Year 12 Subject Selection (1 Viewer)

[Bball1]

So recently I have been asked to really think about what subjects to drop and extensions to pick up for year 12. I am planning on picking up extension 2 maths as I am in accelerated, and in turn dropping extension english. The remaining units I have are modern, eco and chem. I am currently a very high ranking for modern and is very enjoyable and so my teachers have been asking me to pick up history extension. My school only lets us do a maximum 12 units, also I wouldn't want to be doing any more, so I would have to drop chemistry to make room for it. Problem is, I also enjoy chem, not as much as history but still very much so, but with picking up extension 2 maths I am just wondering if it's too much work doing 12 units and especially with chem already being very demanding. So I am inclined to drop it for history extension, but then I am only doing humanities and I am afraid if this will close any future doors.

Also I'm not sure how much my atar will be affected as I think I would do better in history extension than in chemistry, but of course chem somehow scales quite a bit better than history extension; and I am performing pretty well at chem at the moment. Maybe wait for the prelims but considering all the other factors I'm not sure.

Any advice?

 

[jojosiwa123]

If you're worried about dropping chem closing future doors you might wanna talk to your careers advisor, and see if it's a prerequisite for anything you might wanna study in the future (for example some courses might require that you do at least one science). In terms of scaling, I don't think its the MOST important thing, you are more likely to get a good atar if you do subjects you are genuinely good at/willing to work hard in rather than relying on scaling.
History ext isn't as demanding as chemistry BUT I highly suggest that you research what it's about and talk to whoever teaches it- it's historiography which is a bit boring or difficult for some (personally my class of 10ish dropped to 3 people by term 1 of this year). Try and see if you can pick up those extra units (maths ext 2 and history ext) for a few weeks of year 12 (or sit in during a couple classes if the teacher is ok with it) to see if they're subjects you'd like to keep.