Ashburton College senior pupils Mollie Gibson (left) and Emma Stagg were pleased with their NCEA results. Photo Susan SandysWith a mixture of anticipation, hope and dread, Mid Canterbury secondary school students flocked online yesterday.

They had more to worry about than their social media updates, as it was the day National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) exam results were released.

Among those logging in to the NZQA website to find out how they went were 17-year-olds Mollie Gibson and Emma Stagg.

“It was quite nerve-wracking, the suspense built up a little bit,” Emma said.

The Ashburton College students completed Year 12 last year.

Mollie studied English, maths, accounting, economics, physics and physical education, while Emma studied English, maths, law, classics, geography and physical education.

Both are going into Year 13 at the college this year, and plan to attend university once they leave school, although have not made any decisions yet on what they want to study.

The pair are members of the college’s rowing team, and first tried to get their results when they got up early for a practice about 4.45am.

Drawing the anticipation out even further they found the results had not been loaded yet.

They had to try again later, so they did, going online again as soon as they got back from rowing at about 8.30am.

This time the information was there, and the news was good.

Both had met their own high expectations and received excellence endorsed overall.

By Susan Sandys © The Ashburton Guardian - 16 January 2019