> What made you believe you were in the 99.999th percentile when going into university? Oh, nothing at all. I'm just a case of suddenly discovering in universi

> What made you believe you were in the 99.999th percentile when going into university? Oh, nothing at all. I'm just a case of suddenly discovering in university that you also need good work ethic and that showing up alone is no longer enough (as a sibling comment points out) and you can't always cram all of the topics for exams in your head in a single night before the exam. In my case, calculus introducing new concepts (for which I didn't have a practical use, so it was even more confusing) and probability theory get less intuitive was that wake-up call. Well, that alongside an ASM course with a toolchain that I couldn't easily get working on my computer, or working with Prolog in similar circumstances, or understanding that I've underestimated how long making a 2D simulation project in C++ for extra credit would take, if I need to have collision detection and some physics for a soccer example. That said, in my Master's studies, once I got to specialize in the things that were of more interest to me, I ended up graduating with a 10/10 evaluation for the thesis and 9.87/10 weighted average grade across the subjects. That's not like a super big achievement from a small regional university, but definitely goes to show that learning some things was easier for me than others. I probably need to venture outside of my comfort zone occasionally though and not just do the things that are comfortable.