The Truth About A-Levels

Hey Guys,

These past few months have been super hectic and I'm finally back and in the process of writing three posts.

I really have no excuse for being gone so long, it was really a compilation of revision, loss of motivation and my brain has just been in a state of 'hfeoighoijjrjgrjgeijfe', a lot of mood swings and sad thoughts.

Life of a teenager.

But I'm finally in a good-ish place.

Trying to enjoy my summer with £1.60 in my bank account :)))

But my summer "glow-up" is underway, I have a lot of new clothes on the way and colourpop, I may even do a review of the products I received, if its something any of you readers want.

Anyways I thought it'd be fun to talk about some of the truths I've realised about A-levels, extremely subjective, just some things ive noticed and maybe any of you that just did A-levels can relate to!

Lets begin!

#1 exams aren’t the worst part, results day is (unless you’re certain you’ve passed)

This may be an unpopular opinion but to me, exams aren't the worst, for me its finding out what I got in the end, I doubt myself a lot, most of the time I do it for (what I think is) justifiable reasons? I could do 9 exams all over again if I could just avoid knowing whether what I got, got me into university or not.

#2 the stress is very unhealthy
Yeah, like extremely unhealthy, like I don't get acne but my friends were breaking out A L O T.
And the amount of irrational thoughts and stress I was having... yeah that cant be healthy in the slightest.
I was hearing stories of people passing out, some of my other friends were crying in their exams, sometimes I think, is all of this stress worth it?

#3 when they’re over, you’re purposeless

Sometimes I'll panic for a second, thinking there's homework I should be completing, then I'm like "oh wait, no"
Its like, being a college student made up a lot of my identity, now that's gone.
WHAT IS MY PURPOSE, I HAVE NOTHING TO DO.
I WAKE UP BORED.

#4 you reflect on how quick college was over

Those two years flew by so quick, I should've cherished it more.
Would I repeat it all?
Nah,
the stress of it is unreal.

#5 you realise the jump from gcse to a levels wasn’t that extreme

Like yeah, there's the memes about how big the jump is but is it that big? is it?
Like the work load did increase but I didn't think it was TOO intense?
Maybe its because I did minimal work...lmao

#6 if you dont have money saved for summer, you’re screwed

YEAH IM FEELING THE PAIN OF THAT NOW
*cries in £1.70 in my bank*

#7 most of the time, the exam itself isn’t the worst part, it’s how long it is

Yeah, we've established that I don't see the exams as the worst part, the duration and the results are really the killers for me.

#8 speaking of which, if the time moves slowly during your exam, you’ll probably think you failed

Mhm, whenever I had a particular exam where I kept focusing on the time, therefore time moved slower, I just kept thinking
"Yup Liyah, you've f--ked this one up"

#9 results day doesn’t differ much from doomsday
I mean, this is a pretty self-explanatory point

#10 exams, are fun sometimes? 

I find it kinda fun being alone with my thoughts, I chronically overthink, so whilst writing my exam, I take the 2+ hours of silence to compose any other thoughts I have, I kinda like it.
I hate being in silence when I'm by myself so I normally play music
But being in an exam hall, surrounded by others, the silence is utterly wonderful.

There we go.
Perhaps this was a short, maybe boring post but it was nice to write again.
Please leave a comment if you enjoyed this post guys, or wanted to say hello, or even ask any questions or leave suggestions. I'll make sure to reply promptly!