Scottish students receive exam results, Twitter responds hilariously

Fortunately for the rest of us, this means endless entertainment on social media.
Scottish students receive exam results, Twitter responds hilariously
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LONDON -- Today is Scottish exam results day.

Unfortunately for Scottish teenagers, this means a lot of anxious nail biting as they wait for that fickle envelope.

Fortunately for the rest of us, this means endless entertainment on social media.


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Using the hashtag #ExamResults, the Twittersphere responded in a number of ways.

In collective nervous anticipation:

With words of encouragement:

Some people had cause to celebrate:

Ryanair shared some ideas in case things didn't go well:

And some people, bless them, are eternally optimistic:

The BBC reports that this round of exams saw the greatest number of Scottish pupils ever to secure a university place. Whether the news was good or bad, congratulations to Scottish students for making it through the whole nerve-racking ordeal, and remember, you come from the land of J.K. Rowling and kilts -- greatness is inherent to you even if it has not yet revealed itself.

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