Oh yeah, it was definitely worth it.
If only to see the look on my mums face when I got into the car looking physically ill and then pretended to start to cry before breaking the good news that despite her insistence that I hadn't done enough work I had done rather well.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Aug 2009, 15:20, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Hahaha
That is so cruel yet so brilliant!
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Wed 19 Aug 2009, 15:22, Reply)

I needed "A,A,B".
Opened the results, found I had "C,E,E".
The sweetest moment was when I saw the headmaster wandering over.
"I see you didn't get the grades then. I hate to say it, but I said you should've worked harder."

His face when I told him that I'd got accepted anyway, because of my "obvious enthusiasm for the subject" was priceless :D
( Cawl, Wed 19 Aug 2009, 15:26, Reply)

Ahahaha!
That's beautiful.
I need AAB too, but Manchester are very strict about dropping grades. I hoping if I drop just one, they'll take me anyway because after my interview, the head of the faculty wrote to me on behalf of the head of microbiology, who interviewed me, saying how impressed they were with my enthusiasm and how much they hoped I'd pick them.
(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Wed 19 Aug 2009, 15:32, Reply)

You can go and meet Enzyme while you're there

(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Aug 2009, 15:33, Reply)

Don't be so cruel, Al.

( Cawl, Wed 19 Aug 2009, 15:35, Reply)

Pfffft
He's a lovely man and I won't hear a word against him.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Aug 2009, 15:36, Reply)

I've met him once,
And that was the time I was sick on myself.
( Cawl, Wed 19 Aug 2009, 15:37, Reply)

What a first impression.

(Applebite Uh! A cow!, Wed 19 Aug 2009, 15:40, Reply)

What a cunt
He may not have liked you, but to say something like that is really out of order.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 19 Aug 2009, 15:33, Reply)

Yeah.
He was a prick.
And my "not working hard enough" was down to rubbish being-mental reasons.
It's ok though. At least I don't look like a perfect replica of Gerry Adams.
( Cawl, Wed 19 Aug 2009, 15:35, Reply)

some teachers really are cunts
I had a similar gerry adams look alike criticising me because I missed a GCSE exam. He said "I see you've managed to turn up for this one then" with a sneer. Surprisingly didn't react to me telling him to fuck off
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 19 Aug 2009, 15:40, Reply)