I would be more worried about your other A Level options than your BTEC.

Do you know where you want to study at university? Some places dont (or didnt when I was a lad) like you to do A Level Law – check with their admissions office. In my opinion it is a waste of time studying A Level Law – you are going to have to do it all again and often tutors prefer to start from scratch with you.

Also, think about what law firms are going to want from you. They will love French. I did Government & Politics and enjoyed it. But many people will look on it as a less meaty subject than, say, History. I’d say Law or Government & Politics, definitely not both.

Any from : English, History, Classics, Latin, Geography, Economics, Maths, Modern Lang or RE and you’re ok.,

Too much from : Design, Business Studies, Sociology, Law, ICT and that’s not too positive.

I don’t understand why people are so negative about government and politics as an A Level. It’s a solid academic subject and there are tons of politics graduates who become successful lawyers after the conversion course.

But I agree that top universities don’t know what to do wtih BTECs and are law faculties (and law firms) are not wild about business studies or even law as A Level/post-16 subjects.

I think the issue is more why you want to do BTEC Business, and not A-Level Business (or Economics/etc).

BTECs are assessed 100% by coursework, which is nearly the complete opposite to law degrees at top unis, which are usually mainly exams with a couple of coursework essays as well.

Taking the bTEC in Business is only going to suggest to those universities that you don’t feel too confident about taking exams and remembering information, which is not going to endear them towards you.

Working at a law firm also requires you to remember large amounts of information, so having a BTEC rather than an A-level isn’t going to send positive messages to them either.

Why not think about taking Economics A-level instead? It’s a respected subject, and it’ll give you basic economics knowledge, so that you’ll be able to read newspaper articles and commercial awareness books much more easily – and thus be much better prepared for eventual training contract interviews.

I think it depends on which unis you plan on going to. I am currently studying Law at the University of Leicester and i did a BTEC Diploma in Business at college. Birmingham were the only uni that wouldn’t take me on because of this & Nottingham offered me a place on the foundation degree first before i could get on the Law degree program. I would however, suggest you contact the unis you plan on going to first (if you already have an idea of where you want to go) and confirm whether they take on BTEC students on the course.

I think you should study whatever you want to, Universities are not overly concerned with what topics you have decided to undertake at College/Sixth Form unless you require certain subjects for the degree; i.e. medicine.

As for Law I do not understand why so many are recommending you not to study it, the reason for Uni’s preferring you not to is so you do not lack in that subject should you study it later. Law firms do not look down on it either as it shows commitment to wanting a career in law.

As for the BTEC I agree with others that you should consider why you are studying. I also from the experience of my sister believe that top Universities may not be as accepting as they should be. Therefore would suggest just doing A-Levels, as for the subject the post above is very true, study what you want as you will get the most out of it.