University of Oxford
university · in 13 sources (2017–2018)
Sources by year: 2017: 5 · 2018: 8
Also known as: Oxford
Also named in the threads: Ali promises more videos on the BMAT, interviews and personal statements (2017)
Often together
What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.
University of Cambridge (21) · Mental health (3) · Medicine interview (9) · Academic Foundation Programme (2) · Obstetrics and gynaecology (3) · Imperial College London (2) · Cambridge (4) · Personal statement (3) · Taimur Abdaal (2) · iPad Pro (3)
What the videos say
The most important statements of each year; all statements.
2018
- 2018-02-14 · Monthly Favourites #1 - Ali Abdaal — Ali was introduced to Reasons to be Cheerful when his friend Sahil, a medic at Oxford, invited him to a live recording of the podcast. — 00:04:29
- 2018-03-21 · Q & A - 5,000 Subscribers! — Ali says some Oxbridge colleges are all about research, but interviewers at almost all universities prefer medicine applicants who see being a doctor as caring for patients rather than a route into research. — 00:02:58
- 2018-04-02 · Pakistan Society Ball - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #28 — Ali describes the Pakistan Society Ball as the one big event of the year celebrating Pakistani culture, with performances and good food, and a chance to meet friends from Oxford, LSE and other universities. — 00:06:04
- 2018-04-12 · Motivation, Stress & Time Management - Exam Revision Q&A with Cambridge students — Ali says that even if you miss the university you wanted, such as Oxford, Cambridge or Imperial, you will be as happy as if you had gone there, a comforting thought that helped him cope with worrying about the future. — 00:12:09
- 2018-05-01 · First Live Hangout + Rapid-fire Q&A — recommendation: Ali's one best tip for an Oxford interview: think out loud. — 00:05:00
- Examples of raising the salience of the outcome, says Ali: viewers watch his Cambridge videos or Ibz Mo's to stay motivated, and his brother kept a picture of Oxford as his desktop wallpaper. — 00:21:17
- Ali calls it a myth that you need extracurriculars for Oxford or Cambridge: they look for massive nerds who are really good at their subject, not well-rounded people with Grade 8 piano or Team GB rowing. — 00:24:15
- 2018-05-07 · Live Q&A + Hangout - Bank Holiday vibes - Ali Abdaal, Cambridge medical student — recommendation: Ali's rough rule of thumb: for Oxford or Cambridge be at least in the top five of your year group; for medicine generally, in the top 10 or 20 percent. — 00:15:32
- 2018-05-29 · Live Stream - Hangout — Ali: Asked whether young students should already think about universities, Ali says do what you like: he had his heart set on Oxford or Cambridge from quite a young age. — 00:07:25
- For the clinical years of medicine Ali really likes the book Oxford Cases in Medicine and Surgery. — 00:20:23
- …and 3 statements more in 2018 — all statements of 2018
Also named in: Behind the scenes of Cambridge University Medical School - Med student VLOG #35
2017
- 2017-10-01 · Applying to Medicine at Oxford or Cambridge - Questions to ask yourself, open days, stereotypes — Ali Abdaal (channel): Oxford and Cambridge are very similar, so the advice on applying to Cambridge for medicine applies to Oxford too, including the academic course and the stereotypes. — video description
- 2017-10-05 · How to prepare for Medicine Interviews — recommendation: a guest: A student says the key to medicine interview preparation is being comfortable and confident: Cambridge and Oxford throw curveballs, and the only preparation is a mindset that lets you think things through and reply concisely. — 00:05:08
- 2017-10-17 · Cambridge Medicine Interview - Experiences of 8 students — announcement: Ali, a final-year Cambridge medical student, presents himself and seven medical student friends on their experiences of the Cambridge medicine interview, for applicants to Cambridge or Oxford. — 00:00:00
- 2017-10-28 · Oxbridge Medicine Interview - 15 Tips (Oxford / Cambridge) — Ali says his Oxford friends unanimously agreed that every tip for the Cambridge medicine interview also applies to the Oxford one, as the two are pretty much identical. — 00:00:00
- 2017-11-21 · Oxbridge Medicine Interview - Q&A — announcement: Ali, a final-year Cambridge medical student, answers questions viewers sent in about the Oxford and Cambridge medicine interviews. — 00:00:00
- Ali says Oxbridge medicine applicants need not learn all their A2 biology and chemistry ahead, since interviews come a few months into year 13, but should know well what they have covered. — 00:00:53
- Ali advises applicants who get a topic they have not covered, such as the kidneys, or a mind blank, to say so nicely, offer to have a go and then try, rather than bluff. — 00:07:10
- Ali says mental health is definitely scientific: psychiatry is a medical specialty with a big scientific basis, and Oxbridge no longer looks down on it, as it maybe did 20 years ago. — 00:07:39
- Ali says the best preparation for the Oxbridge medicine interview is mock interviews with friends, giving them a list of questions and asking them to challenge you scientifically. — 00:09:41
- Ali says the Oxford and Cambridge interviews are genuinely hard to prepare for actively, since they rest on what you come out with on the day; there is no silver bullet. — 00:10:44
- Ali says the Oxbridge interview works out whether you would benefit from and thrive in their style of teaching; some people are not compatible with it, and no preparation changes that. — 00:12:04
- Ali says neither he nor any of the 10 to 15 friends he asked got current-affairs questions in their Oxbridge interviews, so he would not worry much about current affairs. — 00:20:24
- …and 9 statements more in 2017 — all statements of 2017