I watched one of PaigeY’s video’s recently and the difference between her and Holly is mind-blowing. Paige got a grad job, is working, studying and is in the process of buying a house. I’m not sure that Paige is ‘normal’ either in the sense that she does seem to be a very high achiever with a very different kind of family to Holly, but looking at the pair of them as Cambridge grads, the difference is just amazing. It’s sad to think about Ruby too in that context - she has so many opportunities and so much privilege, yet she’s graduated uni with nothing more than a plan to hide in her bedroom for a bit longer and pretend to write novels.I just watched Eve Bennett's update video (clearly doing a round up of study youtubers I'd forgotten existed) and wow, what a difference in how she presents compared with Ruby. Seems like she's suddenly grown up, moving to London to pursue a vocational course, living with a boyfriend. I do find it really sad to see people like Ruby and Holly Gabrielle just haven't progressed past education. This studytube stuff probably doesn't help, they seem so socially stunted.
Oxford doesn’t do interviews for masters courses.There is not a University MA programme in the land that would turn their nose up at a 74 for a dissertation mark. Not even Oxbridge. Why would they?
The problem would inevitably arise in an interview scenario, where our protAGONIST would decry her grade as paltry and how her dissertation actually deserved a much higher mark. Instant red flag.
I think I’ve found the snag in Ruby’s master-plan.Oxford doesn’t do interviews for masters courses.Offers are made based on transcript & statement of purpose. And she looks great on paper.
She studied Theology in her first year then switched to English. She couldn't carry over any modules so had to start studying the English programme from scratch.Wait why did she go to uni for 4 years? And in her results video she only talks about 3 years of results
The only reason she wants to go to Oxford is because it's "the dream she had since she was 12", wants to vindicate her earlier rejection, put out Oxford YouTube videos and have the kudos of going there.Ruby should really look at Holly and realise doing a master's is not a good idea. With her grades, Ruby would walk into Oxbridge no problem, sure. But it's more of the same isn't it? Just more top grades, inevitably, no work experience etc. What's Holly doing with hers now, nothing by the looks of it.
If she really wants to be an author she would be better off doing a creative writing type master's - not offered at Oxbridge to my knowledge. For example, Sophie Mackintosh wrote The Water Cure during a similar course at Warwick and it was shortlisted for the Man Booker prize.
Oh no way! Didn't realise this. Thanks for letting me know!She studied Theology in her first year then switched to English. She couldn't carry over any modules so had to start studying the English programme from scratch.
Wait till she finds out that employers will judge you on your interpersonal/transferrable skills and previous work experience before they even look at your degree results!!Thank you to @heroesfeast for the wonderful title.
In the last thread, Ruby finally received her degree results and was disappointed that she only got a measly first. Not to worry, though! Ruby then told us that grades aren't important (while also telling us that they are important and employers will judge you if your module results aren't above 70).
In other news, it took her three hundred years to read Call Me By Your Name.
Umm, what else happened? It's all a blur now.
If you're interested in the details, Ruby made a very dramatic video titled "I'm dropping out of my course" where she talks about her reasons for the switch.Oh no way! Didn't realise this. Thanks for letting me know!
Especially on the level of detail she seemed to be making it out to be. No employer is going to sit and look at your exact scores for every module? Sure, the grade (first, 2.i, etc) might matter more generally, but I don't even know anyone who has their exact score (54 or 67 or whatever) listed, because it really doesn't make a difference. Unless you're applying to a specific academic course that focuses in on a particular module, I can't imagine anyone ever caring how well you did on the "children literature" module, or whatever. She just seemed so out of touch during the entire video. She's got a brilliant score to be proud of, but the way she talks about it makes me miserable.I don’t know where she’s got the idea that employers see your grade and know what level you work at? That doesn’t make any sense, people can work 10x harder and come out with a lower grade. If she means the level of work you produce, that’s not relevant outside academia.
On a different note, I like Eve Bennett but I don’t think the comparisons are that legit as they have totally different personalities. Being in a relationship also doesn’t equal maturity, especially as Ruby has said she’s not sure she wants that.
I’d be interested to hear how she actually felt about her Uni experience.
It almost sounded like she was repeating what she’d heard at a Uni lecture or something re grades. I don’t know about academia but in other jobs if they ask for a degree as an essential requirement, they’ll just tick that part when shortlisting you. In some applications, they’ve just asked on the form if you have the relevant degree, and you don’t put your grade in at all.Especially on the level of detail she seemed to be making it out to be. No employer is going to sit and look at your exact scores for every module? Sure, the grade (first, 2.i, etc) might matter more generally, but I don't even know anyone who has their exact score (54 or 67 or whatever) listed, because it really doesn't make a difference. Unless you're applying to a specific academic course that focuses in on a particular module, I can't imagine anyone ever caring how well you did on the "children literature" module, or whatever. She just seemed so out of touch during the entire video. She's got a brilliant score to be proud of, but the way she talks about it makes me miserable.
I would love her to make a video about what she got from her uni experience. Not just academically, but how she thinks she grew as an individual. I think that's really the most important part of university, not the feedback like she kept hammering on about. The amount of personal development and growth that myself and my friends have gone through is really what we've come out of university with. Some of that has been academics related, but there's a large part of just becoming an adult that I would love to hear her opinions about. Sadly, I don't think she ever really understand or engaged with the sides of uni that aren't seminars and spending hours on essays.
in my first (or second) master semester (2020 and 2021 blur into one year in my mind) we had to create a how-to-video about something linguistic-related. It was fun. other assignments were a bit more challenging, especially statistic using R (that's a programming language like Python).Edit: when I say the assessments are challenging, I'm obviously excluding the one where she had to create a fake escape room because what even was that
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