this has inpired me to be such a bad fucking bitch, i love him so fucking much

'C does not stand for amazing' 'A C stands for bye bye' I LOVE IT 😂😂

You are living proof of how Cambridge really looks at applicants in an open way. Congratulations! I know you feel angry about your old school, but you also know now how destructive a bad place can be. The same is true for a toxic boss: once you've had one, you know when you have a good one. Good luck at Cam. It is everything it is cracked up to be.

" how do you predict someone an F 😭😂😭😭😭" I love him !!!❤️❤️❤️

Please tell me you went back to your old school and showed them your acceptance letter, I'm not a petty person BUT HOW COULD THOSE TEACHERS BE SO HORRIBLE

This is the most inspirational thing I've ever seen. I don't even know you, but I'm so proud of what you've done and how you basically said 'fuck you' to everyone who doubted you and got into Cambridge!! When I was in year 4, my primary school teacher told me I would never get into university. I was told WHEN I WAS EIGHT that I wasn't good enough. Now, I'm working my arse off to prove her wrong and get a history degree from Cambridge xx

I am in LOVE with your personality!!!! WOWWWWEE. :D I hope to see you at some point here at Cam! Lots of love

Told I was too dumb for even thinking about applying to Oxbridge. Now I'm applying regardless due to better support and motivation. Keep proving people wrong queen.

This was so inspirational, thank you so much

Parent watching right here. Your are an amazing young man & a fantastic role model, wishing you all the best x

This honestly is so inspiring to me especially since my whole education has been a bit of a mess. I started to get sick at 14, and my doctors told me ‘it’s in your head’ until the point I had to be hospitalised and have an emergency operation just before the start of A Levels, + my parents got divorced when I first got sick at 14. I got an A, 5 B’s, 1 C and 3 D’s at GCSE which I think was pretty good considering the circumstances. So then I started my A Levels 2 months late after recovering from being seriously unwell and an operation, then to add to the mess of my AS year I was at the Manchester attack and sat exams a few days afterwards and came out with AS grades of B, B, D. Then I moved from my schools sixth form as it was making me miserable to a college but my attendance got super bad cause of mental health mainly from Manchester and they basically kicked me out, unwilling to offer me any kind of help at all, even though I explained my circumstances and was predicted B’s, basically they made no effort to understand lol. And now... I have 3 uni foundation year/integrated degree interviews (still waiting for other responses) including one at Durham and one at Bristol. Basically don’t let shitty teachers, shitty circumstances or shitty schools stop you.

"Can I even spell Cambridge? Do I even know where Cambridge is on the map? Is it in London?" LOOOOL !!!! but ngl when I told my family I want to apply to Cambridge one of my family members asked me is Cambridge in London?.....i'm like... are you for real???? lol

Secondary school is hell. No teacher really cares about your progress for secondary school is just their step ladder to get experience and go to grammar school. Anyway! That aside i just wanted to let you know you have greatly motivation me for doing my best with my studies(: i failed my school years due to carelessness and personal issues but now I'm aiming for As and to go to oxford (:. I'll let you know my results when i get them😊😊😊😊 Goodluck.

Outstanding. Truly, truly outstanding.

This is like looking into a mirror!!! I had a really bad experience in year 10 and 11 too. I had no friends, I was bullied, I felt completely isolated and I became depressed because of it. Consequently, I got 9 average gcses all ranging from 9-4. Now I'm doing my A levels and I'm getting As and my biggest dream is to study law and I'd love to go to cambridge but I'm scared they'd reject me because of my gcses....btw I'm from a very low income family in bradford!!!

this was so inspirational, i wish i watched this when i was in year 12. I was bullied really badly in secondary, i had no friends or confidence. i was severely depressed in year 12, i had no friends so i studies really hard and became so alone. i had disordered eating, i would sit in the library for 9 hours without food. I hated myself so much i would eat nothing and then throw up. I was honestly suicidal when i got AAB for AS. my sixth form was awful, they did nothing to help me. i would spend nearly every lesson in year 13 sobbing and would leave lessons because i would have depressive episodes. at one point, i left school during the morning class change and took the bus to a library because i couldn’t study at school. my head teacher and deputy head teacher drove to my house and told my family i was missing and they were afraid for me because i was “tearful”. they never once asked me if i was okay. I barely scrapped AAB again for A2 sixth form, i missed my offer for Warwick by two UMS. i was heartbroken, especially because Warwick was my only chance to leave my home and get away from all my problems at home. my mum wouldn’t let me reapply, she was already unhappy with me applying in the first place. I WISH i just ignored her and reapplied. instead i spent my gap year trying to recover my mental health and i worked retail. i had no money because my family would make me pay 60% of my pay to them. i deferred my entry to uni to study Law and now i’m here. i don’t hate my life, i just wish i ignored other people and listened to my soul first. now i’ve moved away from home and finally feel more at peace than before. it’s just so sad because i’ve lost all hope for life, all i can focus on is if i’ll have enough rent for next month. i feel so empty

Your personality is the best I can't even

I've just stumbled across you and I think I've just finally found a gem on here! This is so relatable and you're inspiring me so much 😭💖

I had a pretty rough time in secondary school. I was predicted all 3's (D) and I came out with 2 9's (A**), an 8 (A*) acouple of 7's (A) and the rest B's and C's. Ive never been more happy in my life

literally its 3 am and i am so glad you exist. I am about to take my GCSES and the anxiety was just building up school always acting like GCSES mean the whole world, indeed they mean something but i forgot that life goes on and you get a fresh start if you work hard. so proud of you! congratulations!!!!!

You got a new subscriber Good luck at Cambridge

"is my name ben mitchell?" LOOOL

8:30 I would've straight up told them to piss off. same thing happened to me, labelled a failure throughout primary till yr11, ended up with a 6.2 average, begged to do my A levels (like wtf is 6.2 like low), ended up doing 4 A levels to piss them off, and so far its going good.

Well Done Ibz!! Your journey shall motivate many ❤️

I was in some similar situation. In some way worse not the situation. I can see your a good kid. But I was a bad and troubled kid. I live in a good area but that's the problem when everyone good and your bad no one wants to guide you. I had zero guidance from anyone and plus I was new to the country. When I came out of school I could not read or write. As a result it took me ages to find or fix or find out what I want to do or can do. As a mature student I realised having the basic skills is so important then you can do anything. As a mature student watching this it gives me hope I was not the only one and sometimes teachers are wrong. They should give up hope and guidance. For instance if you want to do science and your bad at maths. Fix the maths. Fix whatever you need to fix to do what you want. I am glad your speaking up. Your parents must be so proud of you.

Wow I honestly feel so inspired by this video i love it you have no idea how much this has just pushed me to go for it and apply when im in year 13 my GCSEs are not the best i've got 1A 6B'S and 3C's but i want to apply to Cambridge im currently in year 12 and im doing english lit psychology media and economics and i will get 4As in my AS i know it but do u think i should apply considering my gcses ive been really just thinking about it!

Love the way that you do the video with the quotes

I've literally done so shit on all of my GCSEs, I haven't even got my results back, but I know I've done bad because I missed so many pages on my maths on most papers. In English I wrote the wrong thing so I'm basically not going to be able to do what I want for a long time. This has actually given me some sort of hope, so thanks ❤️

I just wanted to say how thankful I am to have found your channel, I feel like it was meant to happen as I am in the same place as you were. I got a few B's,mainly C's and a D at GCSE. EVERYBODY kept telling me I shouldn't even try A levels . Every teacher said I'd fail , and they put me in to do BTEC science. Of course, I hated it and I kept trying to get into A levels, but every college rejected me and said I'll fail. I started to think '' what If they're right?'' until I found BSIX, where i'll get to do the A levels that I want (i'm going back a year too). This has given me so much hope even though everybody has been telling me I won't even pass just because I got C's in the subjects I wanted to do. Thank you!

See I was in a very different position to you. I've worked hard from such a young age even when things got in my way. I ended up with 12A* at GCSE and All As at as and and A* in Maths. I started off this video thinking "argh he's just another lazy dumbfuck who's saying that it's everyone else's fault for his failure" but by the end I totally got you. Staying up late and crying when you think you cant finish the essay omg cant tell you how much that happens. Having people doubt that you can be the absolute best at anything is the most annoying thing. I've got my imperial interview next week and this was really the boost I needed.

Your story is similar sooooo to my experience for GCSE'S it's scary! 😱

I’m a parent, and a secondary school teacher. I’m going to make sure my two sons watch this video (youngest will be sitting GCSEs this year and the older one is doing A levels). I love people like you, who help young people believe in themselves. I’m glad I found your channel, you’re hilarious and real. Keep up the motivational talks and keep striving for excellence. Much love and positivity, you rock!

This is so inspiring ❤️ I'm doing the new 9-1 GCSEs and this has motivated me so much! Thanks Xx

This has inspired me soooo much to do better than the As & Bs I'm predicted. You're seriously one of my fav youtubers!

I'm honestly so inspired . I'm in year 10 and I'm always put down by my teacher. She always reads my work out as something which everyone else shouldn't do. If I ask questions about something she says " oh look who FINALY decided to actually care about their future" in front of the whole class and she insults me quite a lot. Every time I get a bad result she doesn't tell me on how I can improve she just looks down on me . Honestly I want to get a grade 9 on my English lit and prove my English teacher wrong. She doesn't believe in me , for her I'm just an example or a failure and she makes it clear. You've inspired me quite a lot and I revise every single day and im determined to prove everyone who looks down on me wrong. Thank you

I'm going into year 11, and this is the EXACT motivation I need, thank you

I'm exactly like you low income family no one knew the education system in England and very depressed and I got mainly B's at GCSE's and I got told the exact same when I had high hopes but now I'm starting at a Russel group uni 😊😊

I have 1 A*, 3 As, 6Bs and a D at GCSE (however, my school average destroys my results :'( ), I'm doing english lit, psych and media for AS, wanting to get 3 As but my teachers don't believe i will even get 3Ds ... but I've been thinking about Cambridge a lot, but my teachers have called me MAD for even considering it and said i have no chance of even getting into uni, its just so demotivating. I do, however, have circumstances surrounding my grades, but there is no clear defined one for "extenuating circumstances" as its more of an amalgamation of several issues which doesn't help :( just wanted to get it out somewhere as no one will listen, so thanks if your reading this. Its appreciated :)

As someone with extenuating circumstances and a place at Cambridge I'm honestly terrified about getting the grades, this helped so much, I cried at the power bit, honestly so moving

You are hilarious!!😂😂😂 i wish i knew people like you in real life! i can definitely relate to your story.

"no one decides what grades you get except from yourself" that aged like a fine milk lmao

This is so inspiring... wow. You've done amazingly, congrats!

"Porquoi?" 🤣 Watching this 6 years late but I'll watch you up to date now. Amazing journey and success!

YOU ARE HILARIOUS HAHAAHAHA I HAVE THE BEST TIME WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS ❤

People telling me that I was going to fail motivated me I went from a U in year 10 to an A in my year 11 mocks I am now doing triple science and am so determined !

so inspiring, I love your attitude and persona. You have proved people wrong by believing in yourself. Omds you are actually an inspiration and role models to the youngers!!!

I don't think I've ever watched a video that's so motivating! This is exactly what education is all about and I actually love watching you're videos ❤️

Imagine Ibzs teachers watching this and they are like oh okay,alright 😂😂

This has literally my day! I'm doing my GCSEs right now and I dont think I'm doing well, and i've just been feeling really down but this has actually made me slightly optimistic! LOVE YAAAA!!!!!

I wanted to thank you so much for putting up this video because in school, I was bullied in year 9 and 10 and those were the darkest times in my life where I had lost all confidence in myself and thought that I was never going to make it anywhere because I couldn't get the grades that I actually wanted so I want to thank you for being such an inspiration to me and I hope that everything goes well for you!

you're experience in secondary school is what I'm going through right now but this video honestly motivated me so much and made me actually believe in myself so thank you!!

thank you for making this video! I`ve been struggling with math my entire life.I was a straight f student in math for year 7 8 and 9. last month I got my d in a test,this might sound ridiculously bad but when I got my results back I burst into tears in the middle of the class

You're amazing! I'm a final year in university and you've inspired me to do my best in the rest of my assignments and exams! Thank you for this video! I love your personality! I'm so happy you've achieved what you have and you really deserve it. Your old sixth form lost a truly great student with a lot of potential, their fault for not believing in you. Have a beautiful day - peace x

I've recently found you're channel, between you're high school and the Exeter scenario you've done so well, resilience is such a great quality!! Can't stop saying "bring them you're seasoning"

This is honestly so inspirational like I'm such a lazy ass but now I'm gonna work really hard for my A2. Thank you soo much and I just started watching your videos and you're hella funny!! Ily

Dude thank you so much for making this video, it has motivated me so much. Currently doing GCSEs and have been revising loads, your videos have motivated me to just push through. It will be a shite couple of months but it's worth it for the joy it will bring at the end of it. Cheers, gonna work my arse off now!

I'm so glad I found this video!! I'm 33 and studying an access course with the hope of going to Uni in 2019. I messed up my GCSE and AS Levels and dropped out after AS due to ill mental health, unsettled at home and I just wanted to forget it all and go to work. I moved out and worked in Claire's :) Haha. Left school with 10 GCSEs A-C (one A, one B, one D (Maths!) and the rest Cs). AS's were C's and one B. I could have worked so much harder and got the results I wanted but I threw my hands up and now, 17 years later...I'm back hitting the books. Fingers crossed for me - I'm applying to KCL and Manchester :)

I my God I really want to Cambridge but every one things I'm crazy because I get cs but u know what I'm working but of and I'm doing so much and u know what I'm gonna do so much better than ever body excepts me too . I'm not gonna do a self profiling proficient thing thank you so much xx

Hi Ibz, I am a parent and I watched :). I watch a lot of these videos about A levels and uni as I have a child and really want to inspire and equip him to succeed by, amongst other things, introducing him to other young people who are on the same journey.... enjoying their present and building their futures. I think that you are all wonderful and generous in sharing your stories and tips. Yours is a beautiful story because it speaks of formidable resilience, creativity, resolve and perseverance. I adore your ability to think over and above other people's opinions of you, and dismiss the unsupportive. So many people, adults and children both, allow themselves to be subsumed and paralysed by other people's poor opinions of them. Keep up your beautiful spirit, this is essential, and it will continue to serve you well through life. I wish you the very best and anticipate that even greater achievements await you through your hard work.

YESS IBZ! FINALLY ON KZfaq TOO! congrats on your achievements ❤❤💥💥

This parent is watching and sharing with my kids. Keep up the great work- you're inspirational!

Ibz I’m crying, well done. I’ve just started a levels and ur in my recommended, Im so happy to see ur story. Im proud of you, well done 💞💞

You are AMAZING - really, really needed this and I am now more motivated to get those grades than ever!! Congratulations on getting such fantastic results and becoming the person you are today! You are well and truly an inspiration to so many!!

You might not be reading this, but as a 30 y/o, I want to tell you that you are indeed a genius, becuase you have a the resilience and the courage to overcome the shit you put up with. That really is the sign of a genius. I would trade my first class degree as well as my right kidney for that kind of motivation. I am serious. I didn't have the courage to burst out of my family to try my hand at oxbridge because my family had a business and I really felt they need me there than out there, so I never knew whether I would have got in there or not. Very rarely now, but every now and again I think what if I tried harder. Please keep pushing forward, you are the type that can reach success if you really wanted to.

This has just become my new favorite video on KZfaq!! You slay!

I love your videos soooo much, like they're so inspiring and motivating. Honestly, you're so down to earth and realistic and I admire your courage and effort that you put into each of your videos. This video is all I needed to get me to turn the f*** up and get my head in the game. Thank you for understanding x

You are so right!! When I got an A in sociology I cried, my first ever A and I did it in one year aswell, I took up at A2 and did sociology a level in one year 😭😊

You're sense of humour is great and this is deffo a motivational vid, thanks for sharing your experiences

A parent here. You are an inspiration! Hope to meet you at Cambridge one day.

perfect thing to watch at the beginning of AS! so inspiring. Also congrats on all your achievements!

I’m crying watching this THANK YOU SM you’re MY one and only INSPIRATION 😭😭🖤🖤🖤

Thanks for inspiring me. Idk how to even this into words anymore, just - thank you so much Ibz.

Just found your videos and they inspire me so much, especially when I find it hard to motivate myself. I relate so much, I failed college twice and no one believed that I could go to uni and now i'm going to my 2nd year at UCL, after a hard 1st year these videos have really motivated me again, thank you!

I literally live for these videos, soso motivational but I always find myself at this specific video always because it shows how relatable and real your situation was and how you brought yourself up massively. So inspirational Ibz...❤️

inspiration right there, watching this whenever i feel like shit !!! thank you so much

OMG SO GOOD!! You did so well at a level that jump is amazingggg!! Cambridge are open minded I love it

I'm so in love with these videos! Been watching them so much lately 😊💖💖

I'm just glad you did so well mate! Honestly, you through all that judgement back in their faces. I want to and will do the same! Congratz!!!

Wait so even though you didnt get like A’s and A*’s at GCSE you still got into CAMBRIDGE??! YOURE ACC AMAZING OML

I really relate to you. you're so positive and just amazing

Inspired. This video has made me realise so much. Ive been in the exact same position recently and this 15 min video has proved to me i can do it and it is possible. 🙌🏽 thanks for this vid, it has surely changed my perception.

Ibz you inspire me so much, you're the most resilient and hardworking person I've ever met, I love you ❤️❤️

You inspire me so much!! I am in love with your videos, especially this one!

This is amazing, I wish I had these videos back when I was doing GCSES and Alevels, I am redoing my A-levels again now and hoping to go to university to study law. I have been labelled a failure since primary school that even I started to believe it, but not anymore. These videos mean the world to me, thankyou so much. xx

everytime im feeling demotivated i just watch one of his videos and then booom mans back on track to slay my revision

OMG you are amazing and I acc love you! Thanks for being such an inspiration :D Gonna go revise now, much love xxxx

I can totally relate! So many teachers put me down😭 and now I’m here doing btec but I’m predicted one of the highest grades in my class. I love watching your videos ♥️♥️🙌🏾

Brooo you don't even understand how much of an impact this video had on me. U were right about when getting your very first grade A. I was gaaasssed. Just gunna keep working and working so I can hopefully get into a good uni. Self empowerment of mine kicked in

Honestly, I can relate to you so much. No one in my school actually believes that I can achieve my goals. I found this video extremely helpful. Thank you for being so inspiring 🙏❤️

You don't know how much your channel has inspired me to fucking Work werq werk. Since I watched this video, I have been researching all about Sixth form and A levels. I promised again that when I come back from my summer break, there is gonna be me that no one has seen before. I vowed to work very hard, even during the hardest times. We have something's in common which has reassured me, when I start college I'm gonna make sure to get BBCC for my grades.

Omg, you're secondary school experiences were very similar to mine plus i got the exact same GCSE's results!

You have inspired me to try so hard next year for A2s. This year I have tried but have sometimes left things to the last minute. I don't have much self confidence and you have made me feel like I can do it if I try really hard. Thank you so much for this!!

WONDERFUL JUST became a new subscriber to you channel. A bit about me: i am currently 14 going to year 10 and yeah im doing the new GCSEs i am predicted 5s for my gcses and 4s. Yep year 9 was a bad year.I will continue to tell my experience in year 10 God bless me!!! and the teaching

Ibz, thank you so much for sharing your story. Holy shit, I feel like I was luckier than you with my teachers but I can relate so much to everything you went though and it gives me inmense hope, I needed this soo much!

I’m not doing that well in school right now but this has motivated me sm!! I’m gonna try my hardest in school and hopefully do well♥️♥️

Noooooooo way, bsix is my college.. 😂❤️

I watched this because I needed motivation to do well in my GCSEs and this has really inspired me... your such a strong person fr, hope your old school watched this and cried lmao, they didn't believe in you and now look at you being a bad bitch at cambridge

predicted grades are the worst! i cried for a week after getting those even tho i know it’s not really set in stone and i know i can DO BETTER (because I got grades higher than that previously) but it hurts so much. it gives me a bit of hope to know someone who got the same predicted grades as i did got such high grades. 💓thank you

Idk what you've been through, but I hope it's now gone and you're in a happy state and in a better place. I can relate to how you've had extenuating circumstances and your videos have really motivated me to do well in my A2 year now. Thank you so much n I hope u carry on succeeding!!

THIS IS UNBELIEABLE... YOU'RE MAKING ME CREASE SO MUCH