BTEC Level 3 grade - AS grade equivalent

Hi

I receive my AS results tomorrow and one of my subjects is the Level 3 National extended certificate in ICT and I was told that we get the equivalent of an AS this year. I assume that the grading equivalent for a full a level and BTEC is the same for a BTEC and AS? E.g D* = A* D = A M = C P = E but as you can’t get an A* at AS level, can you not get a Distinction* on the first half of a BTEC? Thanks

You can still get a D* in the BTEC Certificate (AS equiv), even though there is no A* in AS Levels.

This is because AS is easier than A2, But, BTECs are taught all at the same level making all grades accessible.

Great thanks. So If i got a Merit in my BTEC certificate tomorrow I could say I got a B? (This is really just for telling older people in my family who don’t understand a level equivalents so it’s easier just to tell them it’s an a level subject lol)

If you had to but really it is a merit.

Thanks. I’ve never received BTEC results before but do they grade your individual units? I done unit 2 and unit 3 this year so will I receive a mark and grade for those as well as the overall certificate?

You should receive a grade for each unit P,M,D and then they are combined to give the final grade.

So is there no distinction* at unit level? And I take it a Pass = C, Merit = B and Distinction = A at unit level, the same as at certificate level?

At unit level the highest is a distinction.
A pass is equivalent to between an E and a D. I already said that in my first post.
Certificate level is just all your grades combined.

Great thanks. So If i got a Merit in my BTEC certificate tomorrow I could say I got a B? (This is really just for telling older people in my family who don’t understand a level equivalents so it’s easier just to tell them it’s an a level subject lol)

Merit is a C

Pass is an E
Distinction is an A
D* is an A*

You should receive a grade for each unit P,M,D and then they are combined to give the final grade.

Hi again,
Below shows the results sheet I received from Edexcel and it only shows the unit grades but not the overall BTEC certificate grade?



And then on this sheet printed from My schools Sims system shows only unit 2 but it has the merit as an overall grade. Why would this be since unit 2 is only a unit? What actually is my overall grade for the BTEC certificate?

Too small what are the three grades P, M or D?

On the Edexcel sheet i got a Distinction in using social media in business and then a Merit in creating systems to manage information

On the sheet printed from SIMS, it has the creating systems to manage info unit listed and it has the merit grade underneath the Grd1 column

Are those three units DMM ?
creating systems to manage information seems to be mentioned twice, so is one a double unit or is one missed off theres 3 for a level 3 certificate?

Oh sorry for the confusion I haven’t explained this very well. No I only done two units, the information systems one and the social media one. I got a Distinction in the social media one and a Merit in the information system one. But it doesn’t really tell me what my BTEC certificate grade is.

On the non Edexcel results sheet it shows the information systems unit as an overall grade which is what I can’t understand as its a unit