Don't do A levels.

I'm much better at coursework, For every GCSE I have gained an A* for any coursework elements whereas I'm getting Cs and Bs in exams.

I know what I want to do at University, which is LLB (HONS) Law with Criminology, and would be happy with going to portsmouth uni to do this as its the most coursework orientated course there is for Law with Crim. I have rung the admissions office and have been told doing this course won't give me hardly any disadvantage over A Levels as long as i get at least DDD or above, which i think is very possible.

Personally, I don't get stressed over the exams, but more stressed over the fact i have never had any motivation to revise and not matter how hard i try and revise it just doesn't work! This would extremely backfire at a levels and i believe it may make me fail them.

I have been offered by my college to do a possible course combination that has only been done by few students at the college and is only offered if they truly believe your coursework ability is outstanding. It is the option to be able to do two level 3 extended diplomas, instead of 1, which would be equivalent to 6 a levels overall. This is very rare that people get offered to do this and am worried it might be just bit too much coursework. However, i have also been offered to do an a level in history or law alongside my BTec.

Thank you for your opinion on the matter.

The whole point of a BTec is that it is coursework orientated in the speciality subject, preparing them for work straight after education and giving them skills they need to succeed. Although you may have heard BTec's may include exams, that is in no way true as the whole point of it is a different approach to getting a good and worthwhile qualification if an exam based course, such as A-Levels, isn't for your liking. Where did you hear this from might I ask?

And college, my college offers moving to a different class since we have like 10 maths teachers therefore if we feel our teacher's teaching styling isn't suitable you can be transferred to another teacher. Same with the sciences and other subjects that have high number of teachers.

The key is choosing the right college/university.

But at the end of the day, university is a far more independent. GCSE's may not seem important to you but they practically form you, they form a platform for whatever you want to pursue. You need to be prepped well, same goes for A-levels. I'm not asking the teachers to turn up at my house and spoon feed me, but I would hope that they know the SPECIFICATION and the STRUCTURE OF THE EXAM atleast. I mean it's actually laughable.

Why should we have bad teachers though? It's a job. You get payed, it is a job. What if we had a bad doctor? or a bad fireman/woman? Honestly, it's a job and you should perform.

I mean I'm not saying all teachers are bad, I have had BRILLIANT teachers before. My history teacher this year was sent from the angels, I'm sure of it.

But others have been terrible, I don't know why they bother turning up.

I disagree with that.
Some unis DO listen to you and your opinions.

You're right everyone has good and bad teachers but you just have to put up with the bad ones as there's nothing you can do about them

My A-level physics teacher didn't even get halfway through teaching 1 of our a-level physics units when I did alevels so I just had to teach it myself as quickly as I could and she couldn't even rearrange an equation with an exponential in it . you just have to suck it up and perhaps take it as 'training' for university work styles

Even though you have a poor teacher I hope everything goes well for you in the end also luckily a physics alevel doesn't teach you anything useful really for any degree (including physics) due to the lack of maths in it
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It's not really a case of listening to your opinion, you get taught by the lecturer/professor in the subjects that are their specialist fields and they are expert in. There aren't 2-5 other people who can replace them to teach their topic.

Sure, you can make appeals and complain if the quality is not up to scratch (and things will likely get done) but short of swapping from one optional module to another, there is really very little they can do if you don't get on with a lecturer in a module (for whatever reason).

We've all had the crappy modules where the lecturer is incoherent and we've had to spend hours scrambling through what they meant as a group. It's just part of what you do at Uni.

Well, my university have this thing called 'eValuate', where students need to give feedback on their modules and their lecturers or tutors. They consider their feedback and improved their teaching methods immensely. This had a great impact on my semester this year. The lecturers who were 'crappy' to the students were now perfectly better.

I don't know if other universities have the same thing as what my uni do.

Sure, but that doesn't change things for you then and there, like swapping class.

Likewise some people just suck at teaching and are there for the research.

Haha... my university DOES allow swapping classes. Sometimes they need a valid reason.
I'm so blessed

If the people suck at teaching, then I have to study it for myself. That rarely happens in my uni btw.

Why would you laugh at his decision?


I know some people who did social care btec and now at a slightly better uni than me.


Bad thing about taking the btec route is that people have found it hard to cope with the first year of uni. Engineering students who did btec struggled with the maths module.

I think you should do the BTEC. I wouldn't advise two level 3 BTECs, because that may as well be just as stressful. If your desired university says BTEC is fine, and you can do the course that you want, then I say go for it. Especially if you're not motivated to revise, because that won't even get you B or C grades at A Level.

Good luck in your choices x

I suspect it's not so much the case of university, but more of course. I'm going to guess you're not doing sciences/engineering where the person leading the module/class is often the only expert in the entire university on that subject? And is there to bring top level research to that subject, moreso than to teach undergrads.

AS of September 2016, all colleges or schools teaching HSC level 3, will have to by law follow the new procedure aka the new specification aka exams in anatomy and physiology as well as psychology.

I think the reason for changing BTEC level 3 is because they are not rigorous and challenging enough for university study as most BTEC students have apparently dropped out/are more likely to drop out of university than their A-level counterparts.

Edit: if you get used to coursework a lot, you will forget how to do well in exams/ time management.

I do BTEC health and social care so have been told the changes by my tutor.

Literally agree 100%... A levels are hell. Do the top Russell Group universities accept BTEC pupils though?

Yes, many do. However the Oxbridge universities do normally only accept a BTec with additional qualifications such as 1 A-Level. If you have any concerns check the universities entry requirements as some subjects are only possible to get on with a BTec if it's in a relivent subject and there may be some universities that want other qualifications for certain courses. Hope this helps.

Oxbridge will not take you without at least AAA and that's just for humanities. No way in Hell would you get in with A and a BTEC. Want to study science? A*A*A and most pupils offer more upon entry.