u/ForTheSk

I study physics at the most prestigious university in my country, not that its particularly hard to get into if one simply studies for their high school equivalent exams. I love physics, it is my passion and I've really enjoyed studying it over the last 2 years. I'm currently taking my second year final exams and sat my maths exam today. Maths has consistently been my best subject throughout college as its not very difficult in the general physics course. However, today was a complete disaster. Clearly I did not study hard enough, or the right things yet I still feel like I tried my best. I have never failed an exam before but I'm almost certain I failed this one. I cannot put into words how terrible this makes me feel. If this is as hard as I could try, and it resulted in me doing so poorly then what is even the point? Clearly I am not smart enough to compete with the others in my course. I even felt it during my study period leading up to these exams like never before, my mind kept drifting and I found it difficult to study in one sitting past 40 minutes resulting in this weird topic rapid fire where I'd swap what topic I'm covering every 40 minutes in order to stay concentrated. What should I do? I feel like I will never accomplish anything if I can't even pass a basic maths exam. Any advice on how to proceed from here would be amazing, whether that be study tips, advice on how to stay encouraged, or ways to improve my concentration. Thank you!