How Much Do Your Exam Results *Really* Matter For Being Successful?

Image credit: ShutterstockFrom our SATs (do they still do those?) to our finals at university, the precedence laid over exam results is almost too much to handle. One slip up could be, so we’re told, the difference between a life of riches and one dwelling in mediocrity.
“But that’s an unfair system that favours the academic over everyone else”, cries the lowly creative. “How much do your exam results actually matter?”
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