It was all smiles for an A-level student after he achieved five star grades in his exams. Youngseo Yoon, who achieved the top results in maths, physics, chemistry, biology and further maths, is now off to Edinburgh University to study medicine.
The 18-year-old, from Newcastle, who had a private education at Dame Allan's School, achieved the result after several months of hard work.
"I am thrilled as I had hoped to get the offer I needed of three As, but certainly had not expected this." he said.
"I have texted my mum with the news but she was in a conference. She did text me back though to say well done."
Mr Yoon, whose father lives in South Korea, was one of 30 pupils who achieved all A* and A grades in what was a year of impressive results for the school.
A teenage boy who carried the Olympic Flame a few days before he took his A-level exams said he was thrilled to receive three A* grades and two As.
Jamie Green, 18, of North Yorkshire, said he was finding it hard to decide which he was happier about - being an Olympic torchbearer for Scarborough in June, or discovering he had achieved some of the highest A-level results in Yorkshire.
Jamie said: "I had the torch-carrying event on the Monday, then I had my French exam and English exam later that week...
"Both are absolutely brilliant but for different reasons. The torch was a once-in-a-lifetime experience but these results will set me up for the rest of my life."
14 year old boy to become one of country's youngest undergraduates
A 14 year old boy will become one of the country's youngest ever undergraduates this autumn when he enrols at university.
Wajih Ahmed will study for a degree in economics at the university of Southampton, assured of his place because he received A* A-level results in maths and further maths in addition to an A in chemistry last year, the Southern Daily Echo reports.
More than 25,000 university courses currently have vacancies for UK applicants.
Last year more than 50,000 people got a place at university through the clearing system.
Mary Curnock Cook, chief executive of university admissions service Ucas, said:
Despite the fall in applications this year, entry to higher education remains competitive and we expect to see an active clearing period.
It is important that all students research course requirements thoroughly and think carefully before making a decision that is likely to affect their future career.
Anyone considering applying again next year can research 2013 courses on our website now.
Total students accepted to university down by 6.95 %
A total of 357,915 students have already been accepted onto university courses this year, down 6.95 percent on 2011.
The figuresalso show that around 79,000 UK applicants are still awaiting decisions, and that more than 10,000 people have applied for places through clearing.
David Willets on coalition's 'massive push' on apprenticeships
There is still a long term trend for more and more people going to university despite this year's decline, thinks David Willets.
Speaking to Radio 4's Today programme, the universities minister said that "more and more" employers are pushing to employ people with higher education qualifications.
The coalition have scrapped the Labour government's target of getting 50% of young people to university, and have focused on apprenticeships.
"In the coalition, we are doing a massive push on apprenticeships, we have increased the amount of apprenticeships by 200,000," he said.
"We often assume you can only go to university aged 18, but there may be opportunities later on in life, sponsoring by an employer, studying part time or taking a year out."
