how do you recover mentally after you bombed your exam (i’m spiralling)

Just got my mark back from my advanced function exam, and what the actual frick dude: my grade dropped 2%. (i only see my final grade on TA for now)

It was at a 90 now it’s 88…….. i already got into my top program but this is just a hit to my ego and confidence. And also im gonna get my ass beat by my mom.

I was literally feeling so confident after the exam too, i thought i got 100 and this was the longest ive spent

prepping for an exam, cuz i was hoping this would bring my final mark UP…

Literally this entire course has been a battle through the trenches with myself. I started with a 96 and my lowest I dropped to an 86 mid semester. I managed to get it up to 90 before the exam, and apparently I absolutely bombed it.

I feel like I genuinely put in so much hard work for nothing. I’m someone who always downplays my achievements but this is actually something I can say I GRINDED for.

I’m not a cryer and I literally want to cry right now.

I know 88 is not a terrible mark by all means, but as someone with friends at 99% averages, parents with high expectations, and most importantly my expectations for myself… it just feels hopeless..

I don’t know how to tell my mom this and I don’t know how to feel better, knowing I genuinely worked hard this one time and it didn’t pay off.