Bizarre new study reveals students score low in exams if exam room ceilings are too high

You did all the exam essentials—made notes, studied well in advance, slept well, and even revised three times before the exam. A new study from the University of South Australia and Deakin University uncovers a bizarre connection between academic performance and architecture. Students perform relatively poorly in their exams when they take them in large rooms with high ceilings. High ceiling won’t let you break the glass ceiling Researchers evaluated over 15,400 undergraduate students across eight years on different university campuses. Examination halls should be modified to ensure students perform their best, without any environmental distractions meddling in their academic performance.