Just wondered whether anyone had had any results yet. The online system now shows a timetable for the release of results, which suggests that some should be available now. My batch of exams were a special visit just before week one but I have heard nothing yet...

(Just getting twitchy because I'm pretty sure to get my first ever fail)

W

I've put this in the Teacher section but it's open to anyone...

W

I'm twitching, too! The Sons' exams were on day 2 of the exam period, so based on the published timetable I was rather expecting something would have appeared by now... Son No.1 went a bit off the rails at the end of his study, and whilst the rest of the exam went OK, as far as I can tell, I'm a bit nervous that even though he will have passed (I hope!) the result may be disappointing.

The timetable seems to be unavailable at the moment - perhaps they are changing it to be less optimistic...

W

The timetable is accessible on mine????

I'll be impressed if my results from the 5th of March come out as per the timetable which says 12 - 15th March.

Supposedly - it seems to be mostly unavailable...

W

Still nothing here.

Whilst I applaud the idea of having a timetable for issuing results, it maybe would have been better to have made it a bit more conservative... Providing results 'early' wouldn't be a problem, but providing them 'late' just causes frustration.

[As an aside, OH can't understand why ABRSM takes so long to issue the results at all. As he pointed out, the examiner knows whether or not you've passed before you even leave the building, and knows the individual test marks as well. So why does it take weeks before candidates get to know even this basic information?]

My last LCM exam results took less than a week!

I can still remember a few years ago when my brother and I took exams within a week or so of each other - he did his with Rockschool, I did mine with ABRSM. His results arrived about a month before mine did!!

Still checking...

W

Results have landed! (Email notification was sent very late afternoon / early evening.)

Both Sons passed (relief!! ): Son No.1 got a respectable pass (116) for Gr 6 trumpet despite the disaster on his study, and Son No.2 got a merit (126) for Gr 3 clarinet, so we are rather pleased and proud!!

Excellent news!

We're now waiting. Grade 3 bassoon was taken today.

She says there were some wrong notes in the scales and the examiner gave her a knowing look when she put the E flat in on the way down that she had forgotten on the way up. She seemed pleased that the piece of sightreading had no dynamic marks. Is that normal at grade 3? Overall doesn't sound too bad.

I'm still waiting for 24th February results...

W

Congratulations! Still nothing here...

W

W

I have a Gd 7 violin 134 and a Gd 2 violin 102 and I am most thrilled about the 102! The Gd 7 is incredibly talented and hard working and deserved her great mark but the Gd 2 is a kid who loves his violin and has almost insurmountable learning difficulties. He has slogged away for a very long time and insisted he wanted to do the exam, we timed it so he could do the old pieces with the easier scales that came in for 2012. On the day he played OK but totally lost it in the scales, he just cannot store all the patterns in his head. Sight reading and aural went out of the window too although he can do them when he is calm. The fact that he loves his instrument and is determined to play it even though his school friends think it uncool is wonderful to me and counts more than any marks.

Lovely!! Sometimes the little things count more than being the best or winning.

Congatulations to everyone else on their results.

Great news! When did they do their exams?

W

Well done..... my pupils haven't even taken their exams yet

Well done to everyone who's had good results so far

Congratulation!!! Well done!!


What a lovely sight on this pupil. Congratulations! Well done!

For you willobee!!

It's nearly three weeks now. I see the timetable has vanished - yet again...

W

I feel for you! I am now watching this thread for your results almost as eagerly as I look out for my daughter's results! (Our own wait will start on Monday)

Had a Trinity Gd 5 pass this morning.

This was at a Special Visit on Feb 24th.

Are you tearing your hair out, W?

So were mine...

W


Yes - I seem to send every waking moment checking online. Surely they must be ready by now..?

W

Love that quote about the wee boy who loves his instrument!, reminds me of my own son, who is ten and a half, has never told any of his friends he's been learning piano for almost 2 years, in case they think he's not cool!, he's about to sit grade 2 next Wed 21st!, I've got to tell the school he has a dentist appointment!, he'd never forgive me if his secret got out!!!
Funny the way they think at that age, then when they get to like 15 at secondary school, suddenly the ones who can play along to the current chart hits become these amazing cool people that everyone wants to know!
Well done to all with results, hopefully sons exam will go well nxt week!!

Three weeks today! I'm being bombarded by texts/emails from anxious parents...

W

From my experience three weeks is far from abnormal for ABRSM. Waited 5 or 6 weeks for daughter's grade 8 clarinet. I was starting to think it must be really bad news and teacher didn't want to tell us while we were on holiday, despite having promised to text me.

Teachers hanging onto results is one thing, but assuming willobie is the Applicant then 3 weeks is a bit of a wait. The only time I've had to wait that long has been on the rare occasion of something going wrong at the session - e.g a pupil refusing to do the sight-reading test (!!) or an incorrect piece being offered. When this has happened although the problems weren't with my pupes, ALL the reuslts were held back until the Applicants concerned were notified of the mishaps.

Personally, I'd give the nice people in the Special Visit office a call, willobie.

Hope you hear soon.

Bx

The teacher WASN'T hanging on to the results, the board just took a long time, and that was a visit to a school. I have very rarely had results in less than 3 weeks from ABRSM.

I'm very surprised that W thinks it is abnormal to wait 3 weeks for results.

In the last few years all my results from special visits have been out well within 2 weeks - usually 10 days. So I probably would be starting to worry by now if I hadn't heard. However as Bagpuss says the special visit office is lovely, so give them a ring Willobie and see if there is any reason for the hold up

I wasn't having a go, andante, it was just how I read your post!

I don't think I have ever waited longer than a couple of weeks for results in over 25 years of using the AB exams - maybe I've just been lucky?

If pupes are entered via a school and the session is close to the holidays then it maybe that noone actually picks up the results for a while. Some of my schools give the peris the login details so we can access our own results if they are issued while the school is closed but that isn't aways the case.

Paws crossed for willobie.

Bx

I'm sure this is by no means an extreme wait(!!!) - but I am feeling very jittery about these results. I had hoped that Special Visit results would be reasonably speedy - or at least, not longer than usual...

I have emailed the Special Visits team (too much of a wimp to ring up) but no reply yet. I just keep hoping the results will suddenly turn up in the post...

W

For the relatively few AB exams I've taken myself or prepared students for only one result has been a day or two over two weeks.

UPDATE!!![size=6][color=#FF0000]

Have finally rung the Special Visits team and found that the results had been withheld due to an admin mix-up (their fault - not mine!). This has now been resolved and I have the results - NO FAILURES and 3 Distinctions!!!

Thank for your concern and encouragement!

W

Well done everybody. (except admin )

Well done!

[I had something similar happen a few years ago, but it was down to an individual examiner - the exam people I spoke to sounded a bit put out about him really.]

Great stuff! See, it was worth plucking up the courage to phone!

Bx

Thanks!

W

And there you were, predicting doom, gloom, failures and the end of time !!!!

Brilliant - well done !

and any other appropriate emoticons. Well done!

Well done team Willobie

Excellent! Congratulations to you and your pupils, Willobie

Excellent - congratulations and a big well done to Willobie and students !

Well done team Willobie.... that's great....


I once had to wait 7 weeks for an AB result..... it was at a school, on a Visit , at a music specialist school to be precise and it was the board taking it's time!!!!

Well done! I can imagine what a happy day it is for you now!!