Results day 2014

Well done to everyone on their results!
Its finally over and done with so celebrate that you've survived two of the toughest academic years of your life- you've finished!
I hope you got what you expected of your results or you were pleasantly suprised, its probably time to get drunk/ go to a party/go to a family meal/ see your friends/ get drunk.
Maybe you didn't get what you were hoping for and now its probably time to get drunk/ go to a party/go to a family meal/see your friends/get drunk.
Either way, you're future hasn't really changed that much, your distant future anyway. Maybe you'll go back and do some resits, maybe you'll go in to clearing, maybe you get your second or third choice of uni, maybe you go on your gap year, maybe you go in to clearing, maybe you get a job, maybe an apprenticeship, maybe you go to college. What ever it is this day will in no way harm your future. Trust me.
Every year there are more and more options to help you do what you want to do.

A year on from my results day and I am not the same person. I was quite disappointed with my results but I knew they weren't the be-all and end-all (I promise they're not) and look at me now. One results day and a bit of hard work later and I work at

Don't compare yourself to your friends or siblings or cousins or look at how other people in the country did-it won't change your results. Of course, if you decide to do some resits you can think about where you went wrong but don't do it today, don't even do it this weekend. If you're going to have to drastically change your plans for September, do it. Just not today.

Now is the time to celebrate before you take the next step! (That third bottle of wine probably isn't a good idea)

Results

Not everyone from my sixth form studied A Levels, some people decided to do the IB instead. 

For those of you that don't know, the IB is an international qualification in which students at sixth form level study 6 subjects (in contrast with the three or four traditionally studied at A Level) as well the Theory of Knowledge and write an Extended Essay. This diploma promises to prepare students better for their time at University. The exams for the IB are not modular, there is just one exam at the end of the two year course for each subject.

So, last Saturday was IB results day. 

Because the IB students hadn't sat any other official IB exams marked externally, they were unsure of their progress and their level in the subjects they study. Of course, by the time they find out their results, it is all too late to decide that they should have spent more time doing school work and less time partying!

Many of the IB students unfortunately were disappointed with their results, missing their University requirements by 1 or 2 points (the IB is graded on a points systems instead of lettered grades) meaning , much upset and a lot of money being spent at the pub.

It is expected and by all means, completely normal to be disappointed that you haven't been accepted into your first choice uni and the only comforting words I could conjure for my friends were "everything will work out in the end" which I stand by 100%. 

I know that for those people going to University now that it is the biggest thing in the world, and to not be accepted into the place which you had planned to spend the net three years of your life must be devastating, but the thing to remember is the university you go to is not the be all and end all. University is simply the bridge which will take you into the rest of your life. It is all about the end goal.

Everything happens for a reason and it will sort it's self out in the end. If you don't get into your frist choice uni, it wasn't meant to be. If you don't get into any unis resit the last year of college or sixthform, go to a college and study another A Level, find a different path into your desired career. 

There is always another way