<p>stringkeymom, you’re being a little ridiculous and unnecessarily harsh to twinkie.
the abrsm exams are NOT like the SATs because the music exams require prerequisites. like, you can’t take grade x until you pass grade y theory. and stuff like that. it’s not like the sat where you can take it whenever, and the sat is also the base miinimum. the very fact that twinkie was able to take grade 8 is an accomplishment in itself.
at the same time, twinkie, passing all 8 grades does not mean that you have a diploma. the dipabrsm is another exam whose prerequisite is passing grade 8.</p>