Year 10 Subject Selections (1 Viewer)

lightthefuze

lightthefuze

Active Member
Joined
Aug 24, 2012
Messages
325
Location
Sydney, Australia
Gender
Female
HSC
2015
Hi all!
I'm currently in the process of subject selection (which will happen first week - after the holidays) and I'm strong in the English and Humanities subjects. These are my current preferences:

1. English Advanced
2. SOR II (I attend a Catholic school)
3. Ancient History
4. Legal Studies
5. Society & Culture
6. CAFS

I'm currently deciding between:
a) Modern and Ancient
b) Legal and Business

and whether I should scrap S&C and replace it with Modern :eek:

*I'm not that great with numbers so please don't chuck in Economics or Science related

Subject suggestions and current or past experiences with these subjects would be greatly appreciated! :awesome:
 
Ununoctium

Ununoctium

Che barba
Joined
Jun 2, 2013
Messages
247
Gender
Male
HSC
2015
An interesting selection of subjects!

Can I ask what your ATAR goal is, and what you'd like to study at a tertiary level (if that is your plan)? This is all very relevant for subject selection.

Since you're strong in humanities subjects, I'd definitely recommend a history as it develops your critical thinking skills, your ability to appreciate how and why texts are written and your own writing ability. Whether that is Ancient or Modern or both is up to you. What aspects of history do you enjoy studying? Modern History covers history in the 20th Century (1900s) predominantly, with primary focus on the World Wars and Australia's connections with countries (i.e Britain, USA). Ancient History covers much older parts of history, and there's much more time difference between events you study. Some aspects of Ancient include ancient Egypt, ancient Rome and ancient Greek civilizations. In terms of scaling, Modern History tends to do better, but only by a slight amount. If you do a history, you'll have the opportunity to study History Extension in Year 12, which is essentially the history of history and involves a lot of historiography.

In regards to Legal and Business, this is again something to do with what you enjoy, and possibly what you want to do after school. The subjects are pretty self-explanatory; Legal Studies covers how you as an individual are seen by the legal system, how you as a citizen can participate in the legal system and how the legal system works and operates. Doing legal does not mean you're a lawyer at the end, and it covers very little of the university course - just keep that in mind. Business Studies gives an insight into how business' manage, direct and organise staff, and the processes involved in making and maintaining a business, whether that is a small, medium or large business. In terms of scaling, Legal does marginally better than Business.

I noticed you don't want to do any level of mathematics. You will not be able to get into some courses without doing maths, because it is a prerequisite or assumed knowledge, so be 100% certain this is what you want.

Good luck with your choices! :)
 
lightthefuze

lightthefuze

Active Member
Joined
Aug 24, 2012
Messages
325
Location
Sydney, Australia
Gender
Female
HSC
2015
I'm thinking of doing Secondary Ed: Arts/Humanities & Social Sciences at USYD - 81+ ATAR :)
I've done the whole Matrix ATAR calculator and I've gotten 93+
 
Ununoctium

Ununoctium

Che barba
Joined
Jun 2, 2013
Messages
247
Gender
Male
HSC
2015
Sounds good, and the subjects you're choosing are very relevant to what you're thinking about.

It's still a very good idea to do General Mathematics. In the interviews for university, even for education, they'd like to see that you're balanced in subject selection, and they look out for maths. It's your choice, but General Maths is highly recommendable. Since you're not sure about Society and Culture, putting maths there is a good idea.

Good luck!
 
deloving

deloving

Member
Joined
Jul 22, 2012
Messages
437
Location
Sydney
Gender
Male
HSC
2014
Ununoctium said:
Modern History covers history in the 20th Century (1900s) predominantly, with primary focus on the World Wars and Australia's connections with countries (i.e Britain, USA).
Click to expand...
Modern History DOES NOT specifically cover Australia's perspective, involvement or connection to anything. Don't worry, it's nothing like the dreadful 7-10 history everyone hates.
 
BLIT2014

BLIT2014

The pessimistic optimist.
Moderator
Joined
Jul 11, 2012
Messages
11,591
Location
l'appel du vide
Gender
Undisclosed
HSC
2014
Uni Grad
2018
Think thats a myth personally from what my friends who do both tell me
 
albertcamus

albertcamus

Active Member
Joined
Mar 1, 2013
Messages
269
Location
Bankstown
Gender
Undisclosed
HSC
2013
Ununoctium said:
An interesting selection of subjects!

Can I ask what your ATAR goal is, and what you'd like to study at a tertiary level (if that is your plan)? This is all very relevant for subject selection.

Since you're strong in humanities subjects, I'd definitely recommend a history as it develops your critical thinking skills, your ability to appreciate how and why texts are written and your own writing ability. Whether that is Ancient or Modern or both is up to you. What aspects of history do you enjoy studying? Modern History covers history in the 20th Century (1900s) predominantly, with primary focus on the World Wars and Australia's connections with countries (i.e Britain, USA). Ancient History covers much older parts of history, and there's much more time difference between events you study. Some aspects of Ancient include ancient Egypt, ancient Rome and ancient Greek civilizations. In terms of scaling, Modern History tends to do better, but only by a slight amount. If you do a history, you'll have the opportunity to study History Extension in Year 12, which is essentially the history of history and involves a lot of historiography.

In regards to Legal and Business, this is again something to do with what you enjoy, and possibly what you want to do after school. The subjects are pretty self-explanatory; Legal Studies covers how you as an individual are seen by the legal system, how you as a citizen can participate in the legal system and how the legal system works and operates. Doing legal does not mean you're a lawyer at the end, and it covers very little of the university course - just keep that in mind. Business Studies gives an insight into how business' manage, direct and organise staff, and the processes involved in making and maintaining a business, whether that is a small, medium or large business. In terms of scaling, Legal does marginally better than Business.

I noticed you don't want to do any level of mathematics. You will not be able to get into some courses without doing maths, because it is a prerequisite or assumed knowledge, so be 100% certain this is what you want.

Good luck with your choices! :)
Click to expand...
Just to clear things up, Modern scales significantly better than Ancient/Legal/Business, and even more so if you get a low band 6 and above (91-ish+ I think).

Business scales better than Legal if you get above 93-ish.
 
ReyesDaRoof

ReyesDaRoof

New Member
Joined
Apr 14, 2013
Messages
22
Location
South-West Sydney
Gender
Male
HSC
2015
lightthefuze said:
Y E S WAY :D
Have you finished selecting your subjects? We're starting first week back of Term 3!
It honestly feels like I'm signing away my life :karate:
Click to expand...
We've already given in our preferences so I'm feeling pretty stoked :caffeine:
But apparently we have to interview the subject teachers which is going to be the death of me because thinking on the spot is not for me D:
LOL it literally hits you when you realise that all your fulfilled dreams and desired career paths depend on a sheet signed by you
 
R

R4diance

Member
Joined
Apr 13, 2013
Messages
101
Gender
Male
HSC
2015
ReyesDaRoof said:
We've already given in our preferences so I'm feeling pretty stoked :caffeine:
But apparently we have to interview the subject teachers which is going to be the death of me because thinking on the spot is not for me D:
LOL it literally hits you when you realise that all your fulfilled dreams and desired career paths depend on a sheet signed by you
Click to expand...
The anticipation is killing me, even though Year 11 is still half a year away hahahahaha
 
lightthefuze

lightthefuze

Active Member
Joined
Aug 24, 2012
Messages
325
Location
Sydney, Australia
Gender
Female
HSC
2015
albertcamus said:
Just to clear things up, Modern scales significantly better than Ancient/Legal/Business, and even more so if you get a low band 6 and above (91-ish+ I think).

Business scales better than Legal if you get above 93-ish.
Click to expand...
I'm thinking of doing Ancient, but I had an interview two days ago with my History teacher that I've had for three years and he asked me about the parts that I liked in Year 10 History.
Me: "I liked the whole communism situation, Stalin, Marx, Petrov Affair"
Him: "So you like political history?"
Me: "Yeah"

And at the end of the interview he asked if I was doing History next year, so I said that I'd be doing Ancient. He put me on this guilt trip "Well I'd suggest that you should really listen carefully during the subject talks and there's no point in putting a bright student into a subject which they don't like and end up not doing well in it"

The problem is that I'm choosing Ancient because there are way less more essays and responses and I really miss Year 7 History where we learnt about Egyptian society and their gods and goddesses.

I'd love to do Modern (bc hey Hitler, Romanov Dynasty), it's just the fact that:
- There are so many responses that I may not have the energy to balance out all of my subjects and end up concentrating on one (where it scales higher) and not the rest of my other subjects
- With Legal and S&C I'd have a high workload
- I've learnt some of the Modern stuff in 9 & 10 anyway
- The teachers who are taking up the Ancient classes next year are just superb
- If I do both, I might get overwhelmed by such a vast array of historical dates, events and people

H E L P.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.

Users Who Are Viewing This Thread (Users: 0, Guests: 1)

Top