Around 256,000 students across the country received their A-level results this morning and plenty of them have taken to the internet to tell their stories of delight and despair.
Chezma was annoyed that her school gave her mother her results over the phone, meaning she was pointlessly deprived of a morning in bed because she'd got up at 8am to get them herself. Three As, a C and a D are a bit of a tragedy, it seems.
Chris Worfolk received a letter from Ucas confirming his place at Leeds University before he got his results, rendering "irrelevant" the discovery that he'd got A, B, B, C, D. ). "I rule", he concludes.
A student from Wales infiltrated a website dedicated to American hardcore punk revivalists AFI to post a rather excellent score (A in history, A in English literature, B in maths), causing some confusion among fellow message board users.
Rick is having a moment of reflection after failing to hit the high scores with three Cs and one B.
"I need to get things in check. Sort my life out! Can't let things distract me. I don't need a partner, I don't need to do all this charity work or working for the college. If it detracts from my studies, I'm gonna give it all up!"
All in all, an emotional time all round. How was it for you? Use the comments section below to tell us your exam results experiences - whether you received them today or 50 years ago. Did you get the right results? Did they change your life?
Over on EducationGuardian.co.uk, meanwhile, you can keep up with all the latest news and read the full listings of places available through Clearing if you didn't get the grades you needed.
