I'm doing a challenging undergraduate humanities course at a very good UK university as an international student. I haven't received a proper education in my highschool before and I've really struggled to get decent marks for this course. I'm in the final year and I've improved quite a lot since first year. I could do a master's next year and still improve quite a lot. However, I feel that I am exhausted now as I work something not related to uni besides by degree and as I've put so much effort into this degree. I am ambitious and I want to be an achiever, so should I do a less challenging master's?
Should I do a master's degree at a less challenging university if I'm struggling as an undergraduate at my current university?
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I found that the differenced between schools is really negligible. Often the course that you take will use the same text book as another school. When I was in grad school I took a course that was taught by a professor that also taught the same course at MIT, He used the same text and I don't think he dumbed down the material. It was hard but somehow I passed it.
That is right with the text books. However, you went to MIT, which is based on science courses. It's pretty much the same everywhere. In humanities, the marking is more subjective and a department can make the marking criteria harder. Well, I've passed all my exams and I got a low 2:1 (60%) in my second year, but in that uni almost all students get at least a 2:1 and I assume other universites are not as challenging since 50% of UK students get a 2:1.
Okay, In America it really does not make much difference where you went to college. What you major in is more important. I do not know what it is like where you live.
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