How do you celebrate such a strange exam results day?
Ellie Peaks/Jayan Virk/Lucy KinseyBut for a lot of students on Thursday, whether they were happy or unhappy with their grades, it was the end of an era and deserving of celebration.Donating blood after finding out you're going to university may not be the first choice for a lot of people, but it was for Lucy.Image caption"I didn't drink because I'd just given blood!" she tells Newsbeat - whilst on the way to a well-deserved holiday.
There were"mixed emotions and anxiety" because not everyone was happy with the results they received."It was so nice seeing people let go and realise next year is sorted and we can just enjoy tonight.Got your results and wondering what to do next? Listen to thisYou can't often go wrong with a bottomless brunch but after Jayan and his friends picked up their results he says the mood"wasn't fantastic".
"I was the only one out of my friends who was moderately happy with what we'd gotten for results. So people were a bit upset and waiting to hear from unis," the 18-year-old says. After brunch they headed into Leeds city centre and the mood eventually got better - but Jayan admits things were still a bit odd."It's hard to celebrate properly because you can't have a dance or anything - you have to be sat in your seats, people watching if you're standing up or go and talk to someone else.It was still a good night in town - but overall? The vibe was a bit strange"because a lot of people did feel robbed of the grades they wanted".
Ellie and her friends are quite nervous thinking about university,"because we're not going to have the same experience that every year has had".Sam feels"very lucky" to have received the perfect set of results to get into his first-choice university to study chemical engineering.Image copyright
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