If you make it to the end and get your degree, you've proved you have what it takes. (Determination basically).
There's nothing hard about learning to fly - certainly nothing harder than learning to drive for example - there's just more of it. Whomever told you that the ATPLs are like a degree has done you a huge disservice: the maths you need for the exams is GCSE level, while the maths you use in the cockpit is the three times table! I averaged a week per subject for the ATPL exams, it's really just a massive memory exercise.
On top of that, a degree isn't required to be a pilot (the US majors are the exception) in fact I really don't understand why people go to university of they want to be a pilot... if you'd spent the time and money you've just spent learning to fly you'd have a fATPL now.
Last edited by rudestuff; 9th Feb 2021 at 18:46.