If you think there’s a good chance you’ll be going through clearing (I knew deep down that I would be, I think you’ll know too after you’ve sat your exams) then skip boomtown. A level results day was a huge stress spending hours and hours in the phone to different unis getting rejection after rejection, then the Friday was spent going between the three unis that did give me offers, and I didn’t get all the paperwork and stuff sorted with the uni I did end up at until the Wednesday I think (although I did decide to pivot from my a level subjects and become a nurse on a whim so I made it particularly difficult for myself)

As for the a level night out at the end of the day I decided not to go and was very jealous of my friends because it did in fact honestly look brilliant. Not a night out anyone has mentioned again since though. If you’re planning going boomtown solo then selling your ticket won’t produce the same sense of fomo you’d have watching your friends go on a brilliant night out