Ask HN: doing a startup out of your 3rd year bsc project?

im currently on my last year of bsc computer science in the uk, and i was thinking of solving a critical problem for my project, and hopefully making a startup out of it, i thought this would be better because at least its a win:win situation, so even if it deosnt get traction etc, its still my project, so i still pass my degree. what do you guys think