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Exam results day: Scotland's students take to Twitter as mixed reactions make-up the mood post-SQA grades

Almost 150,000 Scottish pupils are celebrating, venting, and regretting as they open-up their grades

Aftab Ali
Tuesday 04 August 2015 12:48 BST
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Almost 150,000 Scottish students are learning the results of their exams – before scrambling for a place at university – in what is being described as record-breaking pass-rates for the nation.

As #ExamResults begins to trend on Twitter, we take a look at some of the best reactions, so far, as the north of the UK kicks-off exam results season:

Good news for some:

Not-so-good news for others:

These users are doing alright:

Motivation, in all forms, is key:

Some just want to shift the focus onto more pressing matters:

This user seems to have discovered his inner entrepreneur:

And some just, well…

And, finally…

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