I feel like I've messed up all the exams I've done so far

I guess I just needed somewhere to rant about this and I want to hear other people's opinions about my problem. So for the last month, I have been taking AS exams for English, Maths, Further Maths and Law. Most of them are done by now but I've still got 3 more exams to go. I've been predicted good grades for all of these subjects, I've gotten good scores in my mock exams and I've been revising really hard for them. But the problem is that I don't feel confident when I come out of the exams, with the exception of Pure Core 1. All I can think about is all the things I've done wrong on the papers and that just because I've been achieving alright in my mocks, it doesn't mean I'm guaranteed to get a great result in the end. I guess I won't find out until results day, but I am losing sleep the night before the exams because I'm getting so worked up about them even if I've done a lot of preparation for them. I hope I'm just thinking too much into this, since the same happened with I was taking my GCSEs as well. I revise really hard for all of my exams, but I just feel like I never feel confident about them.

It's natural when you're stressed and aspiring for high grades to focus on all the things you missed out, but try and remember that examiners mark positively - they mark what's there, not what isn't there.

I agree with you when you say you're thinking too much into it! You've clearly done the revision, so all you need to do is try and relax before an exam (I know it's easier said than done).

I did my AS exams last year and had a mild panic attack in one of them, and still came out with 4 A grades. This time around, I feel it's really helped to completely shut all my revision books and notes about 2 hours before an exam and just watch a film or something (I was sat watching the Inbetweeners in my car before my exam yesterday haha).

I'm a perfectionist too but I can almost guarantee you're being far more critical of your exam performance than the examiners will be.

Good luck for your remaining exams

I guess I just needed somewhere to rant about this and I want to hear other people's opinions about my problem. So for the last month, I have been taking AS exams for English, Maths, Further Maths and Law. Most of them are done by now but I've still got 3 more exams to go. I've been predicted good grades for all of these subjects, I've gotten good scores in my mock exams and I've been revising really hard for them. But the problem is that I don't feel confident when I come out of the exams, with the exception of Pure Core 1. All I can think about is all the things I've done wrong on the papers and that just because I've been achieving alright in my mocks, it doesn't mean I'm guaranteed to get a great result in the end. I guess I won't find out until results day, but I am losing sleep the night before the exams because I'm getting so worked up about them even if I've done a lot of preparation for them. I hope I'm just thinking too much into this, since the same happened with I was taking my GCSEs as well. I revise really hard for all of my exams, but I just feel like I never feel confident about them.

Thank you! It's nice to know that there are people out there who understands what I'm going through. I come out of several exams feeling like I'm failed it, and it really doesn't help when people in my class coming out of the exams and saying how easy they were. There are a few exams that I don't completely feel confident with during my revision, but I just hope that my hard work pays off at the end when I go and pick up my results on results day.

I think my main problem is that I never felt this anxious and worried about my exam results when I was doing my GCSEs, maybe I had too much exams going on back then so that I didn't really think about how well I've done until I've finished all of my exams. Ever since I started year 12, I worry quite a lot about minor things and sometimes even compare myself to my friends because I just really want to do well, you know? Plus, I've been revising for exams ever since the start of April, I didn't do an excessive amount of studying back then but right now I'm just loosing motivation to revise. I'm one of the last few people to finish my exams (My first one began on 14th May and my last one is on 24th June), so my revision had been going on for a long time and it really doesn't help that I have to go back from my study leave on Monday to start A2 courses even if I haven't finished my exams yet.

Well the people who think they've done well are so much more vocal than those who think they've done badly, so it's a bit of a biased sample!

You sound really similar to me in terms of comparing yourself to others, it literally could've been me typing this a year ago so I really empathise. I've just finished A2 and the exams do get harder (sorry) but it is bearable.

Anyway I hope thing are going a bit better for you now. I'll have my fingers crossed for both myself and you come results day