Someone said to me today at school that........?

Question

You dont even need to study Business Studies at GCSE to like continue it in future years. He was talkin rubbish and I knew it I dont know what someone said to him. but you need to study GCSE BS so that you can continue AS BS dontyou?


later on the day i found out he was doing something with Busines like a lesson where you lear all bout the letter of businesses and their card e.c.t and i was like why you studying it then and saying to me its a waste of time doing Business Studies because to me the subjects what he an I are studying are similar in way.... omg i dont know if iv explaine this properly but we wer just arguing about it because he was telling me i had choosen a rubbish choice and really cheesed me off!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

OK, here's an answer.
If you have studied GCSE you get first choice of AS courses BUT as schools get paid by the number of students they have you may be given a chance to study BS at AS if your grades are OK in other subjects. Most of the applied/vocational double awards have an element of BS in them including applied ICT and leisure and tourism. If you have these (or similar) you'll have a head start. Good maths and english will also look good

Answer 2

Rick the Teacher's answer is right. But you have to decide how hard you want to work at a later date and how much of a chance you want t take with your career -
Do you want to ensure furthering your studies in business later?
OR
Do you want to cross your fingers and hope your grades in other subjects will get you through? What if they're not good enough? What will you do then?
I'm afraid I think there is just a hint of jealousy in your friend's opinion, and perhaps a little fear that in the future you are going to get on well and leave him behind.
Continue what you're doing now and ignore his (and any others') opinions - do whatever you are asked to do now - the bonus is you won't have to do it at a later date - there is such a thing as 'accreditation' for studies and activities you have already done.
Your friend on the other hand might have to double up his studying later on to match you.

Answer 3

If you have good enough grades in other subjects you can get into BS AS level. You don't need to stucy it at GCSE. But if its an interest of yours, then you will benefit from studying it at GCSE....just think how much better grasp you will have of the subject when you progress to the AS level and beyond. You are more likely to get a better grade later on.

But your friend is right in the fact that it is not essential.

Answer 4

erm not sure quite what you are asking lol

if it helps any, you have probably already worked out why you want to study Business Studies (to get into business?) and this would seem a pretty valid route to help you with that.

There are oodles and oodles of routes to get into business, most of us end up working for one ;)
So think it is fair to say that it depends on the individual, their talents, interests and ability of how they get into business.

Your friend sounds like he's never been involved in business so fair to say that his opinion might not be grounded in fact nor have evidence to back up his opinion (not necessarily a bad thing) but as an illustration i studied engineering and seem to have ended up in full-on corporate business.

What is a business? There are people who teach yoga for money- that's a business. There are people who teach yoga to some of the most powerful decision makers in global business- that's also a business. Did the second yoga teacher learn Business Studies?

Being in business, or being successful in business, is usually about selling yourself well.
Best of luck!

Answer 5

hello, i am very certain that you don't need to study business studies at gcse to do it later on in your a levels. I did my a levels a few years ago and you had the choice to study whatever you wanted to, as long as you had enough a-c gcse grades, to prove that you are capable of studying further education.

Answer 6

I would agree with the second answer.
A clearly written question will get a better answer.
If you write something like your question in the Business world you wont get far.

Grammer, spelling and punctuation are very important.
If you cant follow these rules then no matter how good your argument you will lose,

Answer 7

Sorry, no...you have not explained it clearly enough for your problem to be understood.

I hate to give advice for an un-asked question, but if you hope to enter the Business world, Communication Skills are imperative.

Not only composition, but spelling, grammar and punctuation are all tools that you can utilize to communicate more effectively.

Good luck to you.

Answer 8

When i did mine i had to have a gcse to be able to do the alevel. Choose the subjects you enjoy and don't worry about any one else.

Answer 9

ok..I'm going to make this as short and as clear as possible....yes you have to take GCSE BS, if u want to take AS BS...I know that cuz I've studied GCSE BS......nwayz I am a business student in college and it helps in understanding the basics of business......and last thing......DON'T LISTEN TO CLASSMATES..LISTEN TO TEACHERS!!!

Answer 10

No you don't actually, see not all schools offer it, so when you o to college you can start. Actually if you go to college you'll have to start from scratch whether you've studied it or not! Sorry!