It’s Easter term, and we all know what that means… Exams!!! Some people love revising and spend more time in the library than their own room. For others and myself, even finding the motivation to do a past paper is a challenge, particularly as most students haven’t taken a meaningful exam in at least two years. However you feel about exams and revising, I think there’s one opinion shared by the majority of Cambridge students – you
have to get a 2.1 or a 1st.
We can pass the blame of these high expectations onto our pushy supervisors, or the companies we want to work for, but realistically the blame lies with us. With 91.6% of Cambridge students graduating with a 2.1/1st (cheeky stat there for you x), it seems like a necessity to stick with the crowd and get those top grades. Yet many of Cambridge’s notable alumni are thriving, despite not achieving such results.