i'm glad i clicked on this in my recommendations bc we had pretty similar situations. last year i was rejected for maths and phil at oxford and decided i wanted to apply again, to the USA instead, but i wanted something to do in the meantime so i started at st andrews and now i'm restarting uni at stanford. good luck at cambridge!
Congratulations 🎊🍾🎉 so well deserved and proud of you. And the quotes at end >>>>>❤❤❤. Also this wasn’t boring at alllllllll. Stop saying that it was great .
well done!! unfortunately i didnt get in this year:( but maybe see u next year!! good luck !!! do u also think u could do a vid on dealing with rejection it keeps hitting me in waves lol
hey! i'm sorry to hear that. i hope you're feeling a bit better now, although if not keep going! there has to be a better tomorrow eventually. i'll have a think about a rejection vid
Congrats Yanran! I’m also a fresher going to Emmanuel next year (as long as I don’t fuck up my exams). I also have lots of nosebleeds and have been recently diagnosed with haemophilia and given some medicine that stops them, might be worth getting a blood test. I also play bass! Looking forward to meeting you next year hopefully!
NO WAY!! Lowkey why are we twins lol thank you for the nosebleed advice 🙏 I'm sure you won't fuck up your exams and I'll see you in October! What are you studying??
Hi, your youtube vid came up on my homepage so had a casual browse of your channel and found this vid particularly interesting. i have previously dropped out of uni but regretted it after. any tips for moving forward? thnks :)
there's quite a few reasons, but the most notable are that at the time when i submitted my application (i'd done about 3 weeks here) i was nottt having a good time with maths and thought i'd made a mistake and should be doing physics. i like the maths much more now, but i still back the natsci. also it's really technically difficult to switch from maths to maths
it's not standard haha it required a lot of emails. some places won't take people who are already at university so it's definitely a case of asking around - for me I had to find a specific college that was happy to take me at cambridge (emmanuel) and then i had to get the director of undergrad studies at warwick to email cambridge and tell them that they were happy for me to reapply
@@d_i_a_v_l_o3827 oh nooo i'm sorry to hear that :( did they ask you really random questions about rocks and ice i thought the interview was a bit random
you can but there are certain restrictions. for example i had to change course (maths -> physics), i was limited with which colleges i was allowed to apply to, and i had to get the director of studies for maths to approve my application. it is a bit of a ballache but it is definitely possible. i didn't have to drop out until after summer term :)
I used to use notion and I really liked it, but last year I had a 15min screen time limit on my phone so now I use a paper diary. For me it works really well because I have to carry a fat bag around with my migraine meds in anyway, so adding in a diary isn't really any extra hassel. I suppose if you don't usually carry a bag around it might be slightly more inconvenient and I would probably use notion again. I like paper because it makes me feel like I'm more productive?? I feel like I'm a businesswoman writing down all my tasks with a pen and then whipping out the black diary whenever someone asks if I'm free 😭 Ultimately it probably doesn't matter I just have all the dates down and I scribble in what I'm going to do
Warwick Maths is really good! It's a pretty big step up from A-Level, but there's loads of contact hours plus drop in sessions to help and they did a change to the course two years ago and all the fourth years agree it's really well constructed. Would definitely recommend if you like the look of the uni :)
Congrats on getting into Cambridge. Can I ask why you decided to swich from a maths to physical natural sciences degree course ? Is uni maths bad or something ?
uni maths isn't bad haha i think when i was applying i had done 3 weeks(ish) here and i was a bit shocked because the maths just wasn't what i was expecting, so i though it'd be better off with physics instead (i like the maths a lot more now, but the physics is still really fun). i think because i had already planned to reapply to cambridge i just made the switch, but if you start uni maths and are unsure it's defo worth waiting it out for a bit longer than 3 weeks
@nrazzak8854 I did consider engineering, but I'm more interested in theoretical physics and I wasn't sure I had enough evidence of skills for an eng application :(
what was it that made you decide to reapply (if you don’t mind me asking!)? did you apply first time and not get in? i’m in that position, so what you did could be an option for me. any advice is appreciated :)
I decided to reapply the moment I got rejected the first time haha yeah I applied for Maths and Oxford and they said no 😬 It definitely is an option to go to uni and reapply but you need to be careful because I had to get permission from the head of department to reapply, I was limited in my college choice and I had to change subjects (luckily for me none of these things posed an issue). I definitely wouldn't rule it out as an option though as it worked out for me :) Best of luck to you whatever you decide to do 🫶🏻
@@yanr4n thank you so much for replying :) i also applied to oxford so i was wondering what made you apply to cambridge second time? also what do you think you did better the second time?
thank you!! i've always been interested in theoretical physics - many people approach this through a pure maths degree first then specialise later on. i personally thought that going for maths would be a 'safer' bet in case i changed my mind. when i reapplied though, since i was already enrolled on a maths degree, i wasn't allowed to enter for maths again, so that was the decision done lol
Why not just do degree at Warwick. Is still STEM degree from top Russell group university. Target school for many firms . Not sure there is much difference between that and Cambridge for career , unless you are staying in academia
my plan was always to stay here for just a year! i agree the degree here is incredible, but i want to switch to physics anyway and personally doing the move makes the most sense rather than changing degree here (which would also require me to restart the year lol)
@@killercon2735 It depends what your career goals are. If academic then I can see the reason but if was to go into investment banking or city in a finance career then it does not matter . Warwick is a target university and I know many grads, now associates or higher from York, Warwick, Bristol, Imperial that all beat Cambridge or Oxford grads at interview for various finance careers. Although, makes sense if switching to physics and seems you have already decided on a different career path. Good luck
im so so so PROUD OMG WELL DONE. (also i love watching these vlogs never stop them, and the editing is getting better methinks??)
Yayyy thank you!! I'm glad you think the editing is getting better haha I am trying my best 😋
CONGRATULATIONS YANRAN! YOU DESERVE THE WORLD
I am so unbelievably proud of you, this is hugely inspiring yan, love to see it
omg congrats! you deserve that place at Cambridge so much :)
yooo! congrats you 100% deserve it 🫡
i'm glad i clicked on this in my recommendations bc we had pretty similar situations. last year i was rejected for maths and phil at oxford and decided i wanted to apply again, to the USA instead, but i wanted something to do in the meantime so i started at st andrews and now i'm restarting uni at stanford. good luck at cambridge!
@kom1i No way I'm yet to find someone who did what I did that's so exciting!! A move to America too is so brave good luck to you 🍀
Congratulations 🎊🍾🎉 so well deserved and proud of you. And the quotes at end >>>>>❤❤❤. Also this wasn’t boring at alllllllll. Stop saying that it was great .
well deserved, proud of you! Congrats!
Your hard work has paid off congrats !
well done!! unfortunately i didnt get in this year:( but maybe see u next year!! good luck !!! do u also think u could do a vid on dealing with rejection it keeps hitting me in waves lol
hey! i'm sorry to hear that. i hope you're feeling a bit better now, although if not keep going! there has to be a better tomorrow eventually. i'll have a think about a rejection vid
didn’t know i had hemophobia until i watched this but I LOVE UR VLOGS and i watch them to motivate myself to study so tysm! hope ur alright :)
nooo sorry there is no blood in the next vlog (or any in the foreseeable future)!!
@@yanr4n please don’t apologise haha it was on me for watching despite the warning!
CONGRATS!!!!!!! so well deserved :)))
Congrats you deserve it !
Incredible how you can memorize so much information and be able to blurt it out when doing your work so easily.
Congrats Yanran!
I’m also a fresher going to Emmanuel next year (as long as I don’t fuck up my exams). I also have lots of nosebleeds and have been recently diagnosed with haemophilia and given some medicine that stops them, might be worth getting a blood test. I also play bass! Looking forward to meeting you next year hopefully!
NO WAY!! Lowkey why are we twins lol thank you for the nosebleed advice 🙏 I'm sure you won't fuck up your exams and I'll see you in October! What are you studying??
@@yanr4n Yeah lol we’re basically the same person 🤯 I’m studying economics but I was very close to going for physics actually
@@ilb9387 okay double STEM we are actually kinda twins!! if you see me gimme a whack maybe it'll be like living in 3rd person 😭😭
its acc a skill to make uni work when u have no food in the fridge BC I WOULD EAT THAT PASTA WILLINGLY
you would eat the dry tuna pasta 🤢
oh god you're making me wanna learn this as an encore
nahh u gotta cover the copyrighted stuff so I can use it hehe 😝
@@yanr4n OKAY BET
CONGRATS!!
congrats!!!
Hi, your youtube vid came up on my homepage so had a casual browse of your channel and found this vid particularly interesting. i have previously dropped out of uni but regretted it after. any tips for moving forward? thnks :)
Why the change from maths to natural sciences?
there's quite a few reasons, but the most notable are that at the time when i submitted my application (i'd done about 3 weeks here) i was nottt having a good time with maths and thought i'd made a mistake and should be doing physics. i like the maths much more now, but i still back the natsci. also it's really technically difficult to switch from maths to maths
I use to have a lot of nosebleeds but I went to The hospital and it was a burst blood vessel and they can give you a epistaxis and fix the problem
Nasal cautery *
i did not know it is possible to switch universities during a course? what is the procedure for that
it's not standard haha it required a lot of emails. some places won't take people who are already at university so it's definitely a case of asking around - for me I had to find a specific college that was happy to take me at cambridge (emmanuel) and then i had to get the director of undergrad studies at warwick to email cambridge and tell them that they were happy for me to reapply
@@yanr4n oh wow! that's amazing, thanks for the reply and good luck at Cambridge!
CONGRATS! Which college did you get into?
emmanuel!!
@@yanr4nmannn that's the one i was rejected from for phys natsci 😭😭
@@d_i_a_v_l_o3827 oh nooo i'm sorry to hear that :( did they ask you really random questions about rocks and ice i thought the interview was a bit random
@@yanr4n WTF I GOT THAT EXACT QUESTION HAHAHAH
@@yanr4n did you get asked about a pulley in your second interview?? if my interview was the reason they didnt want me that question is why...
Do u use dark brown or black hair dye?
actually i use live or cosmic blue, but because my hair is brown at the base it comes out more black than using jet black hair dye
oh shit you can reapply while in uni? i thought you had to drop out before applying
you can but there are certain restrictions. for example i had to change course (maths -> physics), i was limited with which colleges i was allowed to apply to, and i had to get the director of studies for maths to approve my application. it is a bit of a ballache but it is definitely possible. i didn't have to drop out until after summer term :)
@@yanr4n oh wow yeah that sounds like a pain ahaha, im going to durham to do physics and astronomy now so i dont think id count as a course change
how do you stay so organised? with a busy schedule e.g like do you use notion, google calendar or a paper diary?
I used to use notion and I really liked it, but last year I had a 15min screen time limit on my phone so now I use a paper diary. For me it works really well because I have to carry a fat bag around with my migraine meds in anyway, so adding in a diary isn't really any extra hassel. I suppose if you don't usually carry a bag around it might be slightly more inconvenient and I would probably use notion again. I like paper because it makes me feel like I'm more productive?? I feel like I'm a businesswoman writing down all my tasks with a pen and then whipping out the black diary whenever someone asks if I'm free 😭 Ultimately it probably doesn't matter I just have all the dates down and I scribble in what I'm going to do
Congrats! If you don’t mind me asking, how was Warwick Maths so far? Since I have an offer from there and I’m struggling to choose my firm.
Warwick Maths is really good! It's a pretty big step up from A-Level, but there's loads of contact hours plus drop in sessions to help and they did a change to the course two years ago and all the fourth years agree it's really well constructed. Would definitely recommend if you like the look of the uni :)
Thank you!
Thank you!
Thank you!
we won’t miss u 🫶
Yanran going away party ?!? (Except we don’t invite yanran)
i back it
think about how quiet it will be without all my yapping
Congrats on getting into Cambridge. Can I ask why you decided to swich from a maths to physical natural sciences degree course ? Is uni maths bad or something ?
uni maths isn't bad haha i think when i was applying i had done 3 weeks(ish) here and i was a bit shocked because the maths just wasn't what i was expecting, so i though it'd be better off with physics instead (i like the maths a lot more now, but the physics is still really fun). i think because i had already planned to reapply to cambridge i just made the switch, but if you start uni maths and are unsure it's defo worth waiting it out for a bit longer than 3 weeks
@@yanr4n had you considered engineering? (mechanical would make sense)
@nrazzak8854 I did consider engineering, but I'm more interested in theoretical physics and I wasn't sure I had enough evidence of skills for an eng application :(
what was it that made you decide to reapply (if you don’t mind me asking!)? did you apply first time and not get in? i’m in that position, so what you did could be an option for me. any advice is appreciated :)
I decided to reapply the moment I got rejected the first time haha yeah I applied for Maths and Oxford and they said no 😬 It definitely is an option to go to uni and reapply but you need to be careful because I had to get permission from the head of department to reapply, I was limited in my college choice and I had to change subjects (luckily for me none of these things posed an issue). I definitely wouldn't rule it out as an option though as it worked out for me :) Best of luck to you whatever you decide to do 🫶🏻
@@yanr4n thank you so much for replying :) i also applied to oxford so i was wondering what made you apply to cambridge second time? also what do you think you did better the second time?
congrats :)
congrats on cambridge
what made you decide to switch from maths to phys.natsci?
and, well flipping done, this is flippidy dipidy fantastic!
thank you!! i've always been interested in theoretical physics - many people approach this through a pure maths degree first then specialise later on. i personally thought that going for maths would be a 'safer' bet in case i changed my mind. when i reapplied though, since i was already enrolled on a maths degree, i wasn't allowed to enter for maths again, so that was the decision done lol
And she does it again. Except a tad bit better, cambridge series here we come.
this comment is so jokes lol get ready for 4 years of horror
Why not just do degree at Warwick. Is still STEM degree from top Russell group university. Target school for many firms . Not sure there is much difference between that and Cambridge for career , unless you are staying in academia
lol you'd really rather stay at warwick than go to cambridge?
my plan was always to stay here for just a year! i agree the degree here is incredible, but i want to switch to physics anyway and personally doing the move makes the most sense rather than changing degree here (which would also require me to restart the year lol)
@@killercon2735 It depends what your career goals are. If academic then I can see the reason but if was to go into investment banking or city in a finance career then it does not matter . Warwick is a target university and I know many grads, now associates or higher from York, Warwick, Bristol, Imperial that all beat Cambridge or Oxford grads at interview for various finance careers. Although, makes sense if switching to physics and seems you have already decided on a different career path. Good luck
@@yanr4n Oh so Cambridge let you into their first year, without you having to do a whole year at Warwick prior? That's incredibly fortunate!
@@Chan-zn7wb Yep they didn't mention the fact that I was at Warwick once 🤷
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well done!!! 🙏🙏🙏