u/Chelovechky

Especially at more rigorous universities, surviving a Maths or Maths+CS degree and graduating with even a 2:2 is already a significant achievement. In CS, you can often get through a lot using coursework, the internet, and AI tools, but in Maths or Maths+CS courses, many modules are 100% closed-book and exam-based. If you study pure CS or Maths while also trying to keep up with modern CS topics and gain relevant experience, simply avoiding failure can already become difficult, because you cannot fake maths.

I often see people talking as if a 2:2 or even a 2:1 is a failing grade. I completely disagree with that. If your degree is mostly coursework- and dissertation-based, that opinion is at least somewhat understandable. But people who have never seriously studied maths usually do not understand what it takes to score above 50% in a genuinely difficult exam. If they were put in the same position, many of them would change their opinions very quickly.

There also seems to be a very common belief that quant firms, elite finance roles, and top graduate schemes only care about 2:1s and firsts. This belief is likely true (if you go completely into stats) but I'm not exactly sure why people believe that it's the only best path out there. (plus you have to narrow down your field of interest significantly to go in that path) But only a relatively small number of people actually want those careers in the first place, and not everyone sees working in highly profit-driven finance roles as the most socially useful or altruistic application of their abilities anyway. Also those kinds of people tend to criticise people the most. I find this crazy and toxic.

In my uni city, there is a girl and I find her attractive, physically, emotionally, and in character. I haven't talked to her much, and that is partly my fault. Basically, I heard her talking about me (she was literally describing my situation, lol, for like 30 minutes while I was studying in the same library room), and she did say I was shy as hell, but nothing outright negative. Whenever I see her, she is really cold, and if you add my social anxiety to the mix, it becomes very uncomfortable for me. Usually, I just say a few words or something. Basically, I don't know what to do. The girl I like likes talking about me, but whenever we meet, she is cold, and I am shy. She knows I am shy with girls and barely talk to them. Don't want to lie on Reddit lol.

I am about to graduate uni in a few months and maybe I need some encouragement. Not maybe....