Is the course right for you? For example, I did a year of AS Levels and did terribly, swapped onto a BTEC and now I'm going to University! It's not that I didn't try with my AS Levels, I stress and panic with exams and I struggled to really understand how much time I should be putting into the course. With BTEC, I had no panic with exams and was set coursework, so I knew how much I needed to do!