The dog's just wagging her tail because my brother's just got in but
she can't be bothered to go say hello to
him she's just whacking me with her tail
that's incredibly helpful dog and on my makeup bag hey
guys welcome back to my channel and
welcome if you're new here my name is
Elodie and in my channel I just mainly
make travel videos and university videos
and I'm at the University of Cambridge
last week I told you guys what I liked
about my college which is Murray Edwards
College I'm sporting the match today and
then this week I thought I would talk
about the things that I don't like about
the university as a whole and things
that maybe you should take into
consideration before you apply if the
things that I mentioned are important to
you and you don't like how the
university deals with those issues it's
also a little bit of personal stuff
about what I didn't like personally and
I would just like to emphasize that I'm
not complaining about the opportunities
that I have or do Oh have had and that
it's just my opinion on certain things
that yes are negative opinions but
please do be aware I am grateful for
where I study this is a Sephora bronzer
it's the mikonos for said deep poodles
today if that helps anybody I'm just
like this got7 it cool times in a way
that's relevant and I'm just gonna start
with oh yeah that's quite a bit blend
okay so I guess first of all and these
are not in order of importance by the
way it's kind of like which ones are
coming to me and when you arrive at uni
and you're 18 and it's your first time
living on your own you are kind of young
and vulnerable and naive as much as I
didn't want to believe that when I got
there and you if you've never had mental
health issues before you get to uni or
you know before you live on your own
then you might not know how to cope with
them or you might kind of panic and you
know you you if you're okay with talking
about it the in the good
good scenario you'll go and get help
right but the University of Cambridge
pastoral care side is pretty crap to be
honest it was crap when I had problems
with my course it was crap when I had
problems like on a personal level that
you can talk to the university about
which is sort of like mental health side
of things there anyone go into that but
they were pretty crap about that and
I've never had serious mental health
issues I'd just like to say ever and I'm
very lucky about that and I'm glad but I
know people who have and have
intermitted and the university have just
been pretty shit about helping them out
and I do have a friend who is going
through a lot as well and they've helped
her but they haven't you know done the
best job that I would have in imagined a
uni should and would do in the
circumstances so I think that's the
first thing is that the pastoral care at
Cambridge is pretty crap and I would say
I think that's probably the biggest
downfall if you're a huge and campaigner
for the environment you might find that
the biggest downfall is that they invest
in fossil fuels for example there's
quite a bit of a problem and this this
is on quite a few Cambridge channels and
with the University profiting from
fossil fuels so I've just been using
chic and innocent in this palette as
sort of transitions in shape transition
shades
what else do I think about camera does
negative oh I what I think is really
annoying and this is on so many levels
but different people if you're in a
different College you'll have different
opportunities to other people whether
it's academic opportunities because you
get access to different supervisors or
supervisor you would prefer to study
with whether it's you get less funding
for doing things you get less financial
aid your experience will change a
massive amount depending on your college
which if you've heard otherwise in my
opinion is just not true I don't think I
would thrive very well in a traditional
College which is what I thought today I
want just I thought it I want which is
what I thought I wanted because I want
to
that picturesque gardens the lavish
formal halls which I can go and do when
I'm not in college I personally find it
better and I didn't notice for applying
so it's luck of the draw well pretty
much because I was pulled so lucky with
the draw there that I got pulled to a
college where I can just walk around in
my dressing gown and chillax and not be
worried about not walking on the grass
and tourists taking pictures of me in my
dressing gown um so yeah I guess that's
also something that I find annoying is
that not everybody has the same
opportunities depending on the college
and not everybody can choose their
college seeing as you get pulled so I
didn't choose my college quite a few
people get pooled actually so yeah I've
just been putting the shade innocent
under my eyes as well and I forgot to
highlight my nose earlier so I'm just
gonna take my eyeshadow brush I'm just
gonna put the white shadow just I sort
of put it on my brows because if I go
too low because my eyes they already
look hooded but I mean when I'm relaxing
they kind of are so I put them on the
brows and then the brush does go a
little bit below it as well I kind of
wouldn't match this top because I like
it's nice in Burgundy so I'm gonna put
the shade mod here which is purpley
pretty sure I've got way too much on
there I kind of also want to talk about
this one sort of stabbing my eye and
something that is gonna sound like I'm
complaining I'm not complaining again I
just like to say not complaining but it
kind of annoys me this is kind of a
societal thing I guess you know when
someone pays you a compliment and you as
a British person because a French person
I think is better or just I think it's a
British thing to be honest when someone
pays you a compliment
it's like you're incapable of just
accepting it and saying thank you
without a complimenting that person back
or being derogatory towards yourself
like thank you but this about me is bad
because you can't just say thanks and
move on you have to in some way show
that you're not arrogant and that you're
not super confident
about yourself yeah this is kind of the
light the sort of topic I wanna talk
about Nexus their reaction people have
when you tell them we're just going into
them the reaction people have when you
tell them you go to Cambridge so just
like to point out I don't go around the
streets telling everyone I go to
Cambridge in fact I try not to tell
people where I studied first exact
reason but let's say you go to a new
hairdresser and they don't know you I've
got some lovely hairdressers here that
know me so you know but let's say you go
to a new hairdresser or a new nail salon
and you chat to the person there and you
know you they're like oh so what do you
do I'm a student and I won't say I'm a
student became it'll say I'm a student
and then they can ask you what subject
or often they'll ask you where do you
study or both so it comes out I end up
saying I go to Cambridge and then the
reaction that different people have I've
never I've not found one reaction that I
kind of don't mind it's kind of weird
and I'm again I'm not complaining I
think I'm explaining this so badly but
this sort of an array so that were the
one that I really don't like just and
this is on my sort of societal problem
level that I was just talking out
earlier I don't know how to react when
people go like oh you must be smart
because to be honest I'm not and you
can't just and even if you did think you
were the smartest person in the world
you can't just turn around do it oh yeah
oh yeah I'm the smartest person you'll
ever meet in your entire life or oh yeah
I have an IQ of 157 you know it's just
you can't I mean you can do it but you
will come across as arrogant what do you
say to that
I mean it's obviously it's not I'm not
saying people shouldn't say and I'm not
saying it's not incredibly flattering
because it is but I don't know what to
do with myself because it when I I've
tried everything really when I say thank
you people look at me and they they look
at me weirdly and they judge me like I'm
the most arrogant person they've ever
met when all I said was thank you I
can't say something like oh yeah you
know I'm just good at my subjects I'm
actually really stupid because then
people who don't know me
will then be defending you go yes but
Cambridge wouldn't accept someone silly
you must be so smart and then I get into
an argument like a polite conversation
slash argument for someone who doesn't
know me where they're trying to convince
me that I'm super intelligent because
the university wouldn't accept an idiot
which is debatable and yeah so there's
no really good option there I find that
I like to say like oh yeah Cambridge is
beautiful and talk about the city and
change the conversation oh yeah oh yeah
I really enjoyed my course because
there's just nothing else that I can do
the I promise you have no common sense
and what will then happen if I if I take
the compliment I say thank you two
seconds later I'll do something really
stupid to people is there oh you must be
really rich that's something I've had
before no I don't live in a mansion with
my parents and go hunting foxes at the
weekends but yeah so those are the kind
of compensator we like but my absolute
favorite has to be when I was out coming
with my friend and she just got an offer
from LSE and I I think I passed my exams
and I've got my offer and accepted my
offer from Cambridge and made the grades
and we were out clubbing before uni and
stuff and this guy just asked this like
Oh where'd you study because it was an
Oxford Brookes event in Oxford and
they're like where do you study and I
said that I was going to start at
Cambridge in October and she was gonna
start at LSE and the guy just answered
oh but you too way too beautiful to go
to LSE in Cambridge again because I
remember thinking I can't believe I
didn't completely annihilate him I was
just in shock because I hadn't had it
before and had someone say that before
but yeah you guys are too beautiful to
go to you knees like that I think that's
what you said there's you knees like
that
and I did comment I was like what do you
think you can't be good-looking and go
to a good you
in heels like no I just I do think he
said I don't think it's fair well first
of all I didn't pick my appearance and
secondly I worked really hard to get
into Cambridge it wasn't just handed to
me on a plate which is what a lot of
people think is because I'm white
because I went to the private school
which I'm grateful for
and I know that not everybody has the
opportunity but they still think that I
it was handed to me on a plate and yes I
got a lot of support from my school and
it was made a lot easier by my school
we're gonna just sit there and wait to
get an offer quite a few people still
get rejected when they go to good
schools you know they can't fit
everybody who goes to a good school
there or everybody he's amazing there
and that's why I got Poole as well is
because they couldn't fit me in the
college yeah so that drove me a little
bit of the wall is you're too pretty to
go to a good uni and he just didn't get
it he could see I was pissed off and he
just moved on to the next idiot or the
next person he thought was an idiot I
guess they're basically sum it up it was
I think my biggest concern is mental
health or just general pastoral care is
rubbish the investing in fossil fuels
the investing in fossil fuels access in
general and the fact that opportunities
differ from college to college and I
think that if the university is capable
of offering opportunities on one level
to one set of students they should be
able to do it at all levels for all
students in all colleges so I think that
is it for today's video I hope you
enjoyed it and you enjoy the fact that I
actually look presentable for once
although maybe for you a purple eye and
a purple lips is not presentable but
yeah I just want to go for a more fun
vibe because I'm seeing a good friend I
hope
you enjoyed what I chatted about and
that you know that I'm really not
complaining about the opportunities that
I have and have had and that I'm just
sort of giving my insight and my opinion
about the topics about the topics I'm
talking about and that if you were
interested in it before that it was
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