Students packed into the IT suite at William Morris Sixth Form to find the UCAS clearing website crashed with four times the number of youngsters across the country flocking to the site.
The website, used by students to apply for university places, crashed on Thursday morning to leave thousands of youngsters fretting for their futures.
And dozens of students at the Hammersmith sixth-form, in St Dunstan's Road, were left to sweat on bagging a place at university.
Principal Kevin Gilmartin said: “This is the most competitive year for university places that I have ever seen. We have some students who didn't get into the first choices and are trying to sort out their futures.
“But the website crashed under the strain of how many youngsters are trying to go through clearing so it is a stressful time.”
The sixth-form, which has 400 A-level students, saw 98 per cent earn A to E grades with 65 per cent awarded A to C grades.
It meant there were plenty of students who did not need to go through the frantic clearing process and could look ahead to the future with optimism.
Tadaaki Hashimoto, 18, was one of their top performers with an incredible four A* grades and two As bagging him a spot at Queen Mary's to study biomedical science.
He said: “I was really nervous because I thought I messed up a few exams. So to do so well is fantastic. I can't wait to go to uni but I will miss William Morris.
“I was at Brentside High School but came here because my brother did and it was the best decision I ever made. It is an excellent sixth-form.”
Farzeelah Mir also excelled with four A*s in biology, chemistry, mathematics and English literature.
The 18-year-old is going on to study medicine at UCL and said: “I was shaking when I came in today so it is a massive relief. I am going to ring my parents and tell them the good news and then go and celebrate.”
Mr Gilmartin said: “We are absolutely delighted with our results. It is getting tougher and tougher each year to keep standards high and we feel we are doing that.
“Our priority now is to work with our students who missed out on their first choices and help them with their important decisions.”