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Eg155

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If you had the chance to choose your subjects again what would you change and why?

I wish I kept physics and dropped ext english when I had the chance as most of my subjects are essay based and it's driving my head in. + it was a stupid impulse decision...

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In hindsight I would have liked to have done Economics instead of Biology.
 

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Do Physics and Modern History rather than 3U English and Legal.

SHOULD HAVE DONE:

  • Physics - scaling is good - not too much content - very intuitive - would have kept Engineering open to a larger extent - nice maths component too - nice change from humanities - would complement Chemistry well with the thinking style/logic involved to do well - practical report skills overlap with Chemistry.
  • Modern History - very interesting subject - I would have enjoyed some topics like the Romanovs, Slavery/American Civil War - would have been motivated to study without it feeling like study - extra reading helps and I read quite a lot of historical stuff - decent scaling too.

SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE

  • 3U English - too much content - not interesting at all - pathetic assessments at my school (despite excellent teachers).
  • Legal Studies - Board of Studies has designed an idiotic course for this - you never learn about legal principles after 1/3 of your way through the course - truckload of content - not relevant at all to university law - women topic is very sexist and frankly just stupid - poor scaling - cannot be motivated to study - do not enjoy.
 

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Tbh, if I had my time again, I would pick the exact same subs. I like all of them actually :)
 

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I like all my current subjects but i wish that i had at least tried textiles for more than 2weeks because it seems so interesting now that they're making their fancy costume things
 

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I may have swapped Business Studies for Modern History on the basis of interest more than anything.
 

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Would of never attempted IPT (worse subject)

However, since there was no other subjects on the line (which I liked) I would have tried Chem.

(If I could, I would of done a history)
 

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I would have chosen my subjects, and cut my BOS time into little tiny pieces.
 

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After hearing all these comments about 3U English, I am now thinking about whether I should do it or not...
 

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After hearing all these comments about 3U English, I am now thinking about whether I should do it or not...
Personally, I think it's better than English Advanced.
 

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I would choose Modern History over Ancient (because I've discovered that I'm more interested in modern), Economics and maybe 3U English.
 

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I guess I do have a bit of time at the beginning of next year to change my mind after I try it :) However I am on exactly 12 units so I would have to pick something else up if I drop it.
Provided you make a request to whoever is coordinating subject selections, usually you can do more than the minimum 12 units.
 

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should have done 3u maths and potentially 4u (if i was to do well). add in chem, and maybe drop modern(even though i love the content) in year 12 so i can keep hist ext. if that is possible.
 

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