BTEC level 3 health and social care

Hello TSR
I am planning on doing a BTEC level 3 extended certificate in health and social care when i finish my GCSEs. Basically I would just like to know information about the course, is it difficult? I am hard-working and know i would get the coursework done. Is DDD or DDM hard to achieve as that is what i need to get into uni? Are the student textbooks any good? do they help reach the top grades?

Please reply, any info on the course would be appreciated.


Thanks!

Thank-you so much, your reply has helped me immensely! I am really looking forward to starting now I have one more question, did you have to do alot of presentations?

I'm just finishing up on my BTEC Extended Level 3 Diploma in Health & Social Care, so I can give you some advice

You're going to be given 18 modules to study, and you're expected to write assignments based on the modules. For each criteria in the assignments, you're going to be basically given a question which you will have to answer. The textbooks are really helpful, but I wouldn't recommend you use them if you want to achieve merits or distinctions. You would be expected to do your own research from the internet/different books and use different sources if you want to aim for merits and distinctions. If you know how to manage your time well and are organised, then I wouldn't say it's going to be difficult for you. You'd have to be willing to put in the time and effort to complete all your coursework and meet deadlines, because you're only going to be given about 2 submissions for each assignment (depending on your college). If you're a hard worker, then I'm sure you will do just fine

DDM/DDD will only be hard to achieve if you do the bare minimum and basically just get all passes and little/no merits or distinctions. If you work hard from day 1 and get as many merits and distinctions as you can, then it will definitely be easily to achieve DDM/DDD or even D*D*D* which is even better. You will also go on placements (we had 3 different placements a year, but it depends on your college) - however some colleges don't offer placements and this may affect your application if you're thinking of applying to university. What I'd suggest is you organize your own work experience in health or social care settings - try to get as many as you can because it will make you stand out from other A Level students.

One advice I would give you is to not spend too much time socializing (which a lot of people on my course have done) because you're going to regret it in your second year.

Good luck!

Hello, I am in my first year doing this course Just wondering are you going to university?

Hello TSR
I am planning on doing a BTEC level 3 extended certificate in health and social care when i finish my GCSEs. Basically I would just like to know information about the course, is it difficult? I am hard-working and know i would get the coursework done. Is DDD or DDM hard to achieve as that is what i need to get into uni? Are the student textbooks any good? do they help reach the top grades?

Please reply, any info on the course would be appreciated.


Thanks!

hi i am studying health and social care level 3 extended diploma aswell, this is my first year and i was wondering i have only got 2 distinctions 1 merit and rest passes out of 9 units, would i still be able to get dmm if i fix up for next year????

I'm in my first year as well, and I was told that I can sort out my merits and distinctions next year !

I would advise you not to leave anything last minute or you will be under a lot of pressure. Speaking from experience. First year do well and second year will be so much easier, if you want to go to university it is best to get as much Distinctions and Merits as you can because they are worth a lot of points that can help you get a high grade! If you leave first year work for second year it will be harder to complete all 9 units and extra left over work at the same time. Unless your time management is excellent.