I sat 13 GCSEs and achieved A* grade equivalents in all subjects I sat. Now I am sitting my AS levels which decide what my predicted grades will be for application to universities both in the UK and abroad. The max grade is an A, and I'll need to try get above this to be predicted an A* for my subjects.

For this reason, I am highly motivated to succeed, like I did for GCSEs although then with less revision. I have previously been predicted all As, however at one point I had slept poorly before my maths exam and got a B. Could that happen again? Who knows. I hope not, although I haven't ever had "stellar" sleep.