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title: 'Cambridge Med Student Live Q&A: Study Tips and Motivation'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=e05DfV1Wyv0'
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date: 2026-07-14
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# Cambridge Med Student Live Q&A: Study Tips and Motivation

> Source: [Cambridge Med Student Live Q&A: Study Tips and Motivation](https://youtube.com/watch?v=e05DfV1Wyv0)

## Summary

Ali Abdaal hosts a casual live stream where he interacts with viewers, answers questions about studying, medicine, and life at Cambridge, and shares personal insights on motivation, discipline, and exam techniques.

### Key Points

- **Live Stream Start** [00:00] — Ali begins the live stream, testing audio and video quality, and greets viewers.
- **Room Tour** [01:30] — Ali gives a quick tour of his room, showing books, a piano, and medical textbooks.
- **Anki vs Quizlet** [05:00] — Ali recommends Anki for medical school despite the iOS app cost, as it's been effective for him.
- **Motivation is a Myth** [08:00] — Ali explains that motivation is a myth; discipline is key. He suggests making tasks fun, reducing friction, and increasing outcome salience.
- **Exam Technique** [15:00] — Ali discusses that exam performance depends on intelligence, knowledge, and exam technique. Two weeks before exams, focus on knowledge.
- **Confidence and Competence** [20:00] — Confidence is domain-specific and comes from competence. Ali advises not to label oneself as generally unconfident.
- **Cambridge Application Tips** [25:00] — Ali advises being a 'massive nerd' in your subject for Oxbridge; extracurriculars are not necessary.
- **Work-Life Balance** [30:00] — Ali talks about studying with friends, taking breaks, and using the Pomodoro Technique.
- **Singing and Closing** [35:00] — Ali sings a song and ends the stream, thanking viewers and promoting his courses.

### Conclusion

Ali Abdaal's live stream offers a mix of personal anecdotes and study advice, emphasizing discipline over motivation and the importance of active recall and spaced repetition.

## Transcript

hello anyone see me blow oh my gosh there's people hi hi hello what's up Ali hello hey oh my gosh I can see can you hear me I don't know if anyone can hear me can anyone hear me oh you can't hear me oh my god that's incredible how's how's the song quality I'm just kind of talking to the phone I haven't got like an external micro anything which I usually feel quite bad about cuz cuz like it's all about sound quality isn't it I'm classics at all this is so cool oh my gosh 98 people the sound quality is fine it's fine it's fine okay so I don't need to spend another hundred pounds on a microphone I do have a light here this is one of my video lights but it's kind of shining in my face at the moment oh this is sick spend them rather for your studies I really admire work thank you is very kind do this more often not really sure what to do on the live stream what does one do it I was it about to edit another like revision tips video give a quick room tour please sure it's not it's not very tidy at the moment hey you know what why not that's a too quick room tour okay is there anything around I don't want anyone to see not ready okay why not so this is this is my room it's owned by by Emmanuel College it's absolutely sick it's like a studio flat and there's like 17 rooms in this house and like 16 in the house next door that are all for Emmanuel College medics which is pretty awesome so that's the light that's the computer there's a piano that belongs to my friend there's a microphone for recording songs there's a audio interface for recording songs this is a bookshelf you know some medical books Oxford Handbook really really good specialties handbook BNF not very useful the apps better Harry Potter Illustrated a lot Harry Potter a few magic books some of you know I'm a magician Grey's Anatomy yugioh cards throwback camera camera random medical books Thank You softly oh my god cool books oh this is sick pandemic through the ages fantastic board games articulated literally the best board game ever game of Thrones poster this is like the backdrop for a lot of my videos I was filming coming earlier today so like I sit here and then the camera points at me and then this is just stays out of frame and this kind of was behind me usually there's a lamp there and like a lamp there and a guitar there that's the bed guess I'm Game of Thrones posters at the back there is black and some other huh reporter posted there Harry Potter poster there I love Harry Potter in case you didn't know and yeah this is the room tour I'm gonna do like a legit video about this because I'm planning out some like sick slo-mo nice close-up blurry background shots of all the books and things why is your rented accommodation so big it's one of the perks of being living at Cambridge they kind of throw money at you which is really really nice so they've got like fantastic fantastic facilities and stuff he has changed her advise and feel like I'm retaining more information are fantastic thank you a Quizlet which is better in med school I really like Anki but people get triggered when they wouldn't find out the iOS app is 24 pounds to be honest it's one of the best 24 pounds I have literally ever spent in my life but something like Quizlet is free as well did you do the study with me stream no I didn't actually couldn't work out how to how to sort this out you remember so nice thank you or my mum's good for revision they can be as long as you don't look at them at the book or doing it if a mind maps are active recalled and that's the jet she says in 12 days good luck five-year-plan become a gynecologist to stay in Cambridge forever what is wrong with Quizlet I don't know I've never actually used Quizlet properly but I started using a key like six years ago so I've just kind of stuck with that when are you releasing the how to actually learn video or soon soon I'm like in the planning stages about active recall these comments at all Bunter wow this is amazing that exam grad school an hour  good luck is there a huge difference to the Anki standard desktop app nope there isn't exactly the same share the music list that you use for your background oh it's a website called epidemic sound I'm actually looking at the moment for a little a nice like acoustic e guitar pop happy thing for the next video what are your tips for getting to study at Cambridge University get really really good grades and then that like helps you a lot what's your one best tip for an Oxford interview think out loud what my videos about it how to manage a relationship whilst in uni Oh interesting I consider myself an expert on relationships um so dear me we can talk about that more do you have a detailed video hey anyone else looking - how do I study for a bio 101 class oh my gosh the chat is scrolling too quickly I don't know how how do i how do I see the chat what did you get for DCC I've got 13.5 a-stars what are the unit did you apply for Cambridge Imperial UCR kings I got rejected from UCL got the other three offers UCL said I was too arrogant they recommended I take a year out to develop my people skills and lose the arrogant streak I was quite arrogant in my use yeah and how'd my cambridge offer about that point so I don't know we think people spreadsheet was the longest answer you would put into the spreadsheet oh you could have put in I tend to a little sort of points one two three four if it's like a list of things I don't need to learn hello just hi hi Megan just wanted to say that Humaira Lille I got rejected from UCR - yeah allow UCL you'll study with me videos a super motivational and your friend Charlotte is a star awesome yeah she's fantastic roofer thank you very much for saying so any tips are not getting burnt out in exam season they're not working too hard yeah study with your friends that's the dream Imperial squad well I guess for Imperial hello to our goal any tips are studying that to me yeah use Anki also instant Anatomy I think is a really good website I've made by Bob Whitaker who is one of the Cambridge now Anthony guys learning anatomy I think it's all about learning rules example all the muscles of the posterior compartment the armour supplied by the radial nerve except this this and that all of the muscles of the larynx have supplied by the recurrent laryngeal nerve except for one so you can there are a lot of rules and that's me that cover a lot of ground what are your GCSE grades and you're so amazing oh thank you Masumi Moushumi I'm fine differently on how to manage your time in med school yes yeah people always ask me how I manage my time I think I have some good advice to share in that front that is also being planned exams my exams finished yesterday so now I have like all the time in the world to just kind of bash out loads of videos because I have nothing else to be doing with my life at the moment I'm editing a video like right now what did your friend it is 6a levels get a level he got six a stars obviously would you recommend going for a levels yes always go for for a levels if you can do four then do for three is suboptimal in my opinion how do you tell should I get a mindmap main points not very detailed do you make flashcards I used to when do you wanna get married when I find the right person how would you describe your style would you normally wear to unique oh this is what I wear I wear a great t-shirt and I wear black jeans and occasionally brown shoes and occasionally trainers yeah highly streams good but it's vertical so there's so many black borders what so I could do this orientation is locked why is our orientation locked I don't know are you religious mmm or the question what does release mean Catherine M oh hi Catherine everyone say hi to Catherine she's featured in lots of the videos how long have you been studying music for I started playing the guitar in second year motivation question mark motivations are myth you should you should check out my email newsletter for more on that front can you get top grades for GCC's in two weeks probably not if you haven't done any work at all and you want two weeks to revise through exams you probably can't get top grades let's just be realistic can you recommend some nonfiction books to read happy by Darren Brown is one of my favorite books about how to live a happier life the 4-hour workweek by Tim Ferriss is very good as well is just keep sleep schedule bad no not really I'll sleep about seven hours a night his RS philosophy and ethics good a level for medicine anything is good at all for medicine as long as you have like biology chemistry maths probably don't hit on me I know some universities don't require math so no summer universities don't require biology but that's kind of general in general what I record how can I study 12 hours a day for over a year don't why would you want to late 12 hours a day oh hello I think we taught them Instagram actually Adam K great non-fiction book I've heard of Adam K who is Adam hey what's he what's he written what has he written oh he's product amateur transplants oh I love that mature transplants fantastic do you like point where you love it did you do chemistry a level yes I did I loved it you should do a meet and greet how do I do meet and greet a lot to do meet and greet English Lit tips memorize quotations what specialty do you want to pursue obstetrics and gynecology your favorite book Harry Potter obviously would you recommend applying for Cambridge met with biochem and geography yeah why not what's your opinion people who decided to do miss them for the purpose of making a lot of money in the in America you can make a lot of money in the UK you can't really hashtag Wakanda yeah hashtag Wakanda how'd you talk so fast I don't know one of you out to recall spreadsheet oh thank you ripper that's very kind please do you know how to use specific subjects I'm not really sure what you're asking med mate nah floss top tip for Medicine application watch my videos boss headphones boss headphones oh yeah yeah QC 35s would recommend they're really good dentistry interview next week oh good luck yeah I I reckon if you something just fell oh crap sorry I don't I don't only swear on camera but I just no no spilt all my coins this is like my coin box hello video about check devices use for studying iPad pro yo there's a video coming out shortly exams did we finish yesterday so I'm planning and filming a lot of videos as we speak my ears what was your favorite subject in school not including science says I'd maths obviously second maths not gonna lie save movie Oh dark night followed by tumbled biogeochemistry a level chemistry any tips on revising a lot in less time watch my videos do you even lift bro I try how do you stay religious and college or interesting question join the eye sock please do an April faves video yeah that's coming out as well what do you get in GCSE RS I didn't do GCSE RS so you must want financial freedom but well I would truly feel liberated until we stop enslaving ourselves to other people's opinions agreed I left my first year uni exams revision into the last minute and stories three tips ah Thank You mini ha glad you liked them British students studying medicine in Bulgaria great video sick thanks that Korea VG you're a cool dude thank you very much BT LeBron James oh wow starstruck hi earlier how are you I'm very well thank you very much what's your Hogwarts house I'm not sure I've actually ever done the thing I have a Gryffindor scarf and I have a I have a Hufflepuff scarf as well your video are awesome thank you yesh florins favorite TV show Oh gramma thrones best and worst purchases you've ever made Oh interesting I'm gonna have to think about that one where are you from in Pocky land I'm from Karachi I was born in Karachi moved to the UK in 2003 favorite fiction books Harry Potter Mistborn the name of the wind knots and crosses wise neurophysiology so hard you know it's really hard to book room with recommendations fiction or nonfiction why didn't you do dentistry it just wasn't even on my radar oh hey Georgia with chatter Instagram by a friend I must go write my ocean acidification review or apamea dose I chemistry oh good luck I don't even know what you mean but yeah good luck do you like rod doll books yes I do why do you choose to study med honestly I didn't really know what else I wanted to do and it seemed it was between medicine and IT and what computer science rather and I really liked coding and stuff but I thought that if I do computer science then it would become more of a job and I didn't want to become a job I wanted to be a hobby so that's why I went for medicine favourite sport squash what do you bench I did 5 lots of 70 7.5 yes today next time I go gym I'm gonna try hitting 80 for the first time do you know any good youtubers for GCSE sciences I actually don't watch many kind of sort of student youtubers the ones i watch are jade and occasionally ruby and heave the famous ones but like yeah I don't know I'm not really sure what the what the what the scene is like for GCC science I'm trying to revise Cambridge actually good yes sick I just found your Anna channel you're awesome are thank you cowboy chemistry a little tips use CDP or revision guides what's your ethnicity I'm Pakistani how do you manage Ramadan what do you mean oh my gosh okay have you ever been recognized yeah a few times did you say you're making a nipride pervert yes Primrose kitten something psychology essay plans here probably Primrose kitten is good for GCC science has never heard of him aha probably a her oh my gosh Waddy opinions on lancaster university they used the be mouth it must be doing something right are you from London no Essex can you collab with Jack Edwards it'd be amazing I'd love to but you know he's like twice as big as I am I don't know I don't know how to go about doing collabs if anyone knows jack should like her let him know that I'd love to do a collab I had to come to the bay anytime soon not anytime soon but that could change favorite board game at uni articulate obviously shout out to Hamza sayeth who's come to say Apple watch oh I had an Apple watch but then it brokes and I use this Skagen do you collab with the twin and Walker Jim they might ninja call me play cucl sick Congrats you I'm from Essex Essex what school do you go to the summer I went to Wesker fart school for boys do you believe they're still hundred if 50s psychology essays in two weeks honestly probably not you want to be cutting that down and focusing on what's important do you stay in college for the full six years of meta Cambridge you can if you want here recommendations for things doing a gap you're out for my projections teach yourself interesting things learn to musical instruments learn how to sing start a YouTube channel learn how to code learn how to design travel a little bit learn how to cook pick up lots of skills on your gap here that will enrich your life in the future West hatch high school cool GPO Hospital work experience both I used be man injured to help with my ECA SiC what were your a-level grades 5-8 stars well for a stars cuz general study doesn't count clubbing or now do you mean oh oh so clubbing is one of those things it's like you can get clubbing on your nails and that's one of the things always look for in an auskey examination so when you say clubbing or nah I thought you meant like you know nail clubbing in terms of nightlife clubbing I'm not found personally not before exam tips go over everything once sleep you cannot score I've got like six nine five I got I did really bad in the UK cap the reason you stopped being religious a rogue question we can talk about that some other time where did you do your work experience Oh uch Southend Hospital random care home random hospice random special needs school yeah our GC is important yes they are how would you go good to get hospital work experience if you don't know anyone on the inside then you'll have to kind of go by the official routes how many uncured cards you tend to make if you think you're making too many that I think Chris you're probably making too many in first year I made too many I now only make nine key cards and the things that I've really struggled to to remember I want to begin a blog any tips yeah get started don't worry if no one reads it for the first few months because that's just likely to happen just keep keep at it be consistent yo have you ever done Ramadan yeah I do Ramadan every year best thing about Cambridge the people can you dance for us no I can't dance at all actually it's it's some way to learn this Thalia love you love oh thank you and be kind of easy and group studying be unproductive it can but it's fun and as long as you have someone there he's like taking the lead in making a productive it becomes productive I'm originally from Pakistan inspirational quotes the one from Eleanor Roosevelt sir we would stop caring what people think if we realized how seldom they do what iPad cover do you use I use the official Apple leather one because it looks pretty how did you learn the piano YouTube so you're religious I don't I don't like the word religious yes I'm a Muslim I really don't like the word word I just how a social life of Cambridge it's incredible I was coming you're an awesome human being oh thank you very much mad it's so what's hot identity trio met today why do you not compete with your classmates I'm not really sure what do you mean how long do you take you learn the piano oh my gosh there's so many so many comments do you speak with it a little bit conversationally how do you stay motivated to revise I studied with friends why do you apply to Emanuele because it was pretty Anna had ducks 5 weeks until my a-levels still done a revision can I still get a a B I don't know I have a general theory about exam performance it's based on three things number one is intelligence number two is technique and number three is well rather number two is knowledge and number three is practicing the technically exam technique intelligence you can't do anything about it's fixed you're pretty much born with it you know blah blah blah that's fine however knowledge and exam technique other things we can work on when it comes to two weeks before the exam you won't be focusing on the exam technique because two weeks is not a long time to get a lot of knowledge if that makes sense why are you bored from the front I've just been losing my hair overtime it's really sad I get really very insecure about him most admirable quality in people I really like it when people are inclusive when they bring other people in like you know I'm having a pizza night in my room and I know that you know some new persons in the house I would invite them over and I really like it when people have that inclusivity is medicine for all personalities yes were you naturally intelligent yes I think so I was very lucky to be born with decent genes for IQ and that has really helped me in life there's no really getting getting around that none of my success is anything to do with me it's you know it's a matter of circumstance I happen to be born into a good a good family I happened to be born with decent genes and I didn't squander squander the head the hand that was that I was dealt that's just kind of my general attitude towards any kind of positive quality in people or any kind of any kind of success we can't we can't take any credit for our successes because obviously it's just a result of the circumstances we happen to been born into havens necks might as well cut that long I should have force myself to study and not study three days before a test you talked about the myth of motivation yeah I can't talk about the myth of evasion I'm planning a video about this right no one say anything in the chat gonna talk about motivation for a bit and then we can go back to the top hello better answer me I don't know what you're saying similar motivation motivations myth right so I'm gonna make a video where I talk about this and won't draw a diagram it's like on this side there's going to be stuff that we we should do we think we should do this okay I think I should revise some chemistry on the other side is actually revising the chemistry so thinking that you should do something and then doing something okay and they're separated by gap right now in the middle of that gap people have this concept of motivation motivation is where you feel like we're in in order to do in order to revise chemistry I have to feel like revising chemistry right so my feeling like doing it is what's important for motivation and this is a complete myth because obviously if I need to revise chemical chemistry then discipline is the way forward right so how I feel about revising chemistry is completely completely irrelevant I do not give a how I feel about chemistry the point is I need to revise chemistry so I'm going to revise chemistry and this discipline is where we cut up motivation completely so for me I don't like using the word motivation I try and scrub it from my vocabulary because I think it's unhelpful anytime I find myself thinking oh I'm unmotivated I think no I'm not motivated because motivation doesn't exist if I need to do something I will do it because I'm disciplined but having said that there are things we can do to increase our motivation because this discipline thing is like an ideal state of affairs I don't subscribe to this ideal all the time I think it's important to have us like an ideal that we're looking at as like this would be the ideal state of affairs but they're not beating ourselves about it too hard so how do you improve your motivation I think there are three ways of doing it number one is if you increase the amount of fun that the activity is number two is if you reduce friction and number three is if you increase the salience of the of the outcome and increasing the salience of the outcome is what a lot of people do so for example I've got messages from people saying they watch my videos cuz that motivates them that our life as a med student at Cambridge is awesome I want to get to Cambridge or people watch if snow or watch you know other YouTube youtubers my brother used to have a wall paper of Oxford as is like desktop wallpaper because that used to increase the salience of the outcome it's like ah the outcome is so important to me that I'm happy to do this thing that is unpleasant like revising for my exams that's one way of motivating yourself another way of motivating yourself is making it more fun so some of you might know I run a company called Six med we get lots of emails it quite boring replying to those emails if they're like logistical things like oh I'd like a refund I'd like to change my course take the stand the other it's fun replying students I do that all the time but it's boring replying to admin emails so if I need to reply to add an emails for two hours I'd go to cluster get myself a flat white make it more fun make it a fun process put some music and reply to the emails you're making it more fun but oh ho Zahra holla'd Annika recommended you to me sick I love Annika he's a great guy I want to do a singing collab with him did you think he would get into Cambridge did you know anyone who went there before yeah I knew a couple of people who weren't there before I thought I had a reasonable chance but it's always it's always just a chance at Cambridge I got I was very lucky to get him is it easy to get a job after you leave uni uh yes you're pretty much guarantee in a job if you study medicine oh my gosh too many cards Fulton being mortal by Atul Gawande I've not actually read all of it I started reading reading it and then something else came do you make a lot of money from six matter I did in the past I'm not sure it's sort of declining a bit because medic portal is very is very good they advertise everywhere they've got all the private schools and there's all these new companies like like springing up that are charging like 20 quid for their courses we can't really afford to charge 20 quid for our courses anymore because now we're at the size where you have to stop charging people you've got to pay v88 in corporation tax and all this stuff so yeah I used to make a reasonable amount money from six med I'm not really sure anymore I don't really care about making money to be honest a little I'm comfortable enough where the money I've made from six Medan for my family and that you know I do what I want to focus on is getting good at medicine being a good doctor and be just making YouTube videos and trying to give stuff away for free and people even jinns any stories I'm not actually sure not sure I do Hannah says what was your favorite a level maths say hi Ava hi Ava the people look down on non Oxbridge do you people look down on all three people no of course not how do I learn five lectures in one day for an exam depends what they are what do you think of doing specialist training abroad not for me personally but a lot of people are doing it oh gosh so many so many comments this is incredible 293 people devices fantastic this is I'm just like sitting here talking to my phone this is a weird weird F did you go to private school of state school for edibles I went to a state grammar school so sort of halfway between you seem very humble even though you go to Cambridge thank you thank you if you don't do medicine what would you've done computer science star sign are you asking for a friend I'm a Taurus I believe can I still get all lists other GCC with three weeks of revision probably not do you need extra curriculars for Cambridge no you don't actually this is an important myth you don't need to be well-rounded if you want to get into Oxford Cambridge all you need to do is be a massive massive nerd and be really good at your subject that's all there are looking for they're not looking for well-rounded people to have like gradient and diploma diploma in piano and like Team GB rowing all that stuff is cool but they're also many looking for massive nerds so if you're a massive nerd then you'll do well to come to Oxford Cambridge how do I go in less flustered in exams treat them like a game exams are a game I've written about this on my on my website do you have a girlfriend yes I do how difficult is it to practice your religion was telling me you need not that hard really depends who you hang out with if you hang out with the Islamic society people and most of your friends are a nice dog then it's very easy to practice your religion how to be more confident in public speaking oh just do it I guess how do you deal with feeling incompetent and I never really feel incompetent there's an important thing there's an important thing as well that I think people people struggle with the duration with it shouldn't struggle with I think confidence and compelling a confidence comes as a result of competence if you are good at doing stuff then you'll be confident they're doing it but confidence is like domain domain-specific UK me so I've got some friends who would say that oh I'm generally in the friends would say that they are generally unconfident people right they would say that they're generally unconfident and that would kind of permeate through all aspects of their life I would say I'm not confident at dancing because I'm not very good at dancing but I'm pretty confident at the stuff that I know I'm good at so like I've you confidence and competitors being very domain-specific I would never say that oh I'm incompetent generally or in confident or non-confident generally because I think that's an unhelpful attitude to have I'm not really sure what the original question was but this is something I feel strongly about might make a video of it hi Sofia I remember you from some YouTube comments how long should a level students to revise per day they're like eight hours oh hey rakaia I think we have met as well by YouTube comments exam game what were you talking about their exams are a game I think that was just a game that you play with yourself play with yourself that sounds weird exams just a game it's just like a little test to see how much you remember it's not a competition it's just little test it's it's fun treating exams like a personal game personal challenge means that you probably won't get stressed up well how do you handle nerves at the interview I was very nervous in the interview I didn't really have way of handling it are you gonna lie straight more often I'd like to this is quite fun like well I quite enjoy the sound of my own voice personally another moment like I'm the only one speaking like speaking out loud you're like an Asian Harry Potter thank you that's like the biggest compliment ever hey Olli could you try tilting your phone what do you mean I just looked into what is your job I'm a final year medical student how did you get involved in a medical research during med school kind of yeah ish ish I went to Japan in second year for like this research project the project didn't go anywhere but it was a fun trip can stress make eczema work oh that's that's controversial that is controversial I think of the state of the evidences that it can I need help when revising science what GCC oh my goodness there's so many comments it's like physics can't read them Japan oMG cool cons er what do you think about health care systems worldwide I'm not really sure about what they're like worldwide I hear Scandinavian countries have good health care systems American health care system is absolutely crap I love the UK health care system even though the NHS is probably can't survive in its current state and filming a landscape instead portray ah so I'm trying but it says it's not letting me on on YouTube live this has been quite fun I think I might get I think I might get one of those devices that lets you plug your legit camera in and do like a proper high-quality landscape nice blurred background fancy lighting good microphone all of that stuff your phone might be rotation locked I've checked it's not I think YouTube locks the rotation once you started a livestream because that's probably a better UX user experience for people who are watching on their phones while they come a salon yep would be great cricket player or no oh apatheia I'm a boy how's it going I wish I were a crippled cricket player this guy lazier he's he played plays for the university cricket team is an absolute genius GCC's aren't that deep just try our best and you'll do fine fantastic I agree I agree with that GCC's are not that deep good how are you I am amazing I've just finished my exams haven't seen you in a while Emma or rather Xia or whatever people call you these days we should place course sometime are you free this week yeah for the maths a-level yay or nay I wish I had done it I wish I'd done further math for a little how many I would see study leave her a-levels did you do oh like the whole day like 1012 hours what would you do if you didn't get into medicine computer science oh sorry what would you do 14 get immersed so Christine if I did again if if I were you any eighth if you want to get into medicine you just gotta apply again if you don't really care then apply for something else I want to get a grade 9 any tips spaced repetition active recall used to live in the college so this room is my college accommodation so it's owned by the college but it's not inside the college it's like next to the house and next to the hospital hello allied you know what is the important and what is not when studying your lecture note what's important what isn't when studying lecture notes that really depends on what subject you're doing worst thing about Cambridge uh what is the worst thing about Cambridge that's a good question I'm not sure it's anything I've complain about with Cambridge are you being sarcastic with the a-level version or is lost no I'm certainly not used to go to the 2000 library and local library work there from like 9:00 a.m. till probably about 7:00 p.m. and then go what's your opinion on Kashmir India vs. Pakistan I don't know anything about it how do you write up your notes I use an iPad pro and in notability app but as Cambridge have all food yes lots of it I slightly negative 7th is a little physics hard to know not really do you play video games I used to I don't anymore I think they're a waste of time personally I loved euthanasia series thank you do you plan to do another similar series so we've covered the major medical ethics topics already but I want to do a video about Alfie Evans at some point soon working on it all the openings are apprenticeships what do you mean by apprenticeships wait you're from South End yeah I went west of high school for boys Ashley are you from Southland is I Ali is taking Arabic as the third a level isn't is it not apply for medicine what are your top two what are your other a-levels how much money will be start on as a doctor on average about thirty thousand a year pre-tax as in yeah gross you know editing skills are awesome thank you so much that means a lot can you still work whilst at university studying medicine ah depends what work you do I work I run a company that teaches courses for the beam and UK cap and I've got friends who do shift in the local library in like the college library but you can't like work a part-time job at marks dispensary if but what comes in different in different forms halfrek did you take breaks when you study whenever I feel like it really I'm not very disciplined when it comes to kind of regimented time but I don't think that's particularly necessary how do you get over mean teachers and who put you down or tease you it's just banter like as long as you don't take it personally it does not matter how mean someone is to you just just treat it as lunch oh that's great how did you find edibles overall I really enjoyed it why would you recommend someone to start a YouTube channel because it improves your public speaking skills improve proves it gives you the skills at filming and editing which are skills there that are in the put in demand in anything you go into have you seen Infinity Ward yes I absolutely loved it I absolutely loved all Marvel films infinity war was incredible Spanish is a fourth level yeah why not go for it why are you so philosophical and deep love opinions on Avengers love it and sit you love Avengers how many hours do you sleep about seven hours do you drink coffee and tea yes all the time in fact I'm gonna go make some some tea now probably wow did you go to south and Masjid yes I used to I don't even South in anymore my family now lives in st. Albans we moved did you ever play video games in the secondary school yes oh you was absolutely addicted to world of warcraft somebody might have played it I think I had in total a hundred and eighty days played on world of warcraft 180 days over the course of about three years I think that on average this was about three and a bit hours a day that I used to play World of Warcraft spit sad whoo what's your age I am 24 I'm turning 24 next week no no no fake in 10 days in exactly 10 days oh my gosh I go to wsg hi Ashley Oh Gemini hello you go to whst that's awesome for the  180 days yeah long time V sad is Business and Finance a good course is business and fun it's a good course I don't know a more I don't know anything about Business and Finance do you play fortnight no I've heard of it what is it best book you've ever read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Club Penguin's and moshi monsters and lull my 12 year old nieces played both of them I've never played a penguin or motion lost in monsters good night everyone long I run my own company during air balls is it easy to carry this forward to uni yes it is do you receive a scholarship are you paying for it yourself I have a student loan from the government I mean your turn you really help me thank you you are thank you productivity that's very kind how tall are you I think I'm just about six foot can you see without your glasses no I cannot yeah six foot just like just six foot you're the reason I work hard and keep going thank you so much oh thank you energy that's very kind it's not sad how do you revise long hours make it fun the Samana Hamid lo I'm 26 you look low professor frink who's professor frink oh my goodness too many comments oh ok here's a Bruce Lee uni good I've heard it's good what do you think about us in a kcl it's all right uh what do you do when your mind doesn't want to work right if my mine doesn't want to work and I know I have to work then I'm disciplined enough to not really care what I what I'm feeling like doing my birthday with my Oh sick - as well Ahmad how exactly did you start your YouTube channel I decided to make a video on the elective one day with the phone up before the filming myself talking do you play chess yes I do play chess I used to run the school local chess club bill and another local chess club my school chess club that was my thing back in school days pinioned Durham uni yes pre all right what time is David best to go to the gym I go at night usually I wish I wish I went in the morning are you planning to do gradings in piano no absolutely not yes Pomodoro Technique good yeah it's pretty legit have you ever played dota no I haven't a little biology tips yeah learn the MOX game you recommend studying abroad here why not why are you such a funny fellow oh thank you how to be efficient with oh my goodness so many so many comments ah I've enjoyed videos thank you how important ECC is very very important how many of the people on balance a Sascha job in medicine yes actually job is fine medicine degree is not that hard what were your GCSE results thirteen and a half a stars have you ever peed in a puzzling pool now I haven't can you sing for us oh hello yeah why not let's sing a song oh my goodness I feel like such a narcissist what's not very good singing but I'm learning anyway does anyone have any song requests dudu rankings matter for medical schools there's that's a really own man that is that's a really big question send me an email or send me an instagram DM I will write you an essay in response to that but that's a very complicated question [Music] I found a girl beautiful and I never knew you were that someone waiting for me we were just kids when we found [Music] I will not give you [Music] didn't I baby I'm done sitting in the tour you between my barefoot on the cross listening to our favorite song then you said you looked a mess I whispered underneath my breath [Music] thank you for all the comments you guys that's right although about 40 people have left the stream as soon as started singing so oh well what can you do what position did you come in your year in Cambridge or in school or what from Emma for medicine sick but no other offers I'll screw your other offers you affirm ever for medicine that's all you need just make sure you get that offer come on buddy sick and we can hang our next year cuz I'm gonna be none Brooks ah do you think ellos prepared you off the medicine no my best is during physics and business exam Christ sorry about that I've been so knowing how to revise last minute active recall will you be fasting yes do you have any tips while you're a level exam bro not really sure oh my brother's messaging me mr. sec dream null sauce it's had to message my bro Congrats and the GCC is then our thank you oh hi Jessica you've commented on the videos as well Luke McCallum thoughts in general surgery that's right how was your first year at med school really good do you believe in love at first sight absolutely not would you do in meeting great yeah I'd love to do meeting great I just don't really know what position did you come in your year at Cambridge Oh first year 71 second year thirty third year third year I what I got I got the prize for top of the year but it was in psychology and it was joint so I'm I I'm pretty sure I came second in third year but it was it was just within psychology so it wasn't the whole year group there what is your specialty I don't have a specialty yet you're pretty great on Tsering questions thank you but gosh oh gosh how do you understand hot topics uh trying to explain them to a friend do you memorize your lecture notes for undergrad med school yeah for undergrad I did ah oh my goodness love your work oh that's my brother thank you Tim how do you understand a hard questions controversial tour oh my goodness do you play League of Legends no if you make a video on student loans in the UK are they're complicated you can't really get a student loan unless you're a UK student I think shoddy shoddy shoddy zargo in my ear did you suggest any pre reading for med school no don't do any proving for med school entry no point don't worry about it climbing to top due to active recall how do you revise effectively don't die why OBGYN why why ops annoy me because it's really fun it's a good mix of medicine and surgery the patient's generally young and healthy okay ten percent smart or ten percent more attractive ooh oh that's that's a tough one are you gay no I'm not gay I do you know what color just think of the IB Diploma no idea which NL did you find the hardest biology probably it's so noisy trying to answer all the questions oh hi Belinda I recognize you my goodness so many comments can you go through DC textbook with it with active recall doing small amount of time yeah probably oh my goodness I'm bad at dancing do you have a girlfriend yes I have a girlfriend what's your favorite song currently uh what's my favorite song currently in my blood by Shawn Mendes I love Shawn Mendes did you ever take adderall it's a good answering the question so quickly favorite songs to sing anything by Ed Sheeran pretty much do you make mind map so medicine not really do you ever feel nervous when public speaking not anymore I used to I re I'm here from clincal years oh hello and I'm wondering what the transition is like oh there's a lot to say for that it's not gonna be relevant to most people drop me a message on Instagram I'll reply to you tonight do you listen to Oasis no who are Oasis are you gay no I'm not gay in my exams not tomorrow make door for me oh well good luck who's your favorite youtuber Peter McKinnon Casey nice start do you listen to any hip-hop or rap does the storm Z Ed Sheeran shape of you collaboration count as rap or hip-hop favorite TV show Game of Thrones what books did you read for medicine man who mistook his wife for a hat how's your girlfriend she's very well thank you we'll be fasting this Ramadan yes I will do you like a Drake no I don't know any Drake songs actually for my first two years at university whenever people would say Drake I thought they would mean drake from drake and josh who i thought was a pretty good singer cuz he's like you know solid themes theme tune i used to trying to learn how to play on the guitar and yeah i I don't know anything about like hip-hop and all this all this stuff I'm sorry please tell us how you met your girlfriend through via the Adam Brooks pantomime the clinical school pantomime do you watch anime I used to watch Naruto and you give where are you from Pakistan originally Ariana Grande's better how'd your voice smarter but not harder watch my videos about it do you still skateboard a lot and when you start doing it I started it in third year yes I still do it I use it as a form of transport Catherine she's beautiful Catherine knows that she's beautiful oh my brother's messaging me flashcards med schools sort of you talk so fast holy oh no you're a skateboarder do you listen to Bhangra no do you listen to podcasts yes tim ferriss show creative exchange I listen to loads of podcasts favorite year at med school every year has been better than the last I think but like it's it's hot to compare years Chris Pratt says this thing I mentioned one my video is that every year since the age of two has been the best year of my life I would agree with that every year since the age of two has been the best year of my life I don't like to compare years it's hard to say objectively what year was the best how do you revise a little bio on chemistry CGP revision guides the way forward early how's life oh hey man it's good what's your favorite tea English breakfast Earl Grey ah Roger Rogan oh I've heard it's good podcaster do you watch medical dramas I use to watch Grey's Anatomy that's why I'm doing medicine can we watched infinity war yes loved it how are you feeling feeling great have you seen Vikings I haven't I've heard good things engineering medicine medicine do you drink Rovers with milk I prefer it with water last year was the worst one I know why why when will he get married when I find the right person there's anxiety affect memory formation I don't know engineer bloody hell do you do I have a feeling posture syndrome but no never ever ever it's smarter door your friend yeah she is actually I was great not to me have you ever sinned - my dad wrote Epona no but I've heard really good things about it I think we were trying to listen to it in the car next time we drive to place min which is gonna be about next week yes I remember you from Instagram Dori I don't hate you I love getting Instagram messages do you date - Murray yes have you seen a small E in pirate one of my friends are Somali we used to joke that he's a Somali part have you seen the greatest showmen oh my god I'll absolutely love the greatest showmen thing either opinion on studying abroad yeah go for it to take off private school I went to a grammar school State grammar school have you ever met a bloke in Morada yeah many times I don't think I've ever spoken to him in private but he's given loads of talks and he does Jemma all the time oh my gosh okay right guys this has been really fun I'm gonna have to head very soon because I need to actually do some editing but this is proper legit like I'm gonna get a six out so I can plug my camera into my computer and do a legit livestream with like the microphone and stuff thank you so much for tuning in time is absolutely flow and I've just been listening to the sound of my voice and seeing lovely comments with you guys it's been really nice it's been really nice to see you good night thank you all for all the nice comments you guys are lovely this is just like absolutely incredible I love you everyone good luck for your exams make sure your right make sure your revised hard and I'll do some one more of these live streams because this was like a really fun way to spend 45 minutes at I'm just absolutely flew I've just been like talking to my phone which is probably a bit schizophrenic bye everyone if you're taking the Bema or you get cat you should go on six mint or code at UK and sure you should like sign up for one of our courses I'm about to run some Google AdWords advertising for them tomorrow to try and beat the medic portal dig the medic portal is really annoying right you know why they're annoying because I might be mad cause that I made the fire five years ago it's called beam at crash course but when you search for beam at crash course on Google the medic portal they pay like three pounds per click for people to click on to click on their website they call their female crash course it's really annoying anyway ya gonna go now to do some editing hopefully more another video about revision will be up tomorrow morning and then I'll do another study with me vlog and then some more vlogs so many vlogs that need editing follow me Instagram goodbye 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