So after getting olevels results,my eae got revoked cause of my d7 math right even after getting raw 17. so i applied poly under the DAE scheme. just checked my application status yesterday. didnt manage to get in poly still. im actually tired. im too tired to feel this. my dad said he is proud either way cause i did good for my olevels and dont feel disheartened . why he gotta lie to himself like that lol.. i really thought olevels would be different. if i knew i was going to ite at the end of the day, could’ve just went after my nlevels no?… scored 19 for nlevels , thought if i chose sec5 my parents would finally be proud of me. apparently im still a disappointment
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Don’t feel disheartened @user396576
Life doesn’t stop at o levels. Even my o level grades weren’t as good as I expected them to be. You’ll never know, when one door closes, many others open.
I’ ve seen people take the long route in life. From Ite → Poly → Uni . Guess what they still manage to be successful in life. In fact, one of my LinkedIn connection, was from ite. But he graduated recently from Ntu with a wonderful GPA! You never know, you might be one of such people too. 
Personally, getting onto LinkedIn is what’s making me feel hopeful about life, along with this forum.
Don’t feel disheartened… If there is a will, there is a way.
If you don’t feel like you know what to do, just try manifesting your success. Actually, that’s what that helped me draw the energy to reset, and get back to work. Doing that will help to brighten up your mood.
I fell into a spiral of depression ruminating about what all I could have done to improve my grades. But they just made me more and more anxious about life. If I were to say something to my past self, I would have wanted to start manifesting at an earlier stage.
I hope this will be useful in some way. Don’t lose hope 
Hi there @user396576 ,
I feel your fatigue and it’s normal to feel disappointment when expectations > outcome. Though, I see that your dad is still cheering you on 
I’m curious about your perception that your father is lying to himself - what made you feel that way?
Just as @lovelychange beautifully put, life indeed doesn’t stop at O Levels. The academic exams just measure a very small subset of skills and knowledge that a person have. There is so much more to life, so much more you have to offer yourself and the world! And this is coming from a 30-something year old person who have seen how so many people have carved out different paths for themselves regardless of their PSLE/O/N/A Levels/Dip results. It could mean a longer path down the typical academic route, but I encourage you to explore the many others open to you
Happy to hear back from you anytime and we are rooting for you!