Why are people crying over high grades?

What did you get for a level?

No this is just TSR. Everybody else would know it's not the end of the world if you don't get into Oxbridge

me too, far too much pressure is put on youngsters, even children in primary school worry about not doing well enough in sat's or whatever they are called now, children as young as 4 are being diagnosed with stress disorders. it isn't right.

What did you get for a level?

I did ****ty only 6 A* and 4 A. How can i do dentistry with these? And yes I did cry.

Thing is, I did get into Oxford! TSR is so guilty of spreading rumors surrounding Oxbridge and GCSE requirements, the advice that was given to me was that if someone has less than 6A*'s they shouldn't bother or at the very least they will be disadvantaged - the only way to find out is to apply. It's so sad that I have seen droves of students out off applying based on misinformation.

I guess we have to bear in mind the types of people who are likely to use TSR; proactive and ambitious students (which to be fair isn't a true cross section of schools / sixth forms)



I completely agree; the amount of stress on teenagers is ridiculous and the government have only resolved to toughen up exams even more

what did u get at gcse and a level and what did u apply for at oxbridge ?

I'm amazed and also slightly irritated by the number of people who've just got GCSE results and are coming on here complaining that despite the fact they have nearly all As, they consider themselves to have done badly.

What the hell is that all about? I did my GCSEs 2 years ago and I got nearly all As with 2Bs. I was overjoyed with that. But by some standards on here I should have been crying and sinking into depression.

Seriously, if you have grades like As then there is no problem. It's probably not going to affect your chances at uni too much as they mainly look at AS grades. I really don't understand why people are getting so worked up over this.

I'm sorry I had to make this thread. It probably makes me look a bit of an idiot but I don't care, somebody had to say it.

TLDR Version- stop crying over good results! How do you think the people who got grades like Bs and Cs must feel if you're thinking your grades are bad?

Rant over, carry on.