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My ADHD and Dyslexia weren't diagnosed until I was 26, thanks to teachers only looking for that kind of thing in the lower sets. I was good at exams, awful at homework whether coursework or not. I am incapable of revising and incredibly good at winging it (in all contexts). I overanalyse because that's how I learn. I only got a C in A-level Maths+Stats because I couldn't reliably pick apart the nuts and bolts of them without getting misdirected by the maze of suspiciously similar jumbles of symbols and operators.
What I have learned in the almost 8 years since diagnosis is that I engage with people and lived experiences. If I had been a teenager this year, I'd be utterly fucked for life, rather than just wishing I'd been diagnosed before the 4 years that earned me a 2:2 BSc.
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I think if students think that all that matters is exams at the end of two years, it's a risky strategy and goes against what we are telling them (and doesn't often work) - but it's within their rights to give it a go.
@Markyboy is right, there are some people who can pull it out of the bag at the last minute and this sudden change really disadvantaged them to the benefit of those who worked consistently. But we had to base all our predictions on evidence.