How to Survive Results Day
It won't be long before you collect your A Level results (or GCSE results), and I know just how stressful that day can be, so here I have put together a list of top tips to help keep you calm and collected on the big day! I hope you find them useful :)
PLAN AHEAD
You'll need to sit down with your parents, or teachers who you can trust and confide in, and discuss your options if your results weren't what you were expecting. If you feel disappointing grades are on the horizon, it would be worth setting up some options now, perhaps calling around colleges etc to see you if you could retake or (like me) get some more A Levels (or GCSEs) under your belt.
KEEP THE FOCUS ON YOU
Its so easy to look around and see the joy on other peoples faces while your results aren't so good. It can get you down a heck of a lot. BUT if your results are good, stay and chat with your friends and your teachers (if that's what you want), but if you've not done as well as you'd hoped take your results and leave quietly, try not and discuss it with anyone else (unless of course you need to work out a plan of action with some teachers, but if you've planned ahead you should already have a back up plan). Try and be in your own space, go somewhere quiet, on your own and rationalise, don't panic, but instead, try and instil some calm within yourself, tell yourself that everything is going to be ok.
If you want more support or if you're worried about not getting into university, read THIS blog post (I speak from experience on this one guys xD).
HAVE A MOBILE HANDY
Make sure your phone is fully topped up with money (if not on contract), and has been fully charged as you may need to make a lot of last minute calls, especially to Universities or Uni clearing lines. If your results are good, you may want to contact friends and family and tell them the good news :)
APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS
If you did better than you expected, or did a little worse than you'd hoped, give yourself a tap on the back, not many people can make it through 2 years of A Levels, and the pressure on GCSE students now is immense, so be proud of yourselves, you've worked hard to get where you are, so celebrate and do it with your heads held high :)
REMEMBER: Should you wish to crack open the bubbly, do so in the presence of responsible adults, especially if you're 16 and under age ;)
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