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Exactly this for Economics and Modern History (from my experience). The early content for Economics is quite easy (comparatively) but you'll find that most people will not be able to express their ideas quickly or concisely enough in the allocated time. English Advanced can honestly get shafted, I'd place it up there as one of the most consuming subjects in terms of time and effort. Don't crap yourselves for the initial year 11 mathematics, both Advanced and Extension 1, there isn't really any need to look far ahead. However, make sure you get perms and combs, and if this year's Ext. 1 is anything to go by, learn Binomial Expansion Proofs and those aforementioned topics well!!For English it pays to read at least some of you prescribed texts in the summer holidays. For most other essay subjects (eco, legal etc) the content is reasonably straightforward and you should be able to learn the prelim content fine at school. The differentiator for these subjects is memorising stats/doing revision come exam time.
yeah definitely, at my school at least yr 11was the best year for co-curriculars, make sure you get involved in them as much as you can. It's more important that you develop broader understandings of things through stuff like robotics and debating clubs as opposed to just studying in year 11. Remember that yr 11 marks are meaningless, only yr 12 counts.Make sure you can find a balance between your cocirrcular and academic commitments, the preliminary year is a good time to work this out if you make the effort to properly apply yourself.
Adding to this, if you arent engaging with co-curricular in Year 11, I can guarantee that you won't feel inclined to start this in Year 12. However, if you can establish this as a habit in your Preliminary year, it will serve you for Year 12. It's fairly generic school advice, but it really is important to have a balance , especially when yearly exams come around or something doesn't go your way, which will inevitably happen.yeah definitely, at my school at least yr 11was the best year for co-curriculars, make sure you get involved in them as much as you can. It's more important that you develop broader understandings of things through stuff like robotics and debating clubs as opposed to just studying in year 11. Remember that yr 11 marks are meaningless, only yr 12 counts.