GCSE English at C needed for university

I got GCSE English Language D and Lit C, I managed to get in to my course on them grades, but mine is a very practical course, so this was probably overlooked.

My Advice: Resit, and put all the effort in you can, or ,theres companies like LearnDirect that do Level 3 English Courses that are equivalent to a Grade C in English Language, these only take a few months to complete, but not all Uni's accept them... I'd look into exactly which Uni you're thinking of going to and seeing what they ask for, I know its a long way off, but it'll save you a lot of hassle in the meantime.

Trust me... I was filling out my Uni Applications and it was only then (4 years later) that I realised that I got the D in Language, and not Literature which I thought it was in... very scary discovery. Had to ring around all the places I'd applied begging to get them to let me in with what I had.

Im sure they can't refuse to allow you to resit.

If they do resit as an independent candidate.

It depends what course you're going after. arts/Humanities courses tend to require a C in English whereas Sciences/maths/computing/business courses are more concerned that you got a C in maths.

You must be some dumb guy if you can't get a C in English

You must be some dumb guy if you can't get a C in English

The thing is i did really well at other subjects at GCSE like an A in science and I.T and B in maths but for some reason i hated english and found it a struggle which has reflected in my results of getting grade D twice. I am currently studing a BTEC National Diploma and precidted DDD which is the same as three A levels at A grade and gives me 360 UCAS points for applying for university. So my academic abilty is i would say fairly ok, accept from english.

I don't know how much information you have gathered about doing Economics at uni with BTEC but many unis don't accept BTEC when it comes to the Economics dept. I done BTEC national award in business when i took a gap year although i got AABB in A-levels and already got in uni, lol! When i applied to unis none of them bothered about the BTEC!

Oh thats cool then, the 1 i done was equivalent to 3 A-Levels as well but i only done 1 year just to get some experience in the business side of Economics. I'll show you the entry requirements of the unis in London for economics:

1) Queen Mary-
BTEC National Diploma or Certificate (pre-September 2002)

Acceptability
Not accepted
BTEC National Certificate (12 units)

Acceptability
Not accepted
BTEC National Diploma (18 units)

Acceptability
Not accepted

City uni-
BSc Economics
• A-level grades BBB
• A/AS-level: 300 - 320 UCAS tariff points
• IB: 32
• GCSE: grade B or equivalent in English language and Maths or Statistics.

UCL-
Recognition of the BTEC National Diploma

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Last time i checked UCL it didn't accpet it.
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BTW don't think that i'm trying to put you off, just showing that to do Economics at a good uni, english at GCSE must be C or above, and that many unis don't accept the BTEC...just don't understand why!

Also the information you have for Queen Mary is (pre-september 2002), the gudie lines UCAS sets for BTEC grades changed after that date and they are now widely accepted.