Trouble Picking which Degree to Go For! - Any advice?

[Jonathan Whatley]

I don’t understand the point of this. If you prepare and dedicate the time needed, you are going to pass. This is the same with any degree, job or investment. There are extenuating circumstances of course but they are rare. Board exams and strenuous standards are obviously going to be needed benchmarks. If you cheat or fail out, that’s on the student and is entirely preventable.

This is a little too just-world fallacy. There are many instances of academic program non-completion not explained by the factors you name (unless we define "extenuating circumstances" very broadly, but you said they're rare).