Good luck. :]

GOOD LUCK!
I have mine November 11th...
Coincidentally, I also have this major History project to present on that day as well.

Thanks! Good luck to you WrldDmntr!
I had my exam just before lunch...oh jeez...It was really nerve-wracking! I was sick with a cold when I took my exam....so singing in aural was a pain in the butt....I was relieved I was given a relatively simple piece to sight-read...but oh man! Sight-reading pieces become longer and longer as the grades go higher...

If I may double post, I just got my results back this afternoon. The results were contrary to how I thought my bassoon exam was. I passed 5 marks off from a distinction! I was close to it. Amazing really. My teacher was right, "The player generally thinks the exam went worse than it was." She said the examiner said I had potential.

Everything was contrary to what I thought. Scary.

Hm... I never knew they graded you with distinctions and credits etc. My piano exams grades are always handed back to me by the examiner with As/Bs etc. The examiners don't talk to anyone (they don't talk to the teachers too), they just write their opinion onto the report card. It is great that you have the examiner gives positive comments on you!
I always get neutral opinions like:
'She is very enthusiastic' (as if!) and 'She must've tried very hard'. Zzzz...

The examiners don't talk to anyone (they don't talk to the teachers too), they just write their opinion onto the report card. It is great that you have the examiner gives positive comments on you!
I always get neutral opinions like:
'She is very enthusiastic' (as if!) and 'She must've tried very hard'. Zzzz...

I don't really get the grades system, because we have a different one. In our country it's like that for instrumentalists:

U1 (the lowest) - U2 - M1 - M2 - O1 - O2 (the highest!!)

Each of those is an exam, but only the practical part, no theory
next week I'm going to take the M1-exam for the piano, however those exams make me always so nervous that my mind goes blanc and I mess up big time -___- I pass, but I'm always dissatisfied after it...
I can't wait for my exam yay *irony*

The grading system follows the same theory as any system: the ascension of levels. It's just named after different names, numbers etc I guess. *shrugs* ^^ Mine goes from Grade 1-8. After grade 8, you've got diplomas, which is your equivalent to degrees you can get from Uni/polytechnic.

I'm sure you'll be fine! Trust me, the more you play in front of people, the more bolder and braver you'll get! This is talking from personal experience and the person performing for the first time totally stuffed up and had to do it again another day!! O.O

Yeah, it is similar. But it's probably difficult to compare the levels between the different countries. Well, that goes also for school grades and almost everything in that matter^^ I've heard that one can study to become a pianist for example, if they have passed the M1 or M2 in my country.
If you get a diploma after grade 8, does that mean that you can study it or does it mean that you're already as good as someone who studied it?

I guess I have played way too seldom in front of people. laugh I have always been busy finding a way to escape those occasions. Also, this was my last year at school, so there was hardly time. Okay, I often accompany our choir on the piano, but that's somewhat different from an exam...
Aaand I messed up. In the end I didn't pass -.- However, it's okay, since I passed my music exam for my school leaving exam. (that's more important to me^^)