BTEC subsidiary music tech

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Can anyone explain if this level of BTEC Is ok for going on to university with 2 A levels ? He’s thinking business degree I know some Btecs are equivalent to an A level but haven’t seen this word subsidiary before. It’s an Esher college course. DS suddenly changed his mind from 3 a levels to 2 and this others would be business and history or psychology He is likely to get mainly 6s and 7s at gcse.

A subsidiary is '1 A level equivalent' if I remember correctly. (Diploma is 2 and Extended Diploma is 3).

The issue you may have is some universities/colleges may not accept the BTEC if they normally offer based on A levels. (Or they may be perfectly happy). What you/he needs to do is to contact some admissions tutors from a range of universities and see what they say.

(Why does he want to do a music technology BTEC if he is thinking of a business degree though? It seems a bit off piste. )

Thanks teenplus he was originally thinking music management but decided on doing a broader degree after careers day talking to google ! I was happy with that as music management degree to specific ij my opinion if you don’t really Know what you want to do

Work backwards. Look at potential degrees and their entry requirements.

My Ds is going to study the Music Tech extended diploma next year with a view to applying for university music courses. We found a couple of universities who won’t accept it and then several who wanted either A level Music or ABRSM theory alongside.

Some courses would only accept specific Btecs but others just wanted a certain number of ucas points.

So for example Bath prefer 3 A levels including both a math/science subject and an essay subject but will also accept a Business Btec.

Lancaster on the other hand accept a combination of qualifications.