About 147,000 students across Scotland are receiving their results for National, Higher and Advanced Higher exams on Tuesday.
Certificates will arrive by first-class post while those with a MySQA account will receive their results by text and email.
However, the release comes amid warnings that Storm Floris may delay Royal Mail deliveries, affecting students who opted for postal results.
The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA)said the Outer Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland are likely to be effected with localised disruptions could also occur at short notice.
Learners affected by the postal delays can access their results via their school or college, or submit an enquiry on the SQA website. The text and email service is expected to run as normal.
Staff at a dedicated helpline are also gearing up for calls from Scotland’s students after they receive their results.
Skills Development Scotland (SDS) has set up a special results helpline, with careers advisers on hand to provide support and assistance.
The results helpline can be contacted on 0808 100 8000 and will be open from 8am until 8pm on both Tuesday and Wednesday, and then from 9am to 5pm on Thursday and Friday.
Teenager Courtney McLaughlin called the SDS Results Helpline last August to get advice about her SQA results.
Kilmarnock Academy pupil Courtney called the helpline after receiving SQA results from her fourth year exams.
Courtney, now 17, didn’t get the National 5 grades she had hoped for in English and History and thought it was a major setback in her career plans.
“The adviser calmed me down and made me feel much better through our conversation. I was able to see that it was not the end of the world and that I still had options. They advised me to speak to my teacher, who reassured me that I could re-take those subjects in fifth year, if I wanted.”
After calling the helpline, Courtney continued to get support from her school careers advisers.
There’s an SDS careers adviser linked to every secondary school in Scotland, with almost a quarter of a million school pupils from P7 to S6 receiving careers information, advice and guidance each year.
Ready to tackle fifth year, Courtney got help from her school adviser, Melissa Masterton, to look into careers she was interested in and the subjects, further learning options and qualifications needed to pursue them.
As well as her love of football, Courtney is interested in a career linked to caring for people, drawing from her own experience of being in care when she was younger.
The SDS Results Helpline has been going for 33 years and has helped tens of thousands of young Scots.
Dave McCallum, head of career information, advice and guidance operations at SDS said: ”Our message for young people and their parents and carers as their results arrive is not to panic. Everything might seem overwhelming right now but remember that this is just one step on their journey.
“Our experienced advisers are here to provide expert support and guidance, offering information on a wide range of options and opportunities.