DD has confessed that she feels she let herself down with her degree.
She studied History at Oxford and came out with a 2.1. This is obviously good, but she feels that she did not live up to her own hopes. She feels that if she had her time again she would have worked a lot harder.
She was badly affected by covid. She essentially spent 2 of her 3 years living at home, as her college were very strict on who could return. This had an appalling affect on her mental health, and for a long time she considered deferring or dropping out. In the end she pushed through to get the degree done. She feels disappointed that many of the opportunities that she should have had were denied to her. Before covid, she was very passionate about her subject and was driven. But not being near friends, not having access to libraries or to live independently has made her a somewhat shy person. She wishes she could have had the opportunity to do it all over again, but differently.