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Urgent: GCSE v BTEC

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LookingThroughTheLookingGlass · 15/11/2018 22:42

Help

DD choosing options
Deadline is tomorrow so quick answers needed!!

Wants to drop German and take up BTEC hospitality (food tech)

I didn’t do German so am no use when it comes to helping her if she needs it- she’s really not confident speaking (sounds ok to me though) and listening....

I can’t cook, can’t help her with hospitality either
Also I think I’ve just discovered I’m a qualification snob...its a BTEC not a GCSE and that worries me

She doesn’t want to do a job with either of these but is very interested in hospitality

What should we do??!

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LookingThroughTheLookingGlass · 15/11/2018 22:55

So quite varied

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LookingThroughTheLookingGlass · 15/11/2018 22:55

History
Citizenship
Art
Computer science
Double sci
Eng
Maths

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Tweennightmare · 15/11/2018 22:54

Just seen you second question . A language used to be important but less so now . Maybe for oxbridge and the top 5 unis it may be an issue but most unis just care about A level relevance and work experience

Tweennightmare · 15/11/2018 22:51

Depends how many other gcse,s she is doing . My dd did 11 and after the basic English maths, science and subjects she wanted for her A level we let her choose as these were just making up the numbers and rather she studied something she enjoyed than not. So if she has a good number and is doing well in the others I say let her do the btec. You never know she may discover a new career choice off the back of it and it may be useful for part time uni work.

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LookingThroughTheLookingGlass · 15/11/2018 22:50

She doesn’t know what she wants to do
But do you think if when applying for uni, when up against an otherwise identical candidate, a language would be preferential?
That’s if she even goes to uni at all!

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CovenofMiLsfromHades · 15/11/2018 22:48

What are her future plans. My daughter is doing a BTec in Engineering which I think is a good choice for her as she is interested in doing something related to art and computers,
( Engineering contains a large element of technical drawing).

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LookingThroughTheLookingGlass · 15/11/2018 22:42

Predicted 5-7’s in German

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