University and GCSE's

Hey i was just wondering how universities see gcse btecs..

i did a btec which apparently accounted to 4 gcse's. i acheived the distinction star and this is meant to be classed as 4A*. However i dont know exactly how universities see this and whether they count it towards gaining A*s/As.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! :biggrin:

Reply 1

POWW!

12

Most don't care as long as you get to college... which you need 5 A*-C for most. Even then I don't think they care much about GCSE grades it's more about As grades and predicted grades

Reply 2

Iqbal007

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Original post by MoneyOverEverythin

Hey i was just wondering how universities see gcse btecs..

i did a btec which apparently accounted to 4 gcse's. i acheived the distinction star and this is meant to be classed as 4A*. However i dont know exactly how universities see this and whether they count it towards gaining A*s/As.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! :biggrin:

Btec's are equivalent to GCSE's but aren't really to be honest

Reply 3

Dirtyflanker1

Same sort of situation as OP here, got a BTec D* equivalent to two A*s.
I've been told that the only way to check is to contact the uni directly and see if they accept it :smile: