order to get a good grade (that might also be why you didn't feel like asking your friends for help that much, because you knew that even though they are your friends, they are also your direct “rivals“ in achieving your goal). Where I have studied, you were graded merely on your own merit and how well you've done in your exam, but there was no comparing to other students whatsoever. So if it was an easy exam, lots of people got an A, but if it was a particularly difficult class, maybe 70% of students failed. There was never only a certain percentage of people who could get an A or whatever grade.
I really think that would have made all the difference for me - we just studied together, helped each other out and celebrated together when we all got good grades. It really sounds extremely competitive if helping out your classmate potentially means not getting as a good grade yourself. This really sounds like it facilitates unnecessary stress and the feeling that you have to constantly beat others. I was only my own worst enemy, but never someone else. If I put in the hours and the work then nothing is stopping me from getting an A, no matter how anyone else does.
Sorry for the rant 😅 I just feel that it would also be somewhat unfair because the students in your year might do particularly well in exams and you do your best abd “only“ get an 2.1, when in the next year, when the competition is not as tough, you mighg be able to fairly easily get a 1st with the same amount on work put in...
Anyway, love your videos, just wanted toto add some rambly perspective :)
Paige, it is quite normal to be stressed at university with the heavy course load, all the assignments, and exams which one has to do and it can be quite difficult. I found university stressing with all the assignments which I had to do especially essays which I found difficult. I was worried not finishing my assignments on time with all the sources which I had to look for and how to write and structure my essays.
No one likes stress but we can always learn to manage it. Keep it up!
what nice memories. You must be nostalgic. I am also leaving my school in a month or so. Covid really ruined our farewell but still i am a really nostalgic person and viewing your reactions it made me even more nostalgic. Love from Pakistan. 14-5-2021 8:06 pm
I am even nervous while watching your stressful days at Cambridge
You are such an inspirational person to me......really your cambridge vlogs are so amazing and and and you are amzing 🤩
That’s very sweet of you 😌
@@PaigeY i never thought u would reply thank you very much....u r a star
The most realistic youtube channel!
That’s what I aim for 😎
I was at Sidney Sussex from 2002 to 2006. I had an absolute blast. I think the tide started to turn around the time I left. They brought in league tables for the colleges and there was more emphasis on results. They have clamped down on the drinking societies too apparently. Smartphones and social media also made people a lot more self-conscious. I am not sure I would enjoy it now as the whole place is a lot more political, work-heavy and less relaxed. I know for a fact that my course was more intense than that of any other UK university bar Oxford, but I think we had a better balance. All the best in your future endeavours.
Yay!!! Upload from one of my favourites yt.
Your videos are awesome! In a few months I will enter the Physics career and well sometimes I think that maybe I don't have what it takes and that there are many better people than me but your videos motivate me too much, so I plan to follow the beautiful path of physics. Thank you!
It’s an exciting subject, so enjoy!
Streßfull , Ms. there for you smiling very well
Ms. Dr. Phys. Paige do you miss the Labatory work ;in the way to design/finish prototypes ?💐
Omg this is so me. I've been cramming for a week for an exam I have tommorow. Stressed to the max, can't sleep or eat. I just hate exams.
Sending supportive thoughts your way! I’ve been there, it’s the worst feeling 😭 best of luck, and remember you’ve put in your best effort, and that’s all that can be asked of you!!
I can understand that stress so well. I am in 12th and I'm having the same feeling about entrance exams.
Do you still keep in touch with the others on the staircase?
You could react to Parties or time spent with your friends too (just an idea)
💛I don’t know if I should take physics in uni now 😅
Yesss love this idea! 🎉 and please don’t let me put you off physics. If I could go back in time, I’d still choose physics again! It was hard work, but worth it.
One breakdown for each semester? yeah I can relate 😅
My parents learnt to expect them 🥲
erm i seem to recall being in oxford (on the way to somerset)once during exam week...and seeing students wearing gowns to exams.....what ya whinning about :P
Haha I know, one step up from invigilators wearing gowns!
Paige I don’t know If this relevant but your vlogs through uni got me through my three years of Middle School where I was extremely stressed all the time, so, yeah, you are welcome 😂😂😂
take a shot every time paige says exam
Exam exam exam exam exam 😉
I have one week left until my first major exam this year... God bless me!
How to enter to the Cambridge university? It is just my the best dream and I'm significantly eager to enter one
So close to 200k!!! 👏
Since u said there’s only a set amount of people who can get each grade, does that mean there will inevitably be people who fail no matter what?😟
I don’t think there’s a set amount of people who have to fail, but there’s a set of amount of people who must get a 3rd (or a fail) and a set amount of people who must get a 2.2, and these results are often not looked on favourably by employers
@TheRenaissanceman65 oh right so why do people bother working themselves into the ground if the end of years don’t *truly* matter?
not you saying midnight is late the night before an exam, I always do 2am because I worry so much even though I probably know everything😭
İ know it was a bad situation to cant go to your lovely uni but if it is gonna help to get through, think about the first year students, it is worse because they dont know can they go to the Cambridge even for 1 year . Also i love the video concept i would like to see more about Cambridge and you
I want to study at Cambridge! Is it really stressing?
thanks for the video! I was studying at the university at the same time that you and your videos really inspired me to work and study! It is very interesting to know your opinion, was it worth it to study so hard, to worry so much and try to do everything perfectly? do you feel that such hard work gave the results you expected? was it still possible to worry a little less at times? I sometimes think about it myself
It was 100% possible to achieve the same results without the stress (a little bit of panic is good motivation, but too much panic can deffo hamper progress)... but unfortunately I couldn’t help stressing 😅
Oml this is me rn! From the coxing to the exams I’m literally living this at the moment. 😂 Paige made it through and did amazingly so *hopefully* I’ll be ok
You got this! Good luck with both the rowing races and the exams ☺️
Paige, what did you get for your GCSEs and A levels ?
Really well
Am I the only one who went and watched all of her Vlogs again after watching this?
Is FRM a good course in finances?
What about something uplifting like your best times at uni?
This would be fun and also would make me wanna go back ahaha
Independent observation ==> you are a successful individual. Remember this as you work through the actuarial program.
:o)
Do you have the Argentinian sun in your t-shirt ?
literally me now :")
hope exams have been going ok so far! :)
Paige l love you to the moon and back can you help me know about scholarships for the university of Cambridge please
See Paige, how stressed and dumb these kids are from some Cambridge University, they should learn something from a professional like U!!😉😅😙❤
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you are so beautiful, your videos are more beautiful, your lifestyle is most beautiful 😊
Seeeesh im already struggling with high school Lol so o don't think I'll be able to survive Uni stresss hahahaha
Was frightened I’d scare people off haha. I would like to highlight that I’m an extremely stressy person (more so than the average person) 😅
hola
Hola!!
Hello Paige
Hey hey
Feeling first with 56 other's
omg such a worrier and sad to watch :/
Uni can be really stressful at times. But hey look at you today!!! You have come out really strong!! Proud of you!!