I’m still a bit overwhelmed at the results for 2007-2008. As I was walking around campus with a friend of mine yesterday, one of our professors walked by. Noticing us, he stopped and greeted us with “Congratulations, both of you. I heard you did well”. After a moment’s conversation it emerged that he held us as the contenders for the “best exam performance” that is apparently “more about the glory than money”. Now, I’m not in University for the glory, but the more I think about it it would be a nice recognition to get. I’m not going to go to next year with that in mind, though - I told my friend that I would happily let her have the best results but she wants to make a competition out of it and wants “to beat” me, the little nutter. Funny, that - within one day my relationship to University and studying has changed completely. Also, it is interesting to be noticed by academics as more than just heads or names on a register.
My other friends have told me I no longer have a right to complain about stress or exam anxiety. As terrible as it sounds, though, I feel that stressing myself half-dead is the way I steel myself to perform at the best possible level.