It's very true though, especially the last reply. Oxford aren't interested in people for whom the most interesting thing about them is that they went to Oxford. Let's be real, there's nothing particularly interesting about him anyway so...According to thegradcafe, admission decisions are indeed in the midst of getting released: https://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=oxford
Found this gem on twitter btw, who of y'all was this?I hope he saw this.
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Interesting that he's deleting/privating all evidence of Oxford stuff - pretty sure that means he's been rejected. Next time he does a Q&A on Insta, at least one of us should submit that question.
Also took a look at his LinkedIn - when he said he was a research assistant in his recent video, I presumed it would be academic research (i.e. assisting with data collection/analysis etc.). Nope, it's basically assisting an author to find sources for a self-help book. The irony.
He also lists the StudyTube Project as a current project - pretty sure it's defunct now as the novelty of lockdown has worn off; the last upload to the official channel was over 3 months ago.
Also took a look at his LinkedIn - when he said he was a research assistant in his recent video, I presumed it would be academic research (i.e. assisting with data collection/analysis etc.). Nope, it's basically assisting an author to find sources for a self-help book. The irony.
He also lists the StudyTube Project as a current project - pretty sure it's defunct now as the novelty of lockdown has worn off; the last upload to the official channel was over 3 months ago.
I think people forget that when employers look you up they can and will check these things- you just KNOW he'll have put the StudyTube project on his CV but when an employer checks it out they'll quickly see that he stopped doing it.
Exactly. Just because he was the first person to think of a large-scale collaboration doesn't mean he orchestrates the whole thing, or is the chairperson or whatever. Literally every social media about the TSP stopped being active 3 months ago, so either everyone got bored of it, or he's keeping the account info to himself so no one else can take over (and therefore share the credit).
Also as a linguist, this TSP video triggered me:
It's the NATO phonetic alphabet, not just the phonetic alphabet. The International Phonetic Alphabet is a completely different system, and I'd have thought someone with an interest in English would have known to be specific.
This actually happened a few weeks ago I think, I was going to post on here about it but assumed you lot already knew
For the MSt English courses according to Gradcafe and TSR forum it seems like a lot of people are still awaiting a decision. It seems like they did send out some offers and waitlist offers on Friday and today, but no one has reported a rejection yet. And from previous years it seems like they usually send out offers first and then the rejections a few days after. Doesn't mean they're aren't any rejections already, maybe people just aren't reporting them. But considering he unlisted the videos weeks ago it could've been because he didn't want them to appear if the admissions team went on his channel, rather than a reaction to getting a rejection.
Should have thought of that last year really.
And yet his last-minute dissertation and essay videos are still up...Yeh I hope he hasn't got in because we all know he'll be insufferable but honestly I guess he might have taken them down because he did get in? 
Wouldn't be surprised as Oxbridge applications are right down because of the pandemic so less competition than last year and they still want those tuition fees...
Wouldn't be surprised as Oxbridge applications are right down because of the pandemic so less competition than last year and they still want those tuition fees...Are they down? I’d have thought they’d be up this year, with people taking a year out last year etc... although I kind of doubt he’d take them down if he got in, surely that’s a reason to leave them up like “look! I was rejected twice but third time lucky!” I’m sure he’d find one of his awful puns to make a joke about itYeh I hope he hasn't got in because we all know he'll be insufferable but honestly I guess he might have taken them down because he did get in?
I would hope so, what I don’t get is he wants to do screen writting, so I don’t get why he.me not apply for masters in that?
I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s applied to courses in London as a back up option, like Kings College for example - he definitely does want be a studytuber again for sure.
He's been very quiet about his applications this time around, which does make me wonder if he only applied to Oxford. I wouldn't put it past him to put all of his eggs in one basket again and assume that his persistence will pay off.
Imagine the admissions officers noticing his name and sighing, "it's his third time applying now! What a sweet, driven, persistent boy. We just have to let him in this time". Like yeah, no, that's not how it works.
Imagine the admissions officers noticing his name and sighing, "it's his third time applying now! What a sweet, driven, persistent boy. We just have to let him in this time". Like yeah, no, that's not how it works.
I can just imagine him being like don’t you know I’ve written a book, even narrated the audiobook myself, don’t you know who I am
The supposed 'Prestige' I suppose but it really doesn't matter anymore. A degree from any good university will stand you in good stead for the future. I'm always surprised they aim for Oxbridge and not places like Sheffield or Manchester - they are just as good universities and a helluva' lot more fun as a student.
It could be due to the fact that Oxford is more well known internationally. For example, they've got The Rhodes Scholarship, which is pretty much the most prestigious scholarship in the world. Also, Oxford is older, so people might feel that Cambridge is the knockoff school.
Not saying that Cambridge is actually a knockoff, or that it's lacking international prestige. But there are little things here and there that cause people to rank it below Oxford.
Not to go into too much detail but I'm in my final year at a Russell Group university after getting rejected from Oxford back in 2017 and honestly? The amount of prestige lumped onto Oxbridge is ridiculous. One of my close friends actually rejected Oxford after getting a place and picked our uni over it, which I think says all you need to know.
These StudyTubers do nothing to help cancel out the honestly harmful and dangerous perception that Oxford/Cambridge (and maybe Durham and Exeter) are the only UK universities worth going to. I've had the time of my life at this uni and it's not even one of the more 'prestigious' Russell Groups. Jack especially seems to have his heart completely set into getting into Oxford, which makes me feel like he's not matured at all. He's still that eighteen year old boy getting rejected for the first time - if he wasn't then he wouldn't be putting so much emphasis on it yet again.
It's probably easier to get into Cambridge as a State School applicant, and I know Cambridge places less importance on GCSE grades. But honestly you're going to get the same quality of education most other places, and with better student support/better wellbeing services and a bigger mix of people.
These StudyTubers do nothing to help cancel out the honestly harmful and dangerous perception that Oxford/Cambridge (and maybe Durham and Exeter) are the only UK universities worth going to. I've had the time of my life at this uni and it's not even one of the more 'prestigious' Russell Groups. Jack especially seems to have his heart completely set into getting into Oxford, which makes me feel like he's not matured at all. He's still that eighteen year old boy getting rejected for the first time - if he wasn't then he wouldn't be putting so much emphasis on it yet again.
It's probably easier to get into Cambridge as a State School applicant, and I know Cambridge places less importance on GCSE grades. But honestly you're going to get the same quality of education most other places, and with better student support/better wellbeing services and a bigger mix of people.
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