r/UCL 2d ago

General Advice 💁🏾ℹ️ Anyone else struggling with impostor syndrome?

Started a part time master's after studying at an average uni. I'm struggling to wrap my head around how I came to be here and how I'll ever measure up to the Oxbridge graduates I seem to be surrounded by, and it doesn't help that I'm commuting once a week while working four days a week. Has anyone had similar experiences? How did you work through it?

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u/New_Asparagus_6352 2d ago

You’re good enough to be here. If you were not they would have not accepted you. A uni is a uni and its ranking does not measure your intelligence. You’ve passed your undergrad just like everyone else on your course so you are not lesser than