I lowkey forgot results day is tmrw, how are all feeling for it?? Any predictions on how the grade boundaries are going to be? I really hope it is low and not too high!!! Anyways good luck for tmrw. It is kinda scary that the teachers can now see our results!!
From someone already past GCSE stage, I have a few words of advice I wish I heard when I was doing GCSE
a) Don't panic about exams, before exams, during exams, or after exams. Raising your stress levels does nothing but make you feel crap. I was a chronic stresser school-wise and it does nothing to raise your grades.
b) be consistent with studying and homework in school and you'll avoid periods of intense work and stress, and you'll feel better and more prepared when it comes to exam season
c) the most applicable for this time of year: don't think about exam results after you've sat the exam.
I know results day is coming up and you may be excited- that's great, or you may be anxious- that's completely normal too. No worse-case-scenario thinking in the run up to opening that envelope will change the letter (or number) written on that page. I wasted so much of my life worrying, planning and stressing rather than living in the moment, meeting up with friends and just enjoying summer. In fact, in my final year of GCSEs I completely shut myself off from my best friends and spent every moment of the entire summer stressing over the worst thing that could be inside that envelope. I made excuses when my friends went to hang out, I skipped birthday parties (which is a total dick looking back on it), and I avoided socialising at all costs. I remember a friend turning up to my house unannounced to go for a walk and I told my parents to tell them I wasn't home, I was that crazily anxious. I wish someone had just shook me and told me to wise up and move on, because when results day came I found out I did so well, but I didn't feel satisfied because I had spent so long treating myself like crap beforehand.
d) GCSEs are never that deep. You don't need straight As, you don't need to spend hours on end cramming and revising like your life depends on it. Everything in moderation. Solely restricting yourself to school work and not meeting up with friends every now and then does more harm than good to your grades. Do homework, go to that sport, watch movies, go for walks, meet up for coffees, do whatever you like between little bits of revision in the run up to exam season. You're still a kid, school can be such hard work, reward yourself and live your teen years.
All the best everyone, I hope you all get the results you need for the next stage of life, and if you don't- so what. Take a step back, try again and what's meant to be will be. But until results day, forget about exams. Enjoy what's left of summer and make the most of your friends and freedom. I'm so proud of y'all. Come back and let me know of your successes next week. And if you're disappointed, get it off your chest in the replies and we'll cheer you up and give you the next steps <3
You're never alone in this
I'll see some of y'all in r/CCEAlevel
now that results day is almost a week away, what are people hoping for and predicting?
Hey guys, not 100% sure if its ok to be posting this on here (feel free to delete this if not) but lmk if anyone’s looking to buy a really sound Casio fx-991EX Classwiz Scientific Calculator for their maths courses this year 🙌🏼
lk need to start saving some money when i’m (hopefull) off at uni in september, good luck w all u guys‘ results this thursday !!