The Last Exam

At Oxford, you have three hours to show what you’ve learned in nine months — a three-hour odyssey from anxiety to elation.

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Abigail Anthony and a friend before the exam

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‘Don’t worry, nobody ever really fails the exams,” a friend and fellow test-taker reassured me.

“So, you’re saying I have the chance to make Oxford history?” I asked while I fiddled with my necklace.

Abigail Anthony

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Abigail Anthony

Abigail Anthony is a staff writer at National Review.

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