Countdown to exam results. Anyone else feeling anxious?

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Waiting for DS1's Gcses results on 22nd of August. He did really well last year but, all the talk of moving grade boundaries has got me worried. Fingers are very tightly crossed for maths as this is the subject he struggles with most.

Also waiting now for DS's GCSE results now we have got the A levels out of the way.

twisty, did your DS tell the admissions office why he was having to turn down their place? I am sure that Imperial needs to know this sort of thing if they are in any way to be inclusive and attract the best brains. Furthermore, they might have a hardship fund your DS could access.

Russians then at least you know that whatever she gets, it shouldn't affect her chances of becoming a jobbing gardener too much...

Dd has Ginty's hair, but I hope not her morals, and definitely not her horsewomanship...

Ah, Dd1 also has Ginty's hair. I see Esther in her because she's quiet and shy and fragile with a great voice. She can't be Nick because she isn't sporty. I think her best friend is Miranda though. And hopefully I drilled in the 'avoid traps for heffalumps' info sufficiently.

Since they both have curly hair perhaps they are both Ann. Who passed her exams, IIRC, admittedly unspectacularly.

Wow - some brilliant A and AS results posted. Congratulations to all those who got what they wanted/needed. Hope things work out too for those that didn't.

Yes Mumslife read that article too. Seemed to say science papers were more difficult rather than boundary movement. DD definitely found the Physics difficult which usually is her best subject.

Just want it to be over now, mood swings galore going from 'Ive smashed them all' one day to 'I think I've god Ds the next'. Running out of ideas to distract her now.

As always, good luck to everyone else still waiting.

... She got her eight.

Does anyone have a link to the Daily Mail article please? I looked for in on their website, but can't find it. Thanks.

Waiting for results on Thursday here, but only Maths and Eng Lit as DS1 did them as Y10 early entries.

He is stressing me with a daily count down though! Am not looking forward to the next few years of 3 DC to go through GCSEs and A levels. (or whatever DS2 aged 10 actually sits at the end of Y11)

Tension riding in our house now,Thursday is getting close quickly now, but in a strange way still seems so long to wait.

Waiting for results on Thursday here too - annoying cos ds1 did mostly IGCSEs so the school already has the results of those but for logistical reasons all the results are handed out together

I'm a lot more anxious than ds - he's v bright but lazy and spent the first two terms of Y11 messing about, only finally knuckling down after Easter which I fear may well have been too little, too late...

Of course if he doesn't get the string of A*s and As he feels are his right it won't be his fault - oh no, the teachers, exam boards and above all me and DH will all be to blame ....

Stressful DD here as well. Not sure how she did thanks Gove, but just want to know now.

3 sets? Scary!

Waiting here, too. I have been avoiding this thread as it makes my stomach lurch every time I look at it. Dd should do fine but I am worried she may not do as well as she could have because of the boundary changes etc. She worked very hard though and we have made sure she knows that we are proud of her for that.

Well done to everyone's dc's who got what they wanted in their A/S and A Levels and I hope things get sorted for those who didn't. Reading your posts makes me thing that GCSE results are really just a warm-up for what is to come in the next couple of years for us!

Russians & Nit - I am the proud mother of Peter, Esther & Lawrie-with-a-definite-touch-of-the-Gintys....

Can I join the panic wait?

Ds's GCSE results on Thursday. I thought he was being incredibly laid back forgetting it was this week, saying he probably couldn't be bothered to collect the results etc. He admitted today it's actually because he's so nervous he actually doesn't ever want to find out the results. that makes two of us then

I'm waiting as well - have found 6 bottles of if anybody needs a spare.

DD1 is going shopping tomorrow in London to buy some clothes for 6th form and is already working out how to get round the dress code! We already know she has a B in Maths so that's one down.

She has also told me that I have to drop her off and I can go into the local coffee shop with the other mums to wait for her and her friends to walk down to meet us. I was a bit at this in case of problems but she assures me there won't be any and if there are she can deal with them. Oh well will see what she thinks on Thursday. Our school doesn't open till 10 when others in the area open at 9 so will be a nail-biting morning

Russians, Nit and ravenAK I have a Rowan, a Giles and a Lawrie but DD2 is slightly more entitled.

Personally cannot sleep and feel sick and this is just for the children I teach. One of my groups I had taught since Year 7 and they were awesome (strangely this is not how many of their parents described them but hey I didn't have to live with them!?!). I will be gutted if English is hit the same as last year.

Roll on Wednesday when I will be in work at the crack of dawn!

good luck all, ds is only 12 so few years to go for next one

Trepidation building in this household again. Due to aforementioned deaths in the family, DD2's exam period was somewhat overshadowed...

I spoke to someone at the weekend who insinuated that DD1s issues during the exams were 'nothing really'. I was not impressed.

Actually DD1 is more than a little like Nick if you take away the sportiness. Apart from the voice, the trying to put back her own dislocated finger thing reeks of the lucky clover locket affair. But DD1 would never stand up to Lois Sanger (she's encountered several of them in the past) hence my feeling that overall, she's Esther. I always wanted to be Crommie, myself.

Did the person insinuating that also have a child awaiting results, Russians? Annoying, anyway..

I think both mine have a touch of the Lawries on occasion (tightness with money and not really believing anyone else has feelings), but counterbalanced with some Nickishness too, I like to think.

Have any of you planned to anything particular with DC after results? DD requested Nandos for lunch, which we'll do, but what are all your policies on rewards/presents/celebrations?

Nit - no. Well, maybe modules. Someone we know from primary school. Their child is Y10 like DD1. Maybe some people wouldn't find a broken writing hand and a bashed in face a problem. Perhaps we are just wimps!

Nothing planned for Thursday at all. But it's been a summer of events - right now DD1 and I are on a train to London, we're seeing private lives this evening. We took a policy decision at the start of the year, because we knew for definite there were two big ticket whole family events in the offing - that this year nobody would get birthday or Xmas pressies but we'd go for the two known things (and we luckily got tickets for both. So exciting) and do a few other shows as well. The idea was it would give everyone lots to look forward to and we have no more space for tat. It's worked really well. I'm not looking beyond the still to come treats to be honest - DD1 has been v lucky in that respect and basically we've spent the treat budget!

Silly woman... Hope you enjoy the play!