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Finishing finals - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #20

2017-12-24 · Vlog or day in the life · Ali · recording, 4:15 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Medicine and his doctor years (also: Relationships and personal life) · mode: Demonstration and walkthrough

On the day of his last written paper of Cambridge medical school, a 125-question multiple-choice exam, Ali gets a lift with the Girton medics, finds the exam really hard but enjoys the post-exam discussion, then celebrates with lunch at the pub, edits a medical ethics video, goes to a buffet and plays the board game Through the Ages.

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The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — The morning of the final written paper: a lift with the Girton medics and friendships across colleges in clinical school

  • ★★★ Ali sits the final written paper of Cambridge medical school: a multiple-choice paper of 125 questions taking about two and a half hours, after which he and his classmates are free. — 00:00:00 · University of Cambridge, Cambridge
  • ★ For the past two days some of the Girton College medics have given Ali a lift to the exam; the Emmanuel College medics in his year are good friends with them, many having been together in dissection in first year. — 00:00:00 · Emmanuel College
  • ★★ Ali says that in Cambridge clinical school all the groups are randomised, so it no longer really matters which college you are from and you end up being friends with everyone. — 00:00:00 · University of Cambridge, Cambridge
  • ★ Ali finds the last finals paper a bit nostalgic, since it means they are near the end of the six years of medical school. — 00:00:29

00:01:10 — Exam done: really hard, and the post-exam discussion

  • ★★★ Ali finishes the last written paper of his Cambridge medical finals and is glad it is done, though he found it a really, really hard exam. — 00:01:10 · Cambridge
  • ★★ Ali says that although some people find it strange to discuss an exam once it is over, he thinks the post-exam discussion is a good learning experience and always fun. — 00:01:10

00:02:08 — Editing a medical ethics video while the others go bowling, then off to a buffet

  • ★★ After the exam Ali spends a few hours editing a medical ethics video, which he had neglected during the exams; three hours later, while his friends went bowling, it is still not done. — 00:02:08
  • ★ Ali says he just has to keep hustling, as Gary Vaynerchuk would say. — 00:02:51 · Gary Vaynerchuk

00:03:20 — Playing the board game Through the Ages with Katherine and Paul, and sign-off

  • ★★ Ali ends the day playing the board game Through the Ages with Katherine and Paul, a game they discovered recently; he calls it amazing and highly recommends it. — 00:03:20 · Katherine, Paul

In the description and comments

  • ★ Ali writes that after finishing the final written exam of medical school they celebrated by roaming Cambridge, editing video, eating at a buffet and playing a board game for six hours. — video description · Cambridge

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Emmanuel College · Gary Vaynerchuk · Girton College · Katherine · Paul · Through the Ages

Only in the description or credits: Cambridge · University of Cambridge

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