What should I drop?? (1 Viewer)

[ronny thamer]

Hi,

I am year 11 student almost done the year and I am contemplating which subjects I should drop, My current subjects that I am doing for preliminary exams are:

Modern History
Maths Advanced and Ext 1
English Advanced
Chemistry
Physics
Legal Studies

I am ok with most of my subjects, especially maths but, I am trying to decide between either chemistry or legal. Firstly, legal is probably on the top of my indecisiveness for several reasons. The cohort I am in are really bad and don’t strive for any attempt to at least get a good mark, I’m not very an essay/english oriented person although I do enjoy writing at some times, most times I don’t like writing for legal (only exception is modern). For chemistry, I am contemplating dropping this because I did really bad on my first assessment task, tanking my in-class rank although I did really well for the second assessment task, and the content can get convoluted at times/doesn’t peak my interest at most times. Anyone that has an opinion on what I should drop, please leave a suggestion.

 

[malcolmizcool]

I had the exact same subjects as you except I do SOR instead of legal. I ended up dropping chemistry as I picked up extension 2 maths and like you, the content didn't always interest me. I can't say that I regretted that decision, so if that helps you feel confident in dropping chemistry, you're welcome. Though just a warning, physics changes a lot in year 12 and (in my opinion) makes almost zero sense and is significantly harder, and a lot of people I know wished they dropped physics. I'm not saying that you should drop physics, it gets really interesting but again, the difficulty significantly increases.
Depending on what you want to do later, I personally think dropping chemistry is a good idea if you don't enjoy it. You can always get better at essay writing, so if you are interested in legal keep it.

 

[wollongong warrior]

So tldr
Legal - bad cohort, generally dislike the work
Chem - bad ranking, uninteresting content

Year 11 means nothing, take your bad marks as a lesson for year 12 and you'll be fine
You're inclined towards maths so you'll find chemistry to be pretty easy hence i reckon drop legal

 

[spiderfan44]

Hi,

I am year 11 student almost done the year and I am contemplating which subjects I should drop, My current subjects that I am doing for preliminary exams are:

Modern History
Maths Advanced and Ext 1
English Advanced
Chemistry
Physics
Legal Studies

I am ok with most of my subjects, especially maths but, I am trying to decide between either chemistry or legal. Firstly, legal is probably on the top of my indecisiveness for several reasons. The cohort I am in are really bad and don’t strive for any attempt to at least get a good mark, I’m not very an essay/english oriented person although I do enjoy writing at some times, most times I don’t like writing for legal (only exception is modern). For chemistry, I am contemplating dropping this because I did really bad on my first assessment task, tanking my in-class rank although I did really well for the second assessment task, and the content can get convoluted at times/doesn’t peak my interest at most times. Anyone that has an opinion on what I should drop, please leave a suggestion.

being in a shit cohort is a bit of advantage bcuz it means theres less competition to get a good rank. however, its only an advantage if youre ranking 1 - 3rd and u know the people youre ranking alongside arent going to completely fucking flop in the exam

id say go for chem IF U ENJOY IT. ur assessment marks in year 11 dont matter at all and doing shit for a first assignment is not an indicator of how you will go in year 12 if your marks have improved since that first assessment.

also think about what u enjoy more, like which subject would be more of a bore to attend class for and study, bcuz having a subject you hate can sometimes make school and study feel more exhausting. also when its a subject you hate, you tend to put off studying it, which means that even if it scales better or whatever it could come back and bite u in the ass by the time for hsc.

 

[ronny thamer]

being in a shit cohort is a bit of advantage bcuz it means theres less competition to get a good rank. however, its only an advantage if youre ranking 1 - 3rd and u know the people youre ranking alongside arent going to completely fucking flop in the exam

id say go for chem IF U ENJOY IT. ur assessment marks in year 11 dont matter at all and doing shit for a first assignment is not an indicator of how you will go in year 12 if your marks have improved since that first assessment.

also think about what u enjoy more, like which subject would be more of a bore to attend class for and study, bcuz having a subject you hate can sometimes make school and study feel more exhausting. also when its a subject you hate, you tend to put off studying it, which means that even if it scales better or whatever it could come back and bite u in the ass by the time for hsc.

The worst thing is, i didn't even purposely do bad on the chem exam, I did good on the rest of the exam but the structure of the paper hid the last page which had like 4 questions. Wasn't just me that didn't see it, like 4 people did the same. Anyways, thanks for the feedback, I'll be sure to consider it when dropping a subject!

p.s - I'm first in legal.