She should move as far away as physically possible from her family, for a start. They are holding back her development.
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She needs to shake the guilt attached to her productivity for sure, and moving away from home will just be the first step! Think she’ll also need to talk to someone to work through how she’s feeling too!
I seen the latest vlog, how boring! Worried about the reputation of the University? I'd be more worried about doing an MSc in nutrition when you have an eating disorder...
She seems to do a great job in every video of emphasising her tiny little bubble she’s always been in
like, go to the uni because it’s ABROAD and FUN and NEW and EXCITING. ffs, there’s more to life than statistics. There’s also life experience, enjoying yourself, and pushing yourself.This is from the same girl who made up her undergraduate credits as she didn't know what they were.
I also think she had her heart fully set on her german application, and added in Wageningen just for an extra application. I don’t think she’s really that excited by going abroad now, probably because she got rejected and that’s just not what she’s used to. Sort of like she just added in a few extra applications for good measure because that’s normal thing to do.
I can't get over this - she has absolutely no common sense or problem solving abilities. I'm pretty sure that I remember her saying in one of her uni vlogs that she'd never used the career services either. What a way to waste a degree and your intellect. She needs some tough love far away from home where she's forced to socialise with a variety of different people who aren't just hard core vegans with potential eating disorders/ exercise fixations.
I think living in London would be great for Holly. Sure, it's close to home. But it makes no illusions about being an easy city to live in. Londoners are not a friendly bunch and do not appreciate ditsy behaviour. Hope she chooses KCL or UCL.
I had a lot of patience for Holly until she actually said that. She admitted that, left it in the video and then found out she actually just wasn't the right fit for the course and it was nothing to do with the credits. Jesus Christ, she lives on another planet.
Holly: ‘I don’t want to come across as big headed’
Also Holly: ‘I went to Cambridge, I got top of my class, I just don’t see what more I could’ve done’.
OH MY GOD HOLLY! That just annoyed me. It’s not JUST about your classing, or what university you went to. It’s actually based on your experience, the kind of person you are, what you have experienced in life. I think it’s clear from the modules she chose at Cambridge that she just wasn’t ever seriously thinking about nutrition, but more about medicine/research etc. Of course she was rejected!
It just really annoys me to see her so shocked about not being accepted into places. She might have not wanted to come across as full of herself but my goodness she really did, and alongside that, emphasising her tiny bubble, and lack of life experience.
Oh, and the fact that she was saying ‘now I can erase TUM from my mind’ as if she was hoping they’d just accept her after she called them (she clearly thought it was something wrong with them rather than her as an applicant). Like, you got rejected, move on.
Also Holly: ‘I went to Cambridge, I got top of my class, I just don’t see what more I could’ve done’.
OH MY GOD HOLLY! That just annoyed me. It’s not JUST about your classing, or what university you went to. It’s actually based on your experience, the kind of person you are, what you have experienced in life. I think it’s clear from the modules she chose at Cambridge that she just wasn’t ever seriously thinking about nutrition, but more about medicine/research etc. Of course she was rejected!
It just really annoys me to see her so shocked about not being accepted into places. She might have not wanted to come across as full of herself but my goodness she really did, and alongside that, emphasising her tiny bubble, and lack of life experience.
Oh, and the fact that she was saying ‘now I can erase TUM from my mind’ as if she was hoping they’d just accept her after she called them (she clearly thought it was something wrong with them rather than her as an applicant). Like, you got rejected, move on.
yes Yes YES!
And she's so worried about the reputation of the university she goes to! I was in the same boat when I applied for my undergrad, but then I got some real world experience and I saw people who started out at "worse" universities ending up in the same positions as myself after university. If anything getting rejected from TUM when she was top of her class should show her that the name of the university on your degree isn't ecerything!
I strongly believe her last video is the cringiest by far
No offence to any NatSci students but yea as I’ve said before the curriculum isn’t very good if you’re planing to “stay” in science and that’s pretty clear even from their booklet.
The NatSci graduates end up working in completely irrelevant fields, mostly bussiness and PR if I’m not mistaken
No offence to any NatSci students but yea as I’ve said before the curriculum isn’t very good if you’re planing to “stay” in science and that’s pretty clear even from their booklet.
The NatSci graduates end up working in completely irrelevant fields, mostly bussiness and PR if I’m not mistaken
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I think this a drawback to Cambridge. Most science degrees in the UK now offer integrated masters, where you do an extra year and some more modules with a bigger research project. I did this and I know people who went straight into PhDs but also people who went to do additional masters. At Cambridge it’s seems a lot less common to do this, even though they offer it as a degree. Not to mention that students are actively discouraged to work alongside their studies, and they don’t seem to offer year in industry/abroad. They obviously produce highly intelligent graduates, but likely with a lot less experience than your average Russell Group uni
Yeah I have two friends in science and maths who went straight into PhD track programs- one went to Cambridge (and hated it) and they're both at other Russel Group unis now. In science surely it'd be better to get onto this track because the unis fund this and there's a lot of support to get through because it's a pretty clear pathway in the STEM fields?
Then again, I don't think money is the issue with Holly. I think she never considered what she wanted beyond graduating her undergrad and got so wrapped up in making study content she didn't think about what would happen when she didn't have that comfort blanket of school. I recognise it, I went through it myself and it took a while for me to figure out what I wanted and I'm now doing a PhD myself. I applied to one university for my MA and the same uni for my PhD and have been incredibly lucky, but I never just assumed I would get in based on my achievements like Holly seems to be doing. It's a shame, she's a smart girl- she's just lost.
I was cringing watching it! She really wasn't expecting to be rejected, but they seemed to have rejected her on a number of grounds.
Also, her food was so bland. No salt, pepper, herbs?!
Still can’t believe she’s actually oil free still too! The food must be so so sad
and the whole not adding salt is just silly really. She’s already seen the affects lack of salt can have from Aus. Just ridiculous. She needs to search up some recipes online and just follow them.
She says the TUM said she wasn't going to manage the course, I do actually wonder if they do research on students' social to check them out and whether they could see her food videos etc. It wouldn't surprise me.
I am actually concerned because if she does a master's in nutrition she will either double down on her eating disordered ways using her 'academic knowledge' to give her permission to carry on with restricted diet or she will use it to work in the media to pass on bad nutrition to impressionable teens. Just my view. Being vegan isn't an issue if you are eating your fats proteins etc etc. All I see Holly eat is fruit and veg and boiled potatoes. Where is the salt? Where are the fats? It's sad really I hope she can expand her horizons.
I am actually concerned because if she does a master's in nutrition she will either double down on her eating disordered ways using her 'academic knowledge' to give her permission to carry on with restricted diet or she will use it to work in the media to pass on bad nutrition to impressionable teens. Just my view. Being vegan isn't an issue if you are eating your fats proteins etc etc. All I see Holly eat is fruit and veg and boiled potatoes. Where is the salt? Where are the fats? It's sad really I hope she can expand her horizons.
The thing with German unis is that they have set requirements when it comes to grades and credits. Even though for masters they do sometimes want something similar to a personal statement or hold interviews, in the end, your grades and credits matter the most.
So basically it is impossible to get in if you don't have taken the required classes during your undergrad. For TUM's Master of Nutrition and Biomed they will require at least some nutrition classes and since Holly never took any in Cambridge it was clear from the start that she wouldn't get in? Which she would have known if she'd done her research or even just called the administration office. Also, it is not that common here to be overly impressed by certain unis. She literally would have had better chances coming from a non Oxbridge/RG-uni if she'd done nutrition there.
Something about her lately really rubs me the wrong way ... like yes, she graduated from Cambridge as top of her class but she seems to think that this alone will open all doors for her.
So basically it is impossible to get in if you don't have taken the required classes during your undergrad. For TUM's Master of Nutrition and Biomed they will require at least some nutrition classes and since Holly never took any in Cambridge it was clear from the start that she wouldn't get in? Which she would have known if she'd done her research or even just called the administration office. Also, it is not that common here to be overly impressed by certain unis. She literally would have had better chances coming from a non Oxbridge/RG-uni if she'd done nutrition there.
Something about her lately really rubs me the wrong way ... like yes, she graduated from Cambridge as top of her class but she seems to think that this alone will open all doors for her.
I think often UK students are told that if you go to Oxbridge, so many doors will open for you etc etc. I think that’s true but only to an extent.
Holly hasn’t had many doors open because she failed to properly network herself while at university. She spent all her time focusing on her grades or her dance, and didn’t actually put value in surrounding herself with people in the field who could potentially open doors for her in the future. The main reason why Cambridge is considered pretty good is because of its ability to connect its students to people pretty high up in their given professions. Holly just doesn’t have the social skills to properly network herself, and it’s a shame considering she could’ve got so much more out of her university experience.
Oh, and in my opinion, even if she did end up choosing the uni with the better reputation etc, it wouldn’t really matter if she didn’t network herself along the way. She failed to do that over 3 years at Cambridge so I can’t really see her managing it in 1 year in London. Also, more often than not, success comes with who you know not what you know. I say that lightly because you definitely need a balance of both, but having connections boosts you so much further.
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From my experience oxbridge graduates get really good jobs right after uni. Prestigious unis = high salary .
However if you’re planing to do reasearch , and more specifically reaserch in an EU university it’s go to be a struggle to get in.
Top unis are at the top because most of their graduates find decent jobs afterwards.High ranking is not synonymous to good curriculum and research prospects .
Plus I have no idea why she wants to do research. I recall her saying she hated the labs.
However if you’re planing to do reasearch , and more specifically reaserch in an EU university it’s go to be a struggle to get in.
Top unis are at the top because most of their graduates find decent jobs afterwards.High ranking is not synonymous to good curriculum and research prospects .
Plus I have no idea why she wants to do research. I recall her saying she hated the labs.
Which probably makes Holly feel worse that she didn't come out of uni with a decent job. She got so focused on her youtube channel that she forgot that she should've spent some time with the careers service and figured out her next steps.
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