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.

 

[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.