Are Btecs equivalent to GCSE's?

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  1. nmr1991's Avatar
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    Re: Are Btecs equivalent to GCSE's?
    (Original post by risteard)
    Name of said institution?

    grades for GCSE Maths and English?

    Title of level 3 programme?

    Degree area to be studied?
    1- University of Portsmouth

    2- Maths: C, English: D

    3- BTEC National Extended Diploma in IT

    4- hopefully in year 2 of the degree: games programming.
  2. prayforbetterdays's Avatar
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    I think Btecs should be worth 1 gcse not 2,the Btec workload is double the gcse workload.

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