How will you open your GCSE Results?

what I was predicted:
1 A*^ 10 A* 1 A

What I will probably get:

1 A*^ 7 A* 3A

I'll probably celebrate by sleeping for the rest of the year. If I get lower than expected then I don't know... probably hibernate until September. As long as I get my entry requirements.

I honestly don't know how y'all can be confident enough to state what you are expecting for the exams.
I'm at that point where I think i've done well some days and poorly on other days.
Also I am shocked about the astonishingly high grade expectations people seem to have and can only wish you the very best in achieving them.
But I might as well attempt to follow the trail

What are you hoping for?
Being a medical hopeful, id 'hope' for 8-10 A*s, 3-5 As and a B/C for Spanish
What are you expecting?
Being realistic id be over the moon with my projected 6 A*s, 7 A's and a C in Spanish
Will you be satisfied with your expectation?
If I got the 6 A*s, 'satisfied' would not be the right word to use.
How will you open them?
Urm...id have a short prayer before hand then nervously rip open the envelope...then attempt to read the vigorously moving paper due to nerves
How will you celebrate / react?
If I got the 6 A*s I dunno what id do...rip off my shirt then jump out of the nearest window? (only to find out that my results weren't actually mine but someone else's that got mixed up in the envelope and id actually achieved straight D's)
Will you meet your Sixth Form/College offer?
well...as long as my nightmares don't become a reality...

lol sorry buddy medicine courses at unis lets you off with having a few Cs needless of Bs so dont be worried if you get ONE B

Yeah, sorry, you don't have to get all A's and A*'s at GCSE to do medicine.

I know but most of people applying are gonna have 56A*s

Can I just say one thing? I'm not moaning at you, okay, but you keep giving numbers like 5/6 for A*'s and moaning about 1 or 2 B's when you take atleast 10 GCSE's. It makes no sense. getting 6A*'s means you can afford to have 4 B's it wouldn't make a difference. So, it'd be nice if you stop using medicine as a reason because it makes no sense.

its okay bro and i didn't say anything about 6A*s haha, i wish... I think i will get 2A* 8As 1B or even 2Bs... I also think medicine is a very valid excuse seeing as it is a very compeitive course, unis will most likely accept the best grades out there... with many people on TSR and elsewhere wanting to do medicine, there is not one person that i know of that is expecting any less that 5A*s and the rest As thus my results would be considered quite weak so i'd have to be exceptional in other parts of my application.. it just gives me more stress if im getting lower than most people

Well then obviously it's not the right course for you if you can't get the grades but whatever, do what you will and good luck.

I think yous all need to calm. The results are not out till August. Yous are fretting like they're tomorrow.
Look, at the end of the day, you have done your best and you can't change it. So why are yous all fretting, worrying how many A*s you'll get? (I was lucky to get my one A, the rests Bs and Cs with then A-levels going down the swanny, but im doing just fine, I completed 2nd year with a solid 2:1, as I did 1st year).

I read somewhere here that someone is a bit worried about a B for medicine because of the competition and "unis will pffer to the best people" (or something along those lines). This is true, but do you really believe that it's only your GCSE grades that determine everything? Trust me. A lot of University applications work on your expected amount of UCAS points. Which can go by your GCSE grade. But they also may not. Amd there's other things like your personal statement and whatnot. Also, you got at least another year or so till you gotta start worrying about that and then you've got to starting thinking about your UCAS portfolio.
Im telling you this, because at 16 I was always worried about my future. Looking back, I wish I'd just enjoyed it more. Work as hard as you can, but let go as well, not worry if you've worked hard enough.


Its 12.45 and I have work in the morning. So good night. But remember. CHILL!

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I think some of us are fretting because pretty much all of us want to go to oxbridge and whatever so those high high grades are really important and some schools require xyz grades for you to sit certain AS Levels and so missing out on a grade boundary could completely ruin your future. Like for medicine, you have to maintain such a high standard from GCSE to Degree level and its hard, as I'm sure you know. But anyway, night.

While I agree with you, you have to understand that A-Levels are on a whole new level. They are ridiculously hard and Degree level is totally different to A level (I find it a heck of a lot easier). Even if you don't get the grades, you shouldn't think that your future is ruined at 16. No way. There are ways around everything and resits are ways an option as well (daunting, yes, but in the long run, who cares? ). You can't think your future is ruined by a B.

And So what if you don't get into oxbridge? There are other universities out there you know, sure they may not be the Russel Groups Number 1 or whatever, but some of them are just as good! Even if this is a worst case scenario. Pretty soon you'll find that league tables and Russell Groups things dont matter once youve found the university that suits you.
I go to a Tiny little uni in Liverpool. And I absolutely love it!

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GCSE Results:

What are you hoping for?
2A's 5B's 2C's

What are you expecting?
1A 4B's 2C'S 1D 1U

Will you be satisfied with your expectation?
Well satisfied isn't the word I'd use but I would be content due to the fact that for the amount of work I did I don't deserve the grades i'm hoping for.

How will you open them?
Well, i'll go to school as soon as it opens run in grab my results and run out avoiding as many people as possible and go to a roof somewhere and open the envelope.

How will you celebrate / react?
smoke a spliff by myself and just think about life for a while.
Will you meet your Sixth Form/College offer?
Most likely.

GCSE Results:

What are you hoping for?

What are you expecting?

Will you be satisfied with your expectation?

How will you open them?

How will you celebrate / react?

Will you meet your Sixth Form/College offer?

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ME:

What are you hoping for?

- 5 A*'s, 2 A's, 2 B's and 2 C's

What are you expecting?

- 3 A*'s, 2 A's, 2 B's, 4 C's

Will you be satisfied with your expectation?

- No. Purely because of the subjects that will have achieved the C's and B's.

How will you open them?

- Me and my best friend are going to open each others first then pass them over once they've been read.

How will you celebrate / react?

- Probably be really upset but just happy that I got my grades to get into my sixth form. Which I know I will... without a doubt.

Will you meet your Sixth Form/College offer?

- YES. Already have 3 of the 5 grades necessary.

I'm hoping for;
English lit: A*
H&Sc: A*
Product Design: A*
Maths: A
RS: A
Additional Science: A

Expecting;
English lit: A
H&Sc: A*
Product Design: A
Maths: C/B
Additional Science: A
RS: A

I would love to get the hoping for grades but I would be over the moon with my expected grades, considering at the beginning of year 10 I was a D grade student.

I'm going to open them as you normally open a letter and in school in the corner of the library so I can talk to my teachers about sixth form options.

I'll cry with happiness if I get the top set of grades and I'll probably go round hugging everyone! In the evening I'm going out for a meal with some friends to celebrate our results.

Yes, I've already met my sixth form offer as I got all 5 of the required grades last year for entry. However I need to get an A in additional science and English lit to take the subjects I want to do at Alevel.