How many units? (1 Viewer)

[Sarah182]

Hey everyone I havent been getting on lately so I apologise in advanced if anyone has asked this.
I have almost convinced myself that I am going to drop Bio and Extension maths and pick up 4 unit English. However this leaves me with 10 units, is this too risky?
I think if I keep Biology I will end up doing badly nonetheless and it wont count to my UAI, it is really the only subject I have had trouble with once I got on top of maths.
So what do you think, take the bare minimum and hope for the best or keep Bio and do 12 units? Or (another option I have been considering) do Extension 1 English and have 11 units including Bio in that.
I'm rambling now, thanks guys

 

[tommykins]

To be honest, I have NO idea why ANYONE would do more than 10 Units. Seriously, let's think about the statement of "is it risky" for now (sorry, I'm not targetting you specifically, just showing how moronic the notion really is).

"10 Units is risky because if you fail one, you're gone, so you need a back up ie. 12 units just in case".

Now, let's think about it - if you have an extra subject, that's AT LEAST 30-40 or more hours of study going INTO that subject. Even if you were to "fail" one of your subjects, your "backup" subject mark wouldn't be as great because you've had to divide the time you have between your failed subject and your back up subject.

10 units allows ALL your study time to count without having to divide your time into subjects that won't even matter. You "failing" one subject whilst doing 10 units would not have yield a siginificant difference if you were to do 12 units instead.

Conclusion - do 10 units.

 

[Sarah182]

Very well said, I was thinking along the same lines with doing ten units but most people at my school are doing 11 or 12 units and even at some schools students cant do 10 units, odd isnt it?

 

[Aplus]

I think if I keep Biology I will end up doing badly nonetheless and it wont count to my UAI, it is really the only subject I have had trouble with once I got on top of maths.

Judging from this post I would have to say that it might be best for you to maintain just 10 units of study. As you say, you have no doubt that you will perform poorly in it, so why bother? By having 10 units you'll be able to use the time gained from dropping Biology and invest it into your other subjects.

 

[tommykins]

Very well said, I was thinking along the same lines with doing ten units but most people at my school are doing 11 or 12 units and even at some schools students cant do 10 units, odd isnt it?

I don't know why some schools do that, some teachers are so clueless that they make it compulsory to have 12 units when they probably don't realise that if students had 10 units their cohort could probably do better (I guess because their schools shit ranking that they force to students to do 12 units "just in case"?).

Even my teachers, tutors, school mates and even teachers from other schools (ie. Hornsby Girls/Sydney Boys, top ranking schools) find anymore than 10/11 units retarded.

 

[sonyaleeisapixi]

I have to agree with tommykins. The only reason I do 13 units is because I couldn't decide what to drop and what to pick up. I'm indecisive.

If you can be decisive about your selections, stick with 10.

 

[lyounamu]

Either 15 Units or 13 Units (most likely).

I would rather go with 13 Units though. (11 Units at school and 2 Units outside)

That's just for me.

If you wish to do more than 10, that's perfectly fine. But having more units means more work...

 

[lyounamu]

To be honest, I have NO idea why ANYONE would do more than 10 Units. Seriously, let's think about the statement of "is it risky" for now (sorry, I'm not targetting you specifically, just showing how moronic the notion really is).

"10 Units is risky because if you fail one, you're gone, so you need a back up ie. 12 units just in case".

Now, let's think about it - if you have an extra subject, that's AT LEAST 30-40 or more hours of study going INTO that subject. Even if you were to "fail" one of your subjects, your "backup" subject mark wouldn't be as great because you've had to divide the time you have between your failed subject and your back up subject.

10 units allows ALL your study time to count without having to divide your time into subjects that won't even matter. You "failing" one subject whilst doing 10 units would not have yield a siginificant difference if you were to do 12 units instead.

Conclusion - do 10 units.

Why? Because there are people who wish to do more than 10 Units of subjects because of their interest.

On top of that, there are schools that enfore the rule of more than 10 Units as in my school. My school basically forces everyone to do at least 11 Units. No one in my school in Year 12 (as far as I am aware) is doing 10 Units.

 

[the-derivative]

I'm probably going to do 12 units, whether i get into a distinction course or not... and i don't see anything wrong with it. I mean as long as you can manage your time well and study hard for all subjects... I can see benefits of doing 12 units. However, you must be enjoying the units you are doing.. no point doing a subject - just in case you do bad in another.

 

[Groucho Marxist]

agreed, you should do 10 units and concentrate on them rather than just putting work into another two for no real reason (considering you assume you'll be doing bad anyway). although, doing 4u eng as part of that 10 units is risky so you should probably try and pick up another unit or keep ext maths. you might want to drop ext 2 eng in the future

 

[zzzz12345]

Hey everyone I havent been getting on lately so I apologise in advanced if anyone has asked this.
I have almost convinced myself that I am going to drop Bio and Extension maths and pick up 4 unit English. However this leaves me with 10 units, is this too risky?
I think if I keep Biology I will end up doing badly nonetheless and it wont count to my UAI, it is really the only subject I have had trouble with once I got on top of maths.
So what do you think, take the bare minimum and hope for the best or keep Bio and do 12 units? Or (another option I have been considering) do Extension 1 English and have 11 units including Bio in that.
I'm rambling now, thanks guys

Would your school even allow you to do 10 units if you plan on doing 4U English? I know that at some schools (including my own) it is recommended that if you are taking extensions (especially subjects like 4U English and maths) that you have at least one back-up unit in case you decide to drop it (some schools won't even allow you to do 10 units if you do 4U of a subject). There is some logic in only doing 10 units but I personally plan on taking 12 because I want to do both 4U maths and History Extension. The most pertinent reason to take a few extra units is if you decide to drop the 4th unit of English or another extension so that you're not stuck with it if you suddenly find yourself hating the subject. Taking that into account if you're sure that you'll definitely keep your 4th English unit and that your school allows such a scenario then do what works best for you. I'm definitely doing 12 units next year (so I have to drop a subject) but then again I'm paranoid and already torn in regards to what subject to drop.

 

[dpospination]

i have 14 units, but 2 of them include hsc maths, so hopefully i can go good in it and rop it so i have 12 units next year

 

[tommykins]

Why? Because there are people who wish to do more than 10 Units of subjects because of their interest.

On top of that, there are schools that enfore the rule of more than 10 Units as in my school. My school basically forces everyone to do at least 11 Units. No one in my school in Year 12 (as far as I am aware) is doing 10 Units.

And if they are interested, let them.

I'm talking about "backups" as the motive, not interest.

 

[lyounamu]

And if they are interested, let them.

I'm talking about "backups" as the motive, not interest.

Ok, fair enough.

 

[bawd]

I'm doing twelve to thirteen units depending on whether or not I get accepted for English Extension 2, Maths Extension 2 and how many units I drop.

 

[jazzbaby]

11 for me.

 

[marcquelle]

14 but not by choice, i want 12 but

a) school won't let me have any less then 12
b) i want 4U English so they require me to have a back up subject which sucks
c) the only subject i want to drop is maths but i can't the Uni that has accepted me wants me to have it
d) i like every other subject

 

[wendus]

To be honest, I have NO idea why ANYONE would do more than 10 Units. Seriously, let's think about the statement of "is it risky" for now (sorry, I'm not targetting you specifically, just showing how moronic the notion really is).

"10 Units is risky because if you fail one, you're gone, so you need a back up ie. 12 units just in case".

Now, let's think about it - if you have an extra subject, that's AT LEAST 30-40 or more hours of study going INTO that subject. Even if you were to "fail" one of your subjects, your "backup" subject mark wouldn't be as great because you've had to divide the time you have between your failed subject and your back up subject.

10 units allows ALL your study time to count without having to divide your time into subjects that won't even matter. You "failing" one subject whilst doing 10 units would not have yield a siginificant difference if you were to do 12 units instead.

Conclusion - do 10 units.

no.

things do stuff up and plans don't always work out. back up subjects are good. 11 or 12 units is good. if you're doing 10, it IS risky.

 

[Doctor Jolly]

I'm doing (planning) 12 Units. It's 10 if I decide to drop Japanese which is sitting on an 85% yes.

 

[tommykins]

no.

things do stuff up and plans don't always work out. back up subjects are good. 11 or 12 units is good. if you're doing 10, it IS risky.

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Then by your same logic 12 units is risky as you may get a lower mark in a subject than if you were to do 10 units ?