Year 10 hsc subjects!!!! (1 Viewer)

[denxden2800]

Hi! Subject selection is almost here and I just want to know if my subjects are good enough for a 96+ ATAR. As I want to pursue medicine, I also want to know if Biology is really necessary. Here are the subjects that I was thinking of taking:

English Advanced
English Extension 1
Mathematics (2U)
Chemistry
Biology
PDHPE
Legal Studies

Should I swap out some of my subjects? Any tips/advice for any of these subjects will be much appreciated!

 

[Tamama251]

You will get very high 90s

 

[Dragon9000]

Have a look on a uni you want to go to and their recommended studies for year 11 and 12. I'm not familiar with medicine and what is needed of that.

 

[jjuunnee]

looks like you have a good range of subjects

 

[BandSixFix]

You will get very high 90s

nice meme

 

[Green Yoda]

Any subject combo is good enough for 99.95, but the real question is are you good enough?

 

[trecex1]

Subjects don't matter as much as how well you can do overall . No subjects are 'necessary' but the minimum atar for med is very high -e.g usyd med is 99.95 for an interview, most who get into unsw med get 99.5+. So if you can pull mid-high 90's individually in your current subjects then it is achievable.

 

[si2136]

Any subject combination can allow 99.95

 

[InteGrand]

You also don't need to do HSC Biology for Medicine. You should probably only do it if you think it will help your ATAR.

 

[fluffchuck]

You don't have any prerequisite subjects for Medicine (except Standard English as a minimum level of English), although it is stated by UNSW that Chemistry may be useful.

 

[LC14199]

^^^ This. ESPECIALLY if you're looking into pharmaceuticals. Chemistry will set you up in biology as well, because you'll have a greater understanding of the underlying chemistry that powers enzymes, which you'll study in Biology. (Among other topics). Chem + Bio = good combo for medicine tbh. But what the most important thing to do here is, pick stuff that you LIKE. It's irrelevant if one is a prereq for a course you want to do. That can be fixed with a bridge course. If you don't like science, but want to do something scientific in University, then seriously, do other things in high school that you'll enjoy. Enjoying a topic makes it a lot easier to study for. (Take it from a current Year 12).