Hi,
I’m thinking of doing an Access to Computing course at College starting next month. I went for an interview and have been given an enrolment form to complete enrolment. The tutor/interviewer said that to get into university that I would need to have GCSE maths aswell as passing the Access course. I thought that the maths included with the Access course would have been sufficient? I asked briefly about this he mentioned something about in the access course you study parts at level 2 & 3, he then went on to repeat that universities will require a GCSE in maths, I would just like confirmation that this is correct? I assume it will be as he’s the interviewer.
Im 30 years old and re-took gcse’s in college in 1999 including maths, the only thing is Im not sure what grades I received (Im guessing at best I could have got a C but probably a D or E) and have searched high and low but I cannot find my certificates from that year. I have contacted the college who have told me that they don’t hold the grades, and that if they searched their archives it wouldn’t tell them the results I got, plus it could take upto 3 months for them to search their archives. They gave me Ed Excels contact details, Ed Excel told me that they cant give out any details over the phone and that I would have to re-apply for the certificate on their website, they said that it could take upto 3 months for me to receive the duplicate certificates.
The problem is, if I’m going to retake the maths course I will have to start it & enrol in the next few weeks, for September to run alongside my Access course & job if I wanted to go to University for next year, if GCSE maths is required. Last year at work we did a maths assessment and I think I got between a level 1 & 2 in the BKSB(I think) assessment, I must also admit that I do feel rusty with my maths.
Do you think I will have to re-do the maths, I think learn direct seems pretty straight forward to do but I’ve heard that this is not accepted at some or most universties, is this true? I want to either go on to study a computer related degree, which I’m not sure of which yet and hope to make up my mind in the Access course, I may also want to go into teaching IT or being an IT trainer after wards.