The official BTEC results discussion thread

You mustn't forget everything's changed now. Btecs aren't like they were before, they now have exams. And if you look at the results you can see the exams are harder and they're not getting top marks for them, the coursework may help but it's a lot of work doing courserwork at the same time, with A levels you have all year to revise.
And I think it's just an old fashioned thing, just because they're so used to A levels they keep
Believing they're the best and nothing will change their minds, but I think it's time to wake up.

And if UCAS says it equivalent we should say so too.

Also I think A levels have better chance to get better grades because of the way it's marked, you have more ABCDEFG btecs only D*DMP

Hope that helps.

It did indeed, thank you sir. Unfortunately, I'm still on the NQF qualification and don't have any exams within my BTEC. No doubt its a challenge of workload week in week out (a lot like uni). Which is actually quite amusing to me, a course that's been at times less regarded by university but quite literally is a 100x better preparation for it, which as you stated is starting to come to light. The only thing with BTEC that slightly p1ssess me off is when I see teachers bending rules to get less ability students on a distinction, makes the ones who actually work seem less worthwhile. As in I would feel more accomplished with A-levels under me than a BTEC purely due to the way I've seen teachers approach it, f'ing annoying.

even if teachers bend the rules and help out with coursework, the exam is there to stop that, and it's hard

Guys hear me out...

I’m really worried about the outcome of my grades for my level 3 extended certificates in business, sport and IT. 2 units in each subject are coursework based (internally marked) and 2 are exam based (externally marked). I am fine with the coursework and can achieve distinction and have achieved distinction for some of the subjects. However, when it comes to the exams for the subjects I’m getting grades such as P or Near pass. I’m really trying to get DDD-DDM by the end of the year, what’s the lowest grade I could get for each unit for each subject to get a D or M in it? Someone please help... and do the exams outweigh the coursework? I just want DDD-DDM and I work hard.