Jake

friend · in 7 sources (2017–2018)

Speaks in 2 sources; this page lists what is said about them.

Sources by year: 2017: 3 · 2018: 4

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2018-04-24 · Study with Me + Revision tips from friends - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #32 — recommendation: Jake: Ali's friend Jake advises students taking exams not to be intimidated by how much work the people around them claim to do, because it is probably all a myth. (hedged) — 00:00:59
- To choose what to revise next, Ali and Jake ask what they would be least happy about if the exam were tomorrow, and find it is the eyes. — 00:04:57
2018-05-07 · Live Q&A + Hangout - Bank Holiday vibes - Ali Abdaal, Cambridge medical student — Ali would name his friend Paul as the smartest person he knows, good at the logic of games like Avalon or Mafia, though Callum, Jake, Molly and Katherine are smart too. — 00:29:54
2018-05-28 · Study with Me + How I take notes - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #36 — Ali: Over lunch Ali's group taught Jake and Paul the fitness-for-discharge assessment: Katherine explained it to Jake while Ali, who had made up the story, watched for holes in her knowledge, which helped all three learn. — 00:03:04
…and 1 statement more in 2018 — all statements of 2018

2017-09-23 · How to write a Medicine Personal Statement - 13 tips — Jake: At his UCL interview, Jake says, the interviewers went through his personal statement in detail and challenged his claim to have read The Lancet every week for a year, which he subscribed to but read only every so often. — 00:04:04
- Jake's number one advice: put nothing in the personal statement you are not prepared to defend; if you say you have read something or done some experience, be ready to talk about it. — 00:04:32
- Jake advises against a personal statement that is just a list of activities: say what each taught you, such as leadership and teamwork from the Duke of Edinburgh's Award or time management from a sport. — 00:05:12
- Jake says a personal statement should say what work experience taught you about communication, teamwork or care, and how it relates to a future medical career, rather than count the operations you watched. — 00:05:34
- Jake says the importance of the personal statement is easy to overstate: having tutored, he has seen tens to hundreds of them and they all take a similar shape, though he thought his own was original. — 00:09:03
…and 1 statement more in 2017 — all statements of 2017