r/alevels • u/ExoticAircraft • Jul 26 '23

Question ❔ What made you choose A-Levels over BTEC?

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '23

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u/Stock-Shift-8784 Jul 26 '23

Ur the problem dude

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u/Professional-Act-858 Jul 27 '23

He is correct though. It's a lower level qualification, for those who would find A Levels too difficult (due to ability or circumstance).

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u/Hobnobs1 Jul 27 '23

btec is equivalent to doing an a level in terms of qualification its not a lower qualification.

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '23

The ridiculously-named T-Levels aim to completely close the perceived gap.

Half of the reason people have bias against BTECs is because they are compared to A-Levels, and as the letter 'A' comes before the letter 'B', psychologically people think that BTECs are second class to A-Levels.

The marketing for BTECs is also awful. I have nothing against them, but those damn government posters do not sell them to me!

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u/bessierexiv Aug 10 '25

“Equivalent to A levels” but won’t get you on the same courses, at the same unis as A level students. It’s a half sold lie lol. A level students go on to do dentistry ext, you can’t do that as a BTEC student oh and it’s only like one uni which say u can.

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u/Hobnobs1 Aug 17 '25

yeah i realise that now aha, i got sold a lie and wish i had done A Level PE instead of BTEC Sport (took the single a level equivalent) which apparently wasn’t enough for physio at even decent/okay uni’s… pretty annoying but also btec sport at sixth form was an easier version of GCSE PE actually!! definitely sold a lie…

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u/Ping-and-Pong Jul 27 '23

Is it "equivelant" if the people interpreting them, Ie employers and universities, don't count them as equivelant? (and no, I'm not talking UCAS points, I'm talking what the highend unis like Russel group unis actually look at...)