Emotional timeline - waiting for your A-level (or equiv) results

I used to just sit my exams and then forget about them until results day

The heart thumping the apologetic speeches about hannah's sweets

God damn that 'Hannah's sweets' question.

Actually I'm glad for it because it made the boundaries quite low.

How on Earth do you do that?

With a 'what's done is done' kind of mentality I guess. And I've always been of the opinion that exams aren't worth stressing over

With a 'what's done is done' kind of mentality I guess. And I've always been of the opinion that exams aren't worth stressing over

People who say "You'll do great" are the worst. DONT THEY KNOW THE POWER OF THE JINX?!

Stage 1 (exams just finished)
OMG I WANT MY RESULTS NOW

Stage 2 (at home)
Better get on TSR to check Arsey's model answers

Stage 3 (throughout the next week)
**** I DIDN'T WRITE THAT

Stage 4 (following weeks)
Annoy the crap out of everyone online "Would I get a mark for this? No? But even if I showed this? Are you sure? What about this?"

Stage 5 (mid summer)
Mostly forgotten about exams

Stage 6 (mid-end summer)
Friends (tbh don't deserve to be called friends if they do this ) keep reminding you "OMG 21 days 8 hours 5 seconds 12 milliseconds until results day! Are you nervous?!"

Stage 7 (final approach to results day)
Either
-Begin to accept the fact that you can still get a job even with your probably atrocious grades
OR
-eat buckets of ice cream to drown your sorrows

Stage 8 (results day)

Wonder if this is the secret to success

Never understand how people can do that. They stress me out.

An exam is just some paper with questions on it, and life will go on regardless of the result.

And when fear of failure goes out of the window, so does pressure

You are amazing I love the way you said that!

Aww thank you

An exam is just some paper with questions on it, and life will go on regardless of the result.

And when fear of failure goes out of the window, so does pressure

I'm printing this and putting it up on my wall after I sit FP3 this year.

AS LEVELS and GCSEs

Stage one (exams finished)

****ing finally, no one speak to me please I am fragile and need to be handled with care. excuse me while i hibernate for the rest of my life

Stage two (1 week later)
Gathered enough courage to check the unofficial mark schemes on TSR, **** my life I don't remember anything. I think I got that? Did I get that?
*watches all the Hitler videos*

Stage three (July)
Better start saving up for a night or two at the hotel after these results. Maybe should sign up for BTEC colouring level 2, heard that has great job opportunities

Stage four (August)
**** my life **** my life **** my life, okay take advantage of this time and write my will.

Stage five (few days before)
I'm actually going to die. Why do I have to **** everything up every ****ing year am I ****ing stupid? NEXT YEAR THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN I SWEAR ( look at me now tho). I'm gonna puke and text my friend freaking out

Stage six (day before)
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG THE GRADE BOUNDARIES ARE AS HIGH AS THE HEAVENS IM ACTUALLY ****ED THIS IS JOKES

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*stays up all night drinking redbull, eating sorrows away*

Did you pass?