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Should I resit GCSE Maths and Redo y12

Currently I am doing 3 BTEC's BTEC Business, BTEC IT and BTEC Health and social. My friends told me if I retook GCSE maths and got a 7 I can do Y12 again and do A level Computer Science, A level Maths and A level business. I also am currently doing Core maths but I want to study computer science at university. I may take a foundation year but my friends said I could struggle since they don't teach maths? and apparently they said UCAS points dont matter as much which I was relying on :C

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by SandySand
Currently I am doing 3 BTEC's BTEC Business, BTEC IT and BTEC Health and social. My friends told me if I retook GCSE maths and got a 7 I can do Y12 again and do A level Computer Science, A level Maths and A level business. I also am currently doing Core maths but I want to study computer science at university. I may take a foundation year but my friends said I could struggle since they don't teach maths? and apparently they said UCAS points dont matter as much which I was relying on :C

What universities have you been thinking in applying to study Computer Science?

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by unreasonable-clo
What universities have you been thinking in applying to study Computer Science?

Any really my mum suggested doing business at university and it seems a lot more easier to get into so I may go do that business w foundation year I am not too sure

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by SandySand
Currently I am doing 3 BTEC's BTEC Business, BTEC IT and BTEC Health and social. My friends told me if I retook GCSE maths and got a 7 I can do Y12 again and do A level Computer Science, A level Maths and A level business. I also am currently doing Core maths but I want to study computer science at university. I may take a foundation year but my friends said I could struggle since they don't teach maths? and apparently they said UCAS points dont matter as much which I was relying on :C

Don’t do Business Studies. Absolutely loads of people do this degree so the employment market is oversaturated with job applicants with this qualification so it’s really hard to get a job once you graduate. Computer Science and Data Science are the qualifications where you can develop skills that employers really want and where there is a shortage.

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by SandySand
Any really my mum suggested doing business at university and it seems a lot more easier to get into so I may go do that business w foundation year I am not too sure

If you really want to do a computer science subject there is options available, for example ARU. So it is worth looking.

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by Powersymphonia
Don’t do Business Studies. Absolutely loads of people do this degree so the employment market is oversaturated with job applicants with this qualification so it’s really hard to get a job once you graduate. Computer Science and Data Science are the qualifications where you can develop skills that employers really want and where there is a shortage.

I see but can I apply to it if I do well in my BTEC's and gather points for it and apply w a foundation year?

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by unreasonable-clo
If you really want to do a computer science subject there is options available, for example ARU. So it is worth looking.

I am in Year 12 Thank you I will look at it and also extra curriculars I am looking and signing up to extra curriculars that my school has sent me

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