Thousands of students up and down the country have been opening their A-level results this morning to find out whether they will be heading to their university of choice. Twitter was there to capture the highs and lows of the most nerve-wracking day in the student calendar.
As the big day approached, there was more than a little trepidation in the air.
Many students started to wonder if they had really given Year 13 their all:
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And it wasn't just those expecting results who were pacing the floor:
However, with A-level results rising for the first time in six years, it was good news for the majority of students, who took to Twitter to share their jubilation after opening the fateful envelope:
Among those celebrating their results was Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani education advocate who was shot in the head by the Taliban aged 15.
The Yousafzai family started a new life in Birmingham, where Malala continued her advocacy for girls' access to education, becoming the youngest-ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.
Now aged 20, she will be heading to Oxford University in September to take up a place reading Politics, Philosophy and Economics, a favourite degree for aspiring politicians. She tweeted a screenshot of her confirmation of acceptance, saying she was "so excited" to attend the prestigious university:
In line with breakfast telly tradition, Good Morning Britain's cameras were poised in UK schools to capture the big moment live on air - where eagle-eyed viewers noticed one results recipient either toasting his success or drowning his sorrows with an early morning nip from a flask.
The Daily Telegraph's cartoonist, Matt Pritchett, used results day as inspiration for a cartoon which appears to refer to President Donald Trump's claim that "both sides" were to blame for violence at a far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia as well as Jeremy Corbyn's similar comments on anti-government protests in Venezuela.
There was also more than one groan-worthy gag:
And if the contents of that all-important envelope weren't what you were hoping for, older and wiser Twitter users were on hand with unorthodox words of reassurance:
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