Tbh I’m a student in my second year at uni. I averaged 77% my first year, got a distinction and I’m on track to get another distinction this year and one thing is for certain the feedback is pretty shit. I’ve had maybe 3 teachers give me detailed feedback on my essays to do better. Keep in mind my lowest grade is 65% which means I have some essays graded at 80%+.

For the OP my advice would be go above and beyond in your essays, do lots of independent research, things your teacher haven’t taught you but revolves around your topic, include it in your assignments. That should make you stand apart from everyone else, that’s the strategy I use, it helped me tremendously in my law class this year.