I graduated from RVC in 2015 (4 year program). Overall I wasn't the biggest fan of the british/RVC exam style, however it does have its perks. If you have strong will power/time management that allows you to study throughout the year and keep on top of the material as it is taught, then you will be fine. The part I found hardest is that you don't really get feedback throughout the year to let you know if you are studying appropriately (since you don't really have tests). I think because of this, Americans have a reputation for being overly keen - ie we tend to study more and worry about exams a lot more than the locals. However most of my American classmates did fine with them.
We also just had a few large cumulative exams at the end of each year, not even organized by subject (so not every subject is well represented on exams). Some of us felt that being able to do well on exams involved luck - for example there might be 5 long answer questions each year, and one year 3/5 of them are equine, and the next year 3/5 are small animal - so depending which species you're interested in, one year you might be acing an exam the next year you would have just passing. However I studied a lot and I never felt at risk of failing exams, I just found it hard if you were striving to do well if that makes sense.
One of the big perks though is that overall it means most of the year is less stressful, which lets you take advantage of living abroad! It's totally fine if you want to go to Paris for a weekend, because you can just study more before and after, and your exams are a few months away...
Hope that helps!
Congrats to everyone who's made it in!
That's awesome! 
