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<\/a>Two years of effort<\/strong><\/p>\nBoth students remember high school as a demanding period, marked by perseverance and the need to learn to cope with pressure. If there's one thing they're certain of, it's that a result like this isn't something you can just whip up in the weeks leading up to the university entrance exams.<\/p>\n
Luc\u00eda had set herself a very specific goal from the beginning. With her sights set on Medicine and aware of the high entry requirements, she decided to make the most of every year. \u201cI haven\u2019t stopped all year,\u201d she summarizes. Organization and discipline became two of her main allies.<\/p>\n
David also had an ambitious goal: to achieve the highest possible grade so he could have freedom in choosing his academic future. This idea stayed with him throughout high school and allowed him to face a period that, he admits, was full of uncertain moments.<\/p>\n
Both agree that the key has been maintaining a routine, keeping up with their coursework, and learning to manage difficult moments. Because behind the best grades, there are also doubts and results that don't always live up to expectations.<\/p>\n
David particularly remembers one of his first math analysis exams in his second year of high school. After dedicating a lot of time to preparing, he got a 6.9. The grade disappointed him and made him wonder if he was working in the right way. However, he decided not to dwell on that feeling. \u201cYou have to keep going and not give up,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
Luc\u00eda also recalls a period of uncertainty in the weeks leading up to the university entrance exams. At one point, she began to think that the math exams wouldn't go as planned. Fear and nerves crept in, but she decided to rely on the work she had done in the preceding months and reinforce her preparation by solving past exam papers. Over time, she realized that, after two years of studying the same material, she had more reason to believe in herself than to let herself be overcome by insecurity.<\/p>\n
Indeed, both agree that one of the factors that made the final stretch more bearable was not leaving everything until the last minute. The work accumulated over the two years meant that the weeks leading up to the exam were intense, but not overwhelming. \u201cMany times you remember concepts you\u2019ve been studying for a long time, and it\u2019s not as hard as you had imagined,\u201d David explains.<\/p>\n
Learning inside and outside the classroom<\/strong><\/p>\n When asked about the first people they thought of upon receiving their grades, the answers were again the same. David saw his results with his mother and his twin brother, who also took the university entrance exams and achieved one of the top thirty scores. Luc\u00eda, for her part, immediately shared her joy with her family and her twin sister, who also took the exams in this session.<\/p>\n During the most difficult days, conversations with their mothers and siblings became a refuge from the stress and pressure inherent in such a demanding stage of life. In the case of<\/p>\n