I was studying by an old program, before bachelor and master studies, and average study time is longer than by modern program. Plus, I needed to work a full-time job during the last few years of my studies. Seems like this wasn't good enough. Maybe some Hollywood story answer would be better - During the 2nd year of my master studies, I travelled by ship to the friend in Africa, and suddenly shipwreck happened. I was the only one who survived and next 5 years I was living on a small desert island without much of food and water. Thx to the knowledge I gained in my first year of studies, and constant meditating and thinking about how to pass exams if I ever come home, I succeeded to survive. So finally when some noble people rescued me, the first thing I did I squeezed 5 years of studies into half of the year and I passed all exams, even professors argued that I am doing it too fast and that it can bring media attention and bad reputation to them. Didn't you hear my story on news?