KawaiiSloth
Chatty Member
I don't understand how somebody who used to be so academic and aspired to study science at university is now wrapped up in all this pseudo-science rubbish.
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justdidabadthinggg
New member
Get this, during the time when Jade started sharing resources and posts for BLM at first she was all "share resources, educate yourself and others etc." I was just about to finish uni and ever since I had a guest speaker give a lecture of African American History I was super keen to take it up as a course and signed up to take the free yale online course and I shared that resource with Jade incase she liked it and because of her following and larger access to people. She never replies but sees it and then minutes later puts out a story saying "I wonder how many people who share resources are going through it themselves" or some shit like that. I was like dafuq? Even if people are sharing resources with you (cause you asked btw) who are you to discredit theirs but then ask others to trust yours? Just cause its yale and not minerva really had her quaking. Idk if she said it for the resource I sent in or not but clearly it was for others and I just think she really needs to get off her white saviour high horse and eat some humble pie. Like you preach kindness and positivity and say all you wanna do is support the movement? I don't think being a white saviour is supporting the BLM movement.
lespotins
Member
It also annoys me how she always refers to the English people as 'overly reserved', esp. when compared to the US. Like, that's really just a matter of taste?? She talks about the UK as if it's just inherently worse than the US when it comes to people but I completely disagree. I found it also downright patronising when in one of her instagram stories once while she was on a run she said she was trying to get 'overly reserved Brits' out of their shell. Jade the saviour trying to get Brits to realise that they're all actually extroverts, they just don't know it yet!
I found the constant pressure to make conversation in the US extremely overwhelming and tbh a bit fake too. I appreciate the fact that in the UK, people are nice and friendly but also appreciate the fact that most people want their space and aren't constantly in the mood to chit chat. Also, as a busy waitress, I'd find it overwhelming if customers started trying to start conversation with me by asking how my day is going.
I found the constant pressure to make conversation in the US extremely overwhelming and tbh a bit fake too. I appreciate the fact that in the UK, people are nice and friendly but also appreciate the fact that most people want their space and aren't constantly in the mood to chit chat. Also, as a busy waitress, I'd find it overwhelming if customers started trying to start conversation with me by asking how my day is going.
surreal0108
Member
Bristol is a very good uni in the UK. Rankings do vary but they aren't necessarily a good measure of prestige. Worldwide it is considered top 10 in the UK and it is definitely viewed as prestigious here.
In comparison to Durham or Exeter, it may not be always ranked as high as them but the difference in terms of employability or prestige is not really perceptible. Bristol graduates often do just as well, take Eve Cornwell who has a training contract at a Magic Circle law firm for example.
Durham is just seen as more of an 'obvious' choice for Oxbridge rejects because it also has a collegiate system and a traditional vibe. But it is very different from Bristol in terms of university and city life etc so that may be why she opted for Bristol. Bristol's known in the UK as being a vibrant city with a great nightlife so students often pick it for that reason over somewhere 'quieter' like Exeter or Durham even though they technically rank higher.
Why she chose Minerva over a good, prestigious Russell Group like Bristol is completely beyond me.
In comparison to Durham or Exeter, it may not be always ranked as high as them but the difference in terms of employability or prestige is not really perceptible. Bristol graduates often do just as well, take Eve Cornwell who has a training contract at a Magic Circle law firm for example.
Durham is just seen as more of an 'obvious' choice for Oxbridge rejects because it also has a collegiate system and a traditional vibe. But it is very different from Bristol in terms of university and city life etc so that may be why she opted for Bristol. Bristol's known in the UK as being a vibrant city with a great nightlife so students often pick it for that reason over somewhere 'quieter' like Exeter or Durham even though they technically rank higher.
Why she chose Minerva over a good, prestigious Russell Group like Bristol is completely beyond me.
Look at her third most recent tiktok (don't worry, you don't need the app)
In case you can't see it, here's a copy of the text:
"The Head of Sixth Form saying she can't put my photo on the Head Girl Wall bc I was rejected from Oxford and I'm taking a gap year"
"Me, having worked hard my whole school life
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"Me one day graduating from a uni I LOVE after a gap year I LOVED"
My thoughts on this: really doubt that's true lol? And she tries to make out that there's some stigma around gap years, but they're literally what every rich kid does after A levels, including those who get A*s... Also, it's really weird that, over two years on, she's still going on about Oxford.
In case you can't see it, here's a copy of the text:
"The Head of Sixth Form saying she can't put my photo on the Head Girl Wall bc I was rejected from Oxford and I'm taking a gap year"
"Me, having worked hard my whole school life
""Me one day graduating from a uni I LOVE after a gap year I LOVED"
My thoughts on this: really doubt that's true lol? And she tries to make out that there's some stigma around gap years, but they're literally what every rich kid does after A levels, including those who get A*s... Also, it's really weird that, over two years on, she's still going on about Oxford.
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marypoppinsyall
Well-known member
bonus points if she mentions how international the cohort is
WaTeRbBY
Member
As an autistic person who could only ever dream of being accepted socially, this video made me uncomfortable. Why put being extroverted on a pedestal? It's great that jade is achieving these things but for some of us these things are not easily attainable, and that should be ok.
I think that, in essence, Minerva is just a means of buying your way into Silicon Valley. It's clear from a bit of research that the people who run Minerva have a convenient little agreement with Silicon Valley companies where they take on Minerva students for internships. A degree from Minerva can set you up for life not because you've received some kind of superior education, but because you get put into contact with companies like Uber, bypassing the usual route that you'd have to go down to secure an internship with a company like that. It's why nearly all Minerva grads go into the corporate world; you don't hear about students going on to do PhDs because their vague, mishmashed education is unlikely to provide them with the more specialised knowledge they need to pursue academia.
I don't know if this article has been linked before but it's worth a read if you want to see how deluded and pretentious the Minerva CEO is (Jade makes an appearance too): https://www.theguardian.com/educati...-minerva-the-worlds-most-selective-university
He makes so many bizarre claims about traditional universities - according to him students from traditional universities forget everything after they graduate, we don't learn critical thinking, and apparently our education involves sitting silently while listening to a professor talk. Apparently class discussions and group work are unique to Minerva! And Minerva's obsession with encouraging ~critical thinking~ is pretty ironic - I have a hard time believing they practice this 'critical thinking' when it comes to their classes on capitalism. If anything their education model seems to stifle critical thinking - it seems like every class is taught through a narrow corporate/business lens. I mean even Jade's classes on racism and psychology seemed to revolve around the corporate workplace.
marypoppinsyall
Well-known member
Jade is such a parody these days she’s basically this guy
Also for all those who have been forced to take a gap year it's not even like they can get a job and save up and go travelling because there's a global pandemic and recession. There are no jobs.
Not everyone has rich families or a youtube career to pay for all their adventures and help them smile/dance through a catastrophe.
Not everyone has rich families or a youtube career to pay for all their adventures and help them smile/dance through a catastrophe.
Lola123
VIP Member
If we ever get there, this is contender for a new thread title
Exactly, it just shows Jade knows nothing about traditional universities
Lets face it, she chose minerva because she was embarrassed about being rejected from oxford and wanted to continue her gap yah. She saw the opportunity to go to minerva and thought "that will make my life look special and exciting and instagrammable".
Lets face it, she chose minerva because she was embarrassed about being rejected from oxford and wanted to continue her gap yah. She saw the opportunity to go to minerva and thought "that will make my life look special and exciting and instagrammable".
Yeah so this is actually one of the main gripes I have about Jade. Everything she does seems so "pyramid scheme"y. All the crap about how having a good day or a bad day is your choice, and how everything can be fixed by pretending you have a terminal illness (see recent video) or whatever weird metaphor she's currently working with (spoiler: it isn't up to you whether or not you have a good day if you are living in poverty or with illness etc, but I suppose Jade has never had to worry about anything deeper than an Oxford rejection).I guess I live in poverty because I suffer with depression then
Also all this "law of attraction" crap too - think happy thoughts and you'll have a good life! Never any acknowledgement of her fortunate circumstances; in fact I'd say the opposite, since she has often pretended to be disadvantaged. Examples: making a huge deal about the fact she went to a state school and blaming her Oxford rejection on this (despite it being one of the best funded comprehensives in the country, in an expensive area - although again on instagram she did once call it "underfunded"...), making a huge deal about the fact her dad doesn't have a degree, making a huge deal in one of her earliest videos about how they had been able to stay in a hotel in Thailand for free and so it wasn't an expensive holiday.
I know I jokingly called her a Tory, but I wouldn't be surprised if she was. She literally has videos where she talks about wanting to use the law of attraction to attract financial abundance... And using the word "chav"???
Sorry for wall of text, just had enough of this girl.
lemonlime
VIP Member
There's a joke in there somewhere about a Brazilian wax but I'm too tired to dig it out.
She's exhausting. I am genuinely shocked how terribly their education schedules and structures are managed. Stuff the kids in tiny rooms with three other students, throw them ridiculous online classes at the crack of dawn or middle of the night, rip them off their money and convince them to be enthusiastic about it all. Unbelievable.
She's exhausting. I am genuinely shocked how terribly their education schedules and structures are managed. Stuff the kids in tiny rooms with three other students, throw them ridiculous online classes at the crack of dawn or middle of the night, rip them off their money and convince them to be enthusiastic about it all. Unbelievable.
Unfortunately neither are ranked in any of the same rankings (since the Keck Graduate Institute doesn't award undergraduate degrees, and the Open University doesn't really have a campus / physical facilities) but CWUR puts the Open University at 498th, which is roughly consistent across all other world league tables.
I'm a big fan of the Open University, actually. I think it's much cooler to be getting a degree later in life / alongside a job / balancing it with children than it is to pay thousands for a glorified gap year that gets you a Silicon Valley job through nepotism.