Eve, as a fourth year student, I can tell you your uni lifestyle is absolutely standard and in fact I can see you have more discipline and decorum than I certainly had in my first year. This is what university life is about. Having fun, doing stupid things and living a life you probably wouldn’t otherwise live. You’re doing amazing and you’re being a student. Like you, I was a serious student in my second level education and personally once I secured my dream spot, I let loose and I have absolutely no regrets about that. Uni is about friends and fun just as much as it is about getting a first and being “perfect”.
6 years ago | 53
I can hardly manage education as is - Let alone trying to maintain grades, sleep, social life, and filming and editing YouTube videos? Bless you heart for caring so much, please know that the majority of us who watch your content are completely happy with whatever you put out - And it’s so important for you to put yourself first. Good luck in your exams, and please take time to rest! You work incredibly hard, and need breaks to recharge. x
6 years ago
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Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. Idk why would some people think that they're in the position to judge you like this cause the majority of us haven't even met you irl. Plus what you're showing us it's not all work and study, you're a human, some people are thinking that whoever pulls the most all nighters and has the biggest amount of hours in a title of a study with me should be praised when it's not the case for everyone, and it's not the only way to succeed or go on in life in general. But anyway, I hope things go better and you get to be in a better place (cause I know feeling drained is ugh) and I wish you the best at work and uni too. You're super awesome! You can do this! Sending lots of good vibes and love from Peru ❤️🤗
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I admire you for balancing it all as long as you did! Can't imagine having the "Oxford pressure" (or uni in general) and having a YouTube channel where every move you make is criticised. Please enjoy your Uni-years Eve, sometimes it is better to just take everything in without a camera and not feeling the pressure to document everything. As you say in your most recent video: Uni is not just work work work, you need to enjoy it a bit as well. :)
6 years ago | 17
Trust me Eve, I always wondered how can you film videos, edit, write essays, deal with the daily pressuring Uni life, go out with your friends, and being awesome all the time. All the things you're doing needs a huge amount of energy and time management, and I respect you for that, I know that being a Uni student is not easy at all, I myself was only dealing with lectures, essays and papers and it was super overwhelming, let alone doing all what you are doing. Thank you for sharing everything with us, you are a source of motivation and inspiration, take care of yourself ❤️
6 years ago (edited) | 8
Mental health should be a priority Eve! We love your sit down videos just as much!
6 years ago | 2
I cannot imagine having my life under a magnifying glass like this. Completely understand!
6 years ago
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Babe mental health is so so important! As much as I look forward every week for your vlogs, I totally agree with you ❤️ the internet can be an amazing place but, at the same time, it can be dangerous (people can be so rude...) You inspired me to apply to Oxford and made me feel like I have a chance - You are so amazing ✨ thank you for sharing this decision and I fully support you✨
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I’m sorry that people are so rude. I’ve loved all your vlogs but you’ve made a very mature decision and I think it will make a big difference. I hope you have a great break Eve, we support you ❤️
6 years ago
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Eve babe, you're smashing Oxford and balancing the mix between uni and everything else is so so hard (this is coming from a 2nd year with assignments, social and dissertation prep - it's HARD). But you've got this; take as much time for yourself as you need, okay? We've all got ya x
6 years ago | 7
Hi, I know what it’s like, I applied to Oxford and was rejected this year, and after seeing your vlogs, I’m almost glad I was, I don’t know how you managed to stay so strong throughout everything. Thankfully I’m still going to a top 5 university, but at least I know I won’t be under quite as much intense pressure as you, your videos have kept me motivated throughout my GCSEs and A Levels, and frankly, I’m glad that you’re taking a couple weeks off for yourself and hopefully when you come back you can help me get through the last push before A Levels this summer. Thanks for always being unapologetically you. Morgan Erin. ❤️
6 years ago | 6
I am absolutely gutted and hate the people who have made you feel this way. I look forward to your vlogs each week so will really really miss them. But I understand your decision and wish you luck in your work experience.
6 years ago
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What a mature and lovely message. The fact you not only care about yourself enough to identify your personal struggle, you’ve taken the time out of your day to tell the people who don’t even know you personally, you just care for them and appreciate them that much. That’s why you’re such a good YouTuber. Feel better soon x
6 years ago | 3
Dear Eve, as a Master student here at Oxford who hardly finds the time to shower and sleep, I have a huge respect for how well you've done academically and socially and youtube(-lly) during these two terms. People on youtube can be awful sometimes. Good luck with your exams, I am sure you'll smash them.
6 years ago
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Eve! You are HUMAN and why people think it’s alright to criticise your life is ABSURD to me-they’re not you so they will never have the ability to comprehend how you feel and what you are capable of in terms of your studies etc! When it comes down to it, the only person you can rely on with your studies is YOURSELF-not the anonymous trolls in your YouTube comments! Please take a break from YouTube and find that passion for your content once again without the fear of these criticisms because you are so much more than that! Your channel helped me pass my AS retake last year and I can’t wait to see you thrive! Lots of love girly from a fellow midlands gal! 🥰
6 years ago | 3
So sorry to hear this and to hear that some horrible comments have made you feel this way you truly don’t deserve any of that! I’ve loved watching your uni vlogs so far so will be sad not to see them anymore but that’s me being selfish, and it’s more important for you to look after yourself and make decision that are best for you! Good luck on your work experience and I hope your exams go well!! Lots of love 💕 ❤
6 years ago | 11
It breaks my heart that you’re going through this. You should not have to tolerate people commenting on and criticising how you choose to live your life, especially when those people don’t have all the facts. I love your weekly vlogs but I won’t be sad to see them go if it means that you prioritising your mental health and feeling better within yourself. Take all the time you need, enjoy work experience and live your life how you damn well please ❤️
6 years ago | 10
I agree with you totally, I think you need to be able to experience your uni life without the constant overlooking of the camera adding stress onto what is already stressful enough haha. And also you need to be able to do things for *you*, not for an audience. So deffo the right choice I think. Go easy on yourself for once hehe
6 years ago | 6
Currently stressed about an essay and came on here to find this 😢 I'm so sorry that some people have been quite inconsiderate to you, and with regards to your mental health it's so important you look after it (and as someone who has also been struggling with mental health at uni, I sympathize with you entirely ❤️
6 years ago (edited) | 3
Awww it’s alright and I completely understand. I’m looking forward to the next time you upload:) Rest well!!
6 years ago
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Eve Bennett
*please read if you are wondering where my weekly uploads have gone*
Hi guys,
Just popping on here to have an honest chat - not sure how many people will see this but I’m really not in the position to make a video talking about it. I decided to vlog my time at university in order to show you guys what life at uni is like, but after this last term I have decided to stop. For a few reasons:
1. whilst I am lucky enough to receive many many lovely comments, this term I’ve received so so so many comments that have slowly and insidiously taken a toll on my mental health: I am someone who is extremely self critical and the constant criticism of every aspect of my uni lifestyle has really started to make me dislike myself which I don’t think is healthy.
2. I am a normal human, a normal student who makes mistakes and is learning to balance everything: Oxford terms (this isn’t me saying oxford is any better than other unis just to clarify) are SO compressed and intense that it’s very hard to manage your social life with a work load and with a YouTube channel. Everyone else at uni lives a similar lifestyle yet I feel like a lot of the comments seem very targeted at me which then makes me question myself every day.
3. I have exams next term and so do many of you, so I feel like moving back towards revision and study videos will benefit us both.
4. As lovely as it is to be able to look back on my time at uni, the constant pressure that documenting and publicising every day of my life and trying to make the vlogs interesting (ironic that when I do try to make them interesting I just get told I go out too much) has made me ill and tired both physically and mentally, and I know it would not be wise to carry them on.
So to conclude, I have a couple of prefilmed videos already scheduled BUT other than that I’m going to take a break and I’ll be back with normal sit down videos in a couple of weeks, but I’m off on work experience in London for the next 2 weeks and quite frankly I need some time away from YouTube as it’s made me feel incredibly isolated from myself as a person. Whilst most of the comments are definitely well intentioned, i can imagine that any uni student who put their life online like I have would find it just as difficult.
See you soon,
Eve. ❤️
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