"My predicted grades were not good," recalls Stankovsky.
I fared better than my predicted BBC but I chose universities with entry requirements in that ball park, as students still do.
Parr, 23, from Bognor Regis, explains: "My predicted grades were rubbish as I failed all but one of my AS-levels, and I'd applied for nursing, but my options weren't great.
I studied the International Baccalaureate in Switzerland and when my results arrived, it turned out I had failed maths and not achieved my predicted grade in physics – the two most important subjects for engineering.
Grades are just what get you through the first stage of the filtering process in the US, so I have to get roughly my predicted grades, but if I drop a grade or two they won't mind.
Speaking of United, they did not make it into my predicted top four for the new season.
Honestly, if you're on social media now saying "my novel predicted something just like this"....fuck you.
It feels like just last week I was printing out fertility charts and plotting my basal body temperature and predicting my most fertile conception days.
Nobody including my surgeon can predict my hip's future functionality, but I sense that the pain this time will not go away.
Especially since my experience in the school hallway ended up predicting my sex life for the next ten years.
