Disappointments in/upset about results that aren't socially acceptable to talk about

I wouldn't say a B is socially unacceptable to talk about on the other threads as a lot of the threads are actually moaning about getting a B. What would be socially unacceptable is crying that you got A*A*A instead of A*A*A*

I wouldn't say a B is socially unacceptable to talk about on the other threads as a lot of the threads are actually moaning about getting a B. What would be socially unacceptable is crying that you got A*A*A instead of A*A*A*

People have different standards. I don't see what's so bad about that.

Why should you feel guilty for saying that you got A*A*A instead of A*A*A*? The burden shouldn't be on you, it should be those who didn't work hard enough.

I haven't, i got average. BBBC. But my best friend started crying today and ran out of the room to throw a tantrum over her AABB because she wanted all As.

Got any? I'm talking about grades that would be seen by most people as good grades, so it doesn't really feel like you can openly whine about them when people have completely failed, missed out of their universities etc. yet you're still upset about them but you just get no proper comfort except for "that's not a bad grade".

I can start off, for instance: I got a B in one of my modules today, a couple marks off an A. Really, it means nothing - I'm still on a comfy A (thanks to a good result in the other module), its barely going to affect my overall grade next year, and I'm not properly upset about it, more just infuriated. Its just annoying because I was getting As in all the past papers I was doing, I worked really hard to the point it affected studying for other subjects, and I was so close to an A as well. Heart of hearts, I'm more upset about it than the C I got in one of my other exams, which I hated and wanted to drop and barely revised for at all. It's also frustrating because I did so well in the other module - it would have been nice to get similar marks and get as close as possible to full marks for the whole AS level.

I also know someone who got the grades to get into university, but is still disappointed, because they didn't achieve as high as they normally did, as a similar example.
EDIT: Also just thought of a more specific one, my sister is kicking herself for not working harder in one of her subjects so she would have got higher than a B. For her other two subjects, she got A*A*, succeeding the requirements for her uni.

Just thought it'd be nice to have a little space where we can do the "ooooohhh i didn't get an A wahh " thing without someone saying that we need to be considerate for others/get into perspective. I don't mean to make anyone upset who have got into serious trouble with their results!

I completely understand. Chemistry is my favourite subject and in January I was getting 95 - 100% in practice papers and I ended up scraping an A, yes it's an A which is great but the perfectionist in me said "you only just scraped it". Thankfully my June exam got me more comfortably into an A but either way an A is an A, weird how we get like this !
There's nothing wrong with it though (well it drives you crazy but ..) I mean people just set different standards for themselves. B isn't a bad grade at all but for some people it isn't what they were expecting.


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Was saying I failed Biology, people were like what did you get, I was like a B, they were like I got an E mate... Awkward. Basically got two C's and a high A the coursework which literally bought it up 1 UMS into a B. Still disappointing, wanted a solid B :/

i know what you mean op a hug from me and to all the other people who are not satisfied. I messed up in my bio and chem and ended up with 2bs 72 and 77 percent respectively which for a medic is not ideal.