Why include All Souls, when it doesn't take students? I was at Oxford and I'm afraid this interviewee doesn't actually seem to know very much about the place.
Every college is a good college! Everyone loves their college and thinks it’s the best. Whichever college you apply to you will be happy. (Advice from someone who graduated in 2019)
Completely agree! Everyone does love their own college, gotta say though Oxford and York are both Collegiate and the attitude in York is that there are distinct differences and opinions on the types of people, quality of rooms, events, parties, controversies that go on at each different college! Knowing it might be similiar at Oxford was the reason for looking at each college individually with Eve
I've always had a soft spot for New College which was founded in 1379 but has a motto - "Manners Maketh Man" - which was written, not in Latin or French, but in English. Fully a century before King Richard III, breaking with tradition, swore his Coronation Oath in the language of Ealdorman Britnoth and Geoffrey Chaucer.
This was super helpful, thank you! Would you consider doing a part two with the colleges you didn't cover in this video like Wadham, Keble, Lincoln etc?
All Souls used to be known for having the world's 'hardest entrance test'. Candidates had to write an essay in response to a single word, before they scrapped that paper.
As someone who goes to ChristChurch I'd say everyone who goes there is that I've talked to is very nice. The tutors I've got are friendly and fairly young. There are a lot of private school people here but half of them you wouldn't be able to "tell" unless they told you. It is a beautiful college though! But I am aware we have a reputation if you tell someone from a different college oh I'm from Christchurch they may go ew 😭 but I promise most of us are nice.
I would advise potential applicants to take this video with a massive pinch of salt. It's incredibly biased, prejudiced and unbalanced. Whilst I have nothing against LMH, as an Oxford alumni, I'd probably rank it bottom of the mainstream undergraduate colleges that were discussed, whereas the interviewee clearly thought otherwise. Many comments made were generalisations at best!
@@cherielovesyou111 no particular recommendation from me. I’m not ducking the question, it’s just that so much depends on what you want. My point was mainly that this video should not be taken as a good source of impartial data.
Jesus College is known as the Welsh college because it does a lot of access and outreach with a Welsh university-based programme known as the Seren Network which is basically a programme that helps welsh students apply to top universities across the UK :)
There is another factor : unless I'm mistaken, in a previous era, Jesus College had 'closed' (i.e. the applicant pool was restricted to a specific group) entrance scholarships and exhibitions, which were for Welshmen only (it was an all-male college at the time). Hence the age-old notion that Jesus is Welsh. Similar arrangements are found in the histories of many, if not most, colleges in Oxford and Cambridge : New College Oxford and Winchester College (a 'public school') were founded together - the latter feeding pupils to the former. Subsequently, a similar founding arrangement linked Eton and King's, Cambidge - the king being Henry VI.
Good Morning - presumably, you are associated with Jesus and might, therefore, be interested in some breakfast reading : oxoniensia.org/volumes/1998/allen.pdf
A fine idea, @University and Everything in Between - and it's certainly not all about noblemen in doublet-and-hose, prancing about Oxbridge .. For example, there's the inspiring - and, arguably more relatable - story of how the industrial revolution led to the 'let's build it here' establishment of institutions such as Manchester University and Imperial College, London. It can, on occasion, be forgotten how these institutions embodied a sense of optimism about the future and were a source of civic pride. This optimism was infectious - as can be seen in the 'we can do that too' foundation of Keble College - a grand edifice built of very modern-looking (for the time) brick. And the audacious demolition and replacement of Balliol's Broad Street frontage. The man who designed that, Alfred Waterhouse, was prolific and, later, contracted to build all of Girton College, Cambridge - Britain's first residential university institution for women. Waterhouse's son - and his son in turn - also added to Girton's buildings. And following that progressive historical thread a very small way indeed, we arrive at the beginnings of Eve Bennett's home-and-hearth, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.
Oxford 2:1 BA Hons Eng Lit, class of 2002 here.... How have you managed to do a 15-minute video on this without mentioning the vital importance of particular tutors/professors and the subjects that each college is strongest in??
Im at Magdalen and there are a lot of other subjects but it’s known for other subjects too (eg classics).. for graduate study it’s recently started accepting more subjects so there’s a shift there!
St Edmund Hall. St Hugh's College. St John's College. Somerville College. Trinity College. Wadham College. Wolfson College. Worcester College. Which is best for Economics.
Depends what you’re looking for! Try looking at the fellows for the subject on the college websites and their interests :) beyond that, think about what location, accommodation, student support etc :)
EDIT: Watch Part 2 with Rosie Crawford here: ua-cam.com/video/xSniQ2bIIo4/v-deo.html I am in the process of recording a part 2 with Rosie Crawford who is going to provide some insight into many of the colleges that I missed and I will be posting a link to that here when it is available! Thank you so much for all the support on this video though, it has really been fantastic to see! Peace x
That’s cool! I’m just finding it funny that there was a school near me where I grew up called Balliol College (now closed) that was a bad boys school 😂
lol... all souls is not "bougie" except if you believe not very bright people [like me!] should be admitted - it is the ultimate in: if you are smart enough - sit for an exam and we will see
@@universityandeverythinginb4670 yep starting next years just had my interviews for oxford and im not sure they went very well, but we shall see, the content is pretty good by the way.
Don’t worry about it. Just be a good person and most people will like you and if they don’t, fuck em and find ones you click with. I use to get on with people at school and I used to hate the guts of others. It is what is in the end.
Where, by kind permission of Her Majesty the Queen, they keep their clocks on Oxford Local Time as opposed to Greenwich Mean Time? Meaning that you can turn up five minutes late but still be on time for a lecture or a tutorial?
I don't do chemistry myself but general advice for applying to Oxford is learn as much about your subject as you can - the tutors will care much more about how you answer questions in your interviews than extracurriculars you've done or other skills you write about in your personal statement. Since chemistry (I believe) doesn't have an entrance test, there's a high interview rate so your best bet is to focus on preparing for that. Hope this makes sense!
@@adithyaavadhani I believe one of the colleges we talked about has a history of and perhaps still has a culture of male drinking clubs (I am only going off what I remember from the chat with Eve) but yeah, this chat was from a while back and she could have criticised it for being 'toxic' however I think just take it with a pinch of salt
Glance at any college's Alternative Prospectus and you will see the word 'friendly'. By contrast, this film seems to offer certain colleges the amusing Oxford equivalent of a one-star Tripadvisor review, which suggests that some friendlies are friendlier than others and other friendlies are, actually, not friendly at all. So who is right ? I would suggest that modern every-day perceptions of a given college, are informed by : firstly, what comes to us from the past, such as the Welshness of Jesus College. Secondly, the public perception of notable alumni in wider society and, thirdly, if less obviously, how that college might appear in the 'day-to-day' , to tourists and to those 'on business' there. To consider that third factor : colleges are, formally, closed organisations of finite membership. This can lead to a place being discussed in hushed and reverent tones, dismissed as a bastion of something yukky or simply not acknowledged at all - out of sight, out of mind. Every college has its friends, its enemies and those who mis-pronounce its name.
@@jamesfrance57 it is true! They admit 2 Examination Fellows per year, 4-6 Post Doc Fellows every other year, and 4 Senior Research Fellows every other year.
I actually went to Oxford a couple of years ago. I remember one summer night in second year, I was at a party and there was this girl there who was really, really drunk. At one point she let out the longest, loudest fart I've ever heard come out of a girl. It smelled so awful as well. It was shocking yet hilarious at the same time, definitely one of my funniest memories from university. Such fun times.
This woman knows absolutely nothing. She can't even name the streets. She doesn't know where Balliol is. She thinks Regent's Park is on the High Street. She says that All Souls is a graduate college. It isn't. It has no students at all. The entrance exam that she mentions is for research fellows. Why not do this video again with someone who actually knows something about Oxford and its colleges?
Ha ha she is just giving her perception of the colleges, and by the sounds of it at Oxford there are quite a lot! But I am planning to speak to more oxford students to get a wider look into their experience, not just one person
A terrible interview. She is biased and appears to know little about Oxford and barely speaks English. 'I swear they only admit about eight people a year or something'? 'It's like the most Oxford, Oxford college you could possible imagine'? Sounds like Vicky Pollard.
2:36 Balliol
4:11 Jesus
5:23 Christchurch
7:38 All Souls’
9:10 LMH
11:30 Regent’s Park
12:35 New College
13:45 Worcester College
@Braden Caden haha 😂
God bless you.
Why include All Souls, when it doesn't take students? I was at Oxford and I'm afraid this interviewee doesn't actually seem to know very much about the place.
Every college is a good college! Everyone loves their college and thinks it’s the best. Whichever college you apply to you will be happy. (Advice from someone who graduated in 2019)
Completely agree! Everyone does love their own college, gotta say though Oxford and York are both Collegiate and the attitude in York is that there are distinct differences and opinions on the types of people, quality of rooms, events, parties, controversies that go on at each different college! Knowing it might be similiar at Oxford was the reason for looking at each college individually with Eve
Couldn't agree more, the colleges also have far more similarities than differences. You can't go wrong!
I've always had a soft spot for New College which was founded in 1379 but has a motto - "Manners Maketh Man" - which was written, not in Latin or French, but in English. Fully a century before King Richard III, breaking with tradition, swore his Coronation Oath in the language of Ealdorman Britnoth and Geoffrey Chaucer.
That is very interesting thank you for sharing!😊
A guy from where I live designed the coronation oath.
How have only a few people watched this! Super super helpful, this dude deserves more subscribers!
Thank you so much! That has made my day!
This was super helpful, thank you! Would you consider doing a part two with the colleges you didn't cover in this video like Wadham, Keble, Lincoln etc?
Absolutely! I will try my best to line up another guest from Oxford to take me through it! So glad you enjoyed the content :)
@@universityandeverythinginb4670 Thank you!
All Souls used to be known for having the world's 'hardest entrance test'. Candidates had to write an essay in response to a single word, before they scrapped that paper.
Ya actually I read articles cause I wanna go there and I saw that and it blew my mind I’m glad they don’t do that anymore
its still really hard to get into though💀
As someone who goes to ChristChurch I'd say everyone who goes there is that I've talked to is very nice. The tutors I've got are friendly and fairly young. There are a lot of private school people here but half of them you wouldn't be able to "tell" unless they told you. It is a beautiful college though! But I am aware we have a reputation if you tell someone from a different college oh I'm from Christchurch they may go ew 😭 but I promise most of us are nice.
I would advise potential applicants to take this video with a massive pinch of salt. It's incredibly biased, prejudiced and unbalanced. Whilst I have nothing against LMH, as an Oxford alumni, I'd probably rank it bottom of the mainstream undergraduate colleges that were discussed, whereas the interviewee clearly thought otherwise. Many comments made were generalisations at best!
what would you say about LMH?
which undergraduate college would you recommend?
@@cherielovesyou111 no particular recommendation from me. I’m not ducking the question, it’s just that so much depends on what you want. My point was mainly that this video should not be taken as a good source of impartial data.
The LMH gardens are something else. Would love to see a video of them when you're back in the grounds. Haven't been there in a couple of years
Jesus College is known as the Welsh college because it does a lot of access and outreach with a Welsh university-based programme known as the Seren Network which is basically a programme that helps welsh students apply to top universities across the UK :)
There is another factor : unless I'm mistaken, in a previous era, Jesus College had 'closed' (i.e. the applicant pool was restricted to a specific group) entrance scholarships and exhibitions, which were for Welshmen only (it was an all-male college at the time). Hence the age-old notion that Jesus is Welsh.
Similar arrangements are found in the histories of many, if not most, colleges in Oxford and Cambridge : New College Oxford and Winchester College (a 'public school') were founded together - the latter feeding pupils to the former. Subsequently, a similar founding arrangement linked Eton and King's, Cambidge - the king being Henry VI.
@@ffibnogab7644 wow I didn’t know that - cool!
Good Morning - presumably, you are associated with Jesus and might, therefore, be interested in some breakfast reading : oxoniensia.org/volumes/1998/allen.pdf
That is great history! Perhaps this is something to include in a new video, going into the history of different universities/colleges?
A fine idea, @University and Everything in Between - and it's certainly not all about noblemen in doublet-and-hose, prancing about Oxbridge ..
For example, there's the inspiring - and, arguably more relatable - story of how the industrial revolution led to the 'let's build it here' establishment of institutions such as Manchester University and Imperial College, London.
It can, on occasion, be forgotten how these institutions embodied a sense of optimism about the future and were a source of civic pride.
This optimism was infectious - as can be seen in the 'we can do that too' foundation of Keble College - a grand edifice built of very modern-looking (for the time) brick. And the audacious demolition and replacement of Balliol's Broad Street frontage.
The man who designed that, Alfred Waterhouse, was prolific and, later, contracted to build all of Girton College, Cambridge - Britain's first residential university institution for women. Waterhouse's son - and his son in turn - also added to Girton's buildings.
And following that progressive historical thread a very small way indeed, we arrive at the beginnings of Eve Bennett's home-and-hearth, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.
Balliol is on Broad Street for anyone interested :)
I wouldn't trust someone who thinks Regents Park-which is Baptist, for heaven's sake, is run by monks or who thinks All Souls admits undergrads.
Oxford 2:1 BA Hons Eng Lit, class of 2002 here.... How have you managed to do a 15-minute video on this without mentioning the vital importance of particular tutors/professors and the subjects that each college is strongest in??
I would have thought that was the most important consideration.
Not even a mention for Univ? Come on guys
😉
So helpful thank you !
Really appreciate it!
please do all the colleges!
I have got something in the works, stick around to catch it over the new year!
Please do a part 2. ^.^ Do you know anything about Harris Manchester?
Great video! Also I've been told that Magdalen is the stereotypical college for studying law. Is there any truth to this? Thank you! 💕
Brasenose, Merton, And Magdalen and traditionally the law colleges :)
Im at Magdalen and there are a lot of other subjects but it’s known for other subjects too (eg classics).. for graduate study it’s recently started accepting more subjects so there’s a shift there!
St Edmund Hall. St Hugh's College. St John's College. Somerville College. Trinity College. Wadham College. Wolfson College. Worcester College. Which is best for Economics.
Depends what you’re looking for! Try looking at the fellows for the subject on the college websites and their interests :) beyond that, think about what location, accommodation, student support etc :)
EDIT: Watch Part 2 with Rosie Crawford here: ua-cam.com/video/xSniQ2bIIo4/v-deo.html
I am in the process of recording a part 2 with Rosie Crawford who is going to provide some insight into many of the colleges that I missed and I will be posting a link to that here when it is available! Thank you so much for all the support on this video though, it has really been fantastic to see! Peace x
That’s cool! I’m just finding it funny that there was a school near me where I grew up called Balliol College (now closed) that was a bad boys school 😂
This is really useful! Great video, do all the colleges have formals?
Yes
I went to Trinity, it is an amazing place.
Can you do a similar video to this on Lancaster colleges please!
Absolutely! I will try my best to sort something out! Glad you enjoy this one though :)
lol... all souls is not "bougie" except if you believe not very bright people [like me!] should be admitted - it is the ultimate in: if you are smart enough - sit for an exam and we will see
I'm the first viewer of this videoo....cool XD.. lovee this content alsooo...keep it upp!!!
I applied to Balliol under the impression it is quite a welcoming place, i'm not sure about it now.
Uni is what you make of it and you will defo find people who are your crowd! Do you start next year?
@@universityandeverythinginb4670 yep starting next years just had my interviews for oxford and im not sure they went very well, but we shall see, the content is pretty good by the way.
Don’t worry about it. Just be a good person and most people will like you and if they don’t, fuck em and find ones you click with.
I use to get on with people at school and I used to hate the guts of others. It is what is in the end.
yo did you end up getting in
@@MiniIand i didn't but took a gap year and reapplied, and i got in for this year.
Fantastic video
Balliol is on Broad Street.
What about Merton? Great choir!
Damn, I applied to Christchurch😳😳
Where, by kind permission of Her Majesty the Queen, they keep their clocks on Oxford Local Time as opposed to Greenwich Mean Time? Meaning that you can turn up five minutes late but still be on time for a lecture or a tutorial?
Good luck. It is a great college. I accidentally applied to Christ Church in 1999 and got in.
What are you planning to study? If you are going for PPE, thirteen British PM's have attended Christ Church.
Love the summer courses at Christchurch.
Do i have chance as an international radiology college student to join medical school in oxfords ?
Everyone always forgets Queen’s 🥲
Im working on a part 2 hopefully!😊
Which Oxford Unis are self catered?
Could you do St. John’s next time too?
Absolutely! I am racking up quite a list of ones I missed! Ah ha
I'm a fresher at Johns this year!! It's honestly so lovely and so well positioned central in the city :)
I’m Welsh. Jesus college has a strong Welsh link because of the SEREN Network providing outreach to Wales.
Do Keble!
Hi, does anyone have extracurriculars or competitions you recommend doing? I’m thinking about applying for chemistry at oxford :)
I don't do chemistry myself but general advice for applying to Oxford is learn as much about your subject as you can - the tutors will care much more about how you answer questions in your interviews than extracurriculars you've done or other skills you write about in your personal statement. Since chemistry (I believe) doesn't have an entrance test, there's a high interview rate so your best bet is to focus on preparing for that. Hope this makes sense!
What a great question ......"give us the sterotypes". BARF
My sis goes to brace nose college in Oxford
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
I went to Balliol and found it very welcoming :) Pretty liberal and helpful staff (graduate).
anyone else wondering what exactly there is about all-male drinking clubs that is "toxic"?
Is this Eve being controversial? I didn't notice it whilst editing
@@universityandeverythinginb4670 maybe😂
Either that, or I've missed something....seeing from the other comments, probably the former
@@adithyaavadhani I believe one of the colleges we talked about has a history of and perhaps still has a culture of male drinking clubs (I am only going off what I remember from the chat with Eve) but yeah, this chat was from a while back and she could have criticised it for being 'toxic' however I think just take it with a pinch of salt
Glance at any college's Alternative Prospectus and you will see the word 'friendly'. By contrast, this film seems to offer certain colleges the amusing Oxford equivalent of a one-star Tripadvisor review, which suggests that some friendlies are friendlier than others and other friendlies are, actually, not friendly at all. So who is right ?
I would suggest that modern every-day perceptions of a given college, are informed by : firstly, what comes to us from the past, such as the Welshness of Jesus College. Secondly, the public perception of notable alumni in wider society and, thirdly, if less obviously, how that college might appear in the 'day-to-day' , to tourists and to those 'on business' there.
To consider that third factor : colleges are, formally, closed organisations of finite membership. This can lead to a place being discussed in hushed and reverent tones, dismissed as a bastion of something yukky or simply not acknowledged at all - out of sight, out of mind. Every college has its friends, its enemies and those who mis-pronounce its name.
Watch the film “The Riot Club” :)
Maybe because they 4got to smash the like button 🤷♂️
All totally subjective.
Wooster is really new
CampionHall? How about where I went huh? Female was really exceptional then (1990's)
new college doesn't have the steps lol thats christchurch, new college just has the cloisters (and the hall w mamma mia)
She is so cute 😍
Lads having drinks: "BAD"
College just for women: "TREND SETTING"
What a little cringelet
HOOK NORTON,...
THE X.MAS SPECIAL..
SOD THEM LAGERS.
THE BEST BEER ,PERIOD
Brasenose and Pembroke
Suggestions for the next one? I have lined up another UA-camr from
Oxford so will include these!
Corpus Christi
All souls only admits 2 people a year
Not true.
@@jamesfrance57 it is true! They admit 2 Examination Fellows per year, 4-6 Post Doc Fellows every other year, and 4 Senior Research Fellows every other year.
@@Grace-ot3xf So not two then.
@@jamesfrance57 I think the original comment was just referring to Examination Fellows! It is only 2 every other year.
@@Grace-ot3xf Well, Grace, that is quite different. I read only 'All Souls only admits 2 people a year'. My comment refers to that.
I actually went to Oxford a couple of years ago. I remember one summer night in second year, I was at a party and there was this girl there who was really, really drunk. At one point she let out the longest, loudest fart I've ever heard come out of a girl. It smelled so awful as well. It was shocking yet hilarious at the same time, definitely one of my funniest memories from university. Such fun times.
lol, this is a buzz word bingo. I don't think she could define toxic masculinity
A not terribly smart interviewee. Did the know anything about what she said?
This woman knows absolutely nothing. She can't even name the streets. She doesn't know where Balliol is. She thinks Regent's Park is on the High Street. She says that All Souls is a graduate college. It isn't. It has no students at all. The entrance exam that she mentions is for research fellows. Why not do this video again with someone who actually knows something about Oxford and its colleges?
You’re so pressed lmao
So she reviews colleges but doesn’t know that much about them? Poor job...
Ha ha she is just giving her perception of the colleges, and by the sounds of it at Oxford there are quite a lot! But I am planning to speak to more oxford students to get a wider look into their experience, not just one person
@@universityandeverythinginb4670 if you want to interview an ex-Hertford student I’d be more than happy to help!
A terrible interview. She is biased and appears to know little about Oxford and barely speaks English. 'I swear they only admit about eight people a year or something'? 'It's like the most Oxford, Oxford college you could possible imagine'? Sounds like Vicky Pollard.
“Barely speaks english” do you think you have to have a posh accent to speak English properly lmao
@@Daniel_Moran posh accents, as you put it, and speaking English well are not the same.
@@jamesfrance57 how is eve not speaking English well?
Clueless woman. And what a voice!