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  1. EverHopeful
    I’ve just found out that I got a High Merit! I genuinely can’t believe it. Crying my eyes out. I’m so so happy.
  2. EverHopeful
    It was in person. Allegro 2 is the bane of my life in every grade! I’m not much into jumping at the moment! but I must say I prefer grand allegro to petit allegro since I can at least travel to compensate for my lack of elevation!
  3. EverHopeful
    I sat RAD Intermediate Foundation a few weeks ago. I’m so happy I did it, but it was much more difficult than the grades. Probably because I like to put too much pressure on myself haha. I secretly hope I’ve achieved a Merit, but my official line is that even a Pass will be an achievement for me 🤞🏻
  4. EverHopeful
    There seems to be very little news in general on exam results for the Spring 2024 session compared to last year for example. I’ve just sat my first vocational exam and I seem to switch between being terrified I’ve failed to being confident I’ve managed to scrape a merit about 5 times a day haha 🤣
  5. EverHopeful
    Is anyone doing an exam this term? Or have plans to do one in the near future? I’m going for Intermediate-Foundation next month.
  6. EverHopeful
    Hello, I wonder if anyone has experience of these as an alternative (or additional) to the graded exams/class awards? Is the standard expected generally equivalent to the full exam at each level? Thank you
  7. EverHopeful
    @BalletEnthusiast there is absolutely no rush or urgency to be doing grade 5, or any other grade for that matter. All that’s important is that you’re enjoying your journey of dance - nothing else xx
  8. EverHopeful
    I don’t have trouble getting fully over on pointe, it’s just that my ankles (more noticeably my right one) are not stable enough so I fear just going too far over and injuring myself. I’ve also noticed a bad habit developing of doing literal push ups on the barre so that it almost looks like I’m doing a single leg releve, but in reality all the effort has come from my arms and shoulders propping myself up on the barre out of fear.
  9. EverHopeful
    I’m resitting grade 5, I was 3 marks away from a distinction last time and it’s my favourite grade, so I’m hoping to cobble together those 3 extra marks this time 🤞🏻 @Angela Essex Giselle is one of the three exams at level 2 of Discovering Repertoire. I personally find it very difficult, but will give it a go @NeverTooOld I also started ballet for the first time as an adult, and although I was so keen and hard working and excited to get my pointe shoes, there is a definite fear in the back of my mind regarding (one leg) pointe in the centre. I will happily pose onto pointe on one foot, but my brain will not allow me to releve onto pointe in retire 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️
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    Congratulations @Angela Essex, I’m so happy for you! Will you go on to do Intermediate now? What exams are we all planning for this term? I’m resitting a previous one that I wasn’t happy with my result for at the time, and potentially attempting the Giselle unit too. But I find that one particularly difficult and allegro in general is not my strong point, so we’ll see how it goes!
  11. EverHopeful
    I’ve had result enquiry reports from exams marked on iPad
  12. EverHopeful
    I had a recent experience where I scored a decent high merit for a level 2 exam, and on the same day scored a full 10 marks lower for a level 3 exam. Other candidates that day got distinction for the same level 3 exam, but also a similar high merit for an equivalent level 2 unit 🤷🏻‍♀️ I personally find the result enquiry service very helpful. Ive used it a few times, and I probably will continue to do so whether I’m pleased with my results or not. I find the extra breakdown and explanation of marks to be really valuable. If we’ve put this much time and effort in already, surely an in depth analysis of the result is worth getting rather than just sweeping it under the rug and moving on as it were?
  13. EverHopeful
    I have recently been pretty put out by my latest result. I did feel a little angry/sad/frustrated at first. But at the end of the day, I’m doing this because I love it. So I need to just pick myself back up and try even harder next time. (For context, I’m an adult student working through the exams who had relative success at first but now dropping down the marks and result bands)
  14. EverHopeful
    It sounds like you’re doing exactly the right things @Angela Essex and I wish you all the very best with your Intermediate-Foundation exam. I haven’t done any of the vocationals yet but maybe in winter 🤞🏻 As for advice about sweating… I also need that! Even in winter I would sweat a lot so summer is rather unpleasant!
  15. EverHopeful
    Is anyone doing any exams this session? I don’t think I’ll be doing any more until the winter session, unless I decide to record some video exams over summer (teacher approval dependent). I’m also still waiting on my result enquiry report from my last exam so I should probably wait to read the comments on that before tackling another one haha.
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