Waiting for... Results =X

[Summer]

For a long period of our lives... we need to take exams. Be it for high school, GCSE's, A-Levels, BSc.... you will take exams and then you have to wait for results!!!!

Currently I'm still waiting for my BSc results and it's killing me -.-;;

Same for my A-levels and for my GCSEs. You know the date is looming nearer and all will be revealed. But is it good? Bad? Is it enough to get you through?! So many questions!!!!

Did you write about the correct topic? How are they marking it?! WHY?! OH WHY!

So yes, the point of this thread is centred around the theme of waiting for those dreaded results!

How do you feel as the time gets nearer?

What do you do to pass the time...

Do you... like... waiting?

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[vyxsin.]

I have learnt to use my time waiting for results to forget about it and go enjoy something, because there is nothing you can do about it now, and usually the break is well earned.

 

[Rydrum2112]

when I was teaching- I always made it a priority to post grades as soon as possible. Even if the test was broken down into different sections (maybe some scantron, essay, & take home portions)- I would post each subscore.

Typically if I had a class of 30ish I could post the scores on the following evening.

 

[Martel]

Urgh, I hated waiting so much for exam results. My summer holiday waiting for my GCSE results was easily the worst summer of my life; it's in my nature to worry about these things, so naturally I spent the entire summer worrying about them, and never really got a moment's peace. A-Level wasn't much better, although University is fantastic for results, you usually get them within 20 working days, which is enough time to relax before the inevitable worry starts to settle in.

However, the best thing about GCSE and A-Level results is that you get them all at once. At University you're not quite so fortunate; they tend to get released sporadically, over the period of about a week or so. When you degree classification is resting solely on one mark, it makes you a little edgy. I had to wait a week for all my third year results, and I went absolutely batshit CRAZY during that time.

 

[Linnaete]

I'm naturally a worrier. Even if it's perfectly clear that I've done more than enough to secure a comfortable pass in an exam and that I've definitely worked for it, there's always this dominant side to me that causes me to worry, trying to go back to the time of the exam to see where I may have screwed up and not daring to go anywhere near my old textbooks and notes afterwards in fear of accentuating my worry even more (in case I realise that I have screwed up somewhere).

It's worse when I'm the youngest child of three. My sister had already set the bar high with her GCSE and A-Level results and while my brother never surpassed her, he still managed some impressive grades. Internally, there had been this pressure building up, making me want to maintain this standard and avoid tripping up where my older siblings have not. So for two summers, I've been anxious and excited at the same time, eager to do just as well as my brother and sister yet wary of the fact that I may not be able to.

A-Level was rather tense as I recall. Both my firm and insurance university choices demanded AAA grades and I knew I couldn't afford to get anything below as then both my choices would probably reject me. So until I received my grades, the year ahead was just cloudy. Would I get to the university I wanted to go to? Or would I be thrown into Clearing? Would I even be at higher education in a year's time?

Passing the time and getting one's mind off it is certainly not difficult. I simply made the most of my summers before the dreaded August days came doing what I enjoyed.

 

[Tyler Breeze]

I hate waiting for tests results. Especially the results for the state tests here in America. These determine whether or not you pass on to the next grade. I always get nervous going into them, but when they end.... I'm chill. Until the worry starts up again the next day. I hate waiting for the final report card to come. When I do get it, I dread opening it. But luckily every year has been the same story. "Your child has passed on to the next grade" . I have no reason to worry, but I do worry. I hate waiting in fear for results, not knowing what my future holds.

 

[Lirael]

I hate waiting for tests results. Especially the results for the state tests here in America. These determine whether or not you pass on to the next grade. I always get nervous going into them, but when they end.... I'm chill. Until the worry starts up again the next day. I hate waiting for the final report card to come. When I do get it, I dread opening it. But luckily every year has been the same story. "Your child has passed on to the next grade" . I have no reason to worry, but I do worry. I hate waiting in fear for results, not knowing what my future holds.

I don't know much about the American system...so does this mean that you have to repeat a grade?

In some ways, that's not a bad idea! Better you are working at a level you feel comfortable with than be moved on to a level before you are ready! Some of the students here are 2-3 years below their age mentally, which means it is incredibly difficult for them to keep up with work. One size does not fit all in education. :/ People progress at a different rate; better they move on when they are ready and succeed in the end! =)

edit: as for waiting for exam results... I didn't used to mind too much. I was curious more than anxious! I have done as much as I can to secure a good grade. There's no point worrying if you know that you've tried your best! If you don't do well, there will (almost) always be something you can do to fix it! If you find that you can't do well (I am not sure I could in French), then you play to your strengths.

 

[Ewan]

I'm a lot less stressy than I used to be about results. I think this is because of a change in how I view myself in comparison to my peers.
I always did fairly well at school, mostly Bs with a few As and a couple of Cs, but then I changed schools and my new one was a lot smaller and so when you did well, you'd be near the top of the year. I think that made me overestimate my ability and I used to worry about getting top grades. I changed school again for A levels and there were loads of students who would score ridiculous scores and take extra A levels etc etc. There was one girl who got 300/300 for her AS levels. Same thing with Uni, some of the people on my course are going to walk into jobs for top firms.
I suddenly realised in my last year of school and my first year of Uni that I'm not exceptional or special like some teachers try to make out you should be. I'm relatively average and I don't mind that. I'm not some super academic. I don't worry too much about my results, as long as I get some decent results then I'm pretty happy. I do get more nervous (but not much) closer to the time but that's just because I want to find out if I've completely mucked it up or not.

Same thing with exams actually. If a question came up that I didn't know how to do, I would get so worried and panic in the exam hall. Happened another time recently and I just accepted it, had a go and had a cheeky pint afterwards and all was forgotten.

 

[DKnight]

I cant really say for myself. I sort of just took exams, and let myself forget about them until the results came back. now helping my girlfriend with the waiting game is a whole other story. She had to take an engineering licensing exam and then had to wait 2 months for the results. She definitely stressed out over it for a while unless i distracting her with various things. the only way she got over it was to convince herself she failed.
she passed though.