why are gcses basically over (rant i guess)
(Had to make a throw away account for this one)
Basically I’m just kind of scared for results day because I have such high expectations and I know people have really high expectations for me and I’m really worried I’m going to disappoint a lot of people. Like I’m talking about if I don’t get a 9 in specific subjects I will actually sob.
Even though I’ve revised a lot since the end of year 10, at the end of exams I just constantly think I could’ve done better. In my mocks I’ve consistently gotten 7s and 8s and to be honest i’ve been disappointed at times because I always feel like I could have done better. I know 7s and 8s are good grades and I’m not complaining about them in any way (i am because my school’s grade boundaries were actually unreal) but it’s just I always feel like I’m underperforming.
In all honesty, my main concern is I won’t get into my dream sixth form. Although I already have an offer, I am genuinely shitting my pants thinking I wont meet my grades and the school wont accept me and if I don’t I might actually evaporate. The problem is I think my standards have greatly dropped from what I was hoping at first. Before it was all 9s but now I’m praying for a 7 in some subjects (even though i really want 8s and 9s…)
I don’t even know why I’m making this post probably just to see how other people are feeling and what they’re thinking and if this is relatable in any way to overachievers. GCSEs are almost over which feels honestly so unreal because it felt like yesterday I was in year 7 and now we’ve got less than a week left (i still have a week because i do spanish)
Any way yeah so basically TL;DR: random 16 year old worried about not getting good grades on her GCSEs
Best of luck to everyone with the final stretch of exams, we got this