Should I drop general maths? (1 Viewer)

[sixteencandles]

So I'm doing 14 units.

Adv English
Ext English
Music 1
Studies of Religion 1 (compulsory)
Legal Studies
Ancient History
Modern History
General Maths

I need to drop 2 subjects. I was thinking that in year 11 (now) I'll drop music, so I get some free's. But now I'm thinking I don't want to do maths.

I'm doing General (obviously) and most subjects such as physiotherapy require Mathematics, not general maths to get in. I'm more arts/humanitarian oriented and I don't want to do a science course or maths course in uni. But I was thinking of doing like a PDHPE type one such as physiotherapy or this other one.

Which is why I don't want to drop maths but then again I really don't want to do it!

HELP!? (I hope you understand what I'm saying!)

 

[falsenthusiasm]

How are your marks in music compared to general maths?

 

[starshine02]

It depends how much you like general maths or how good you are at it compared with the rest of your subjects.

 

[iSplicer]

Are you getting close to 100 raw in the tests? If not, drop it. You have too many units.

 

[Leffife]

Yes, I understand what you mean.

Well, but still if you are getting around 96%+ in your general maths tests then you should really keep it and drop like ancient & modern history.

If not, then drop it.

 

[enoilgam]

Unless you are doing extremely well in it, then drop it. You can always do a bridging course at uni if you need to.

 

[sixteencandles]

I'm getting about 70 - 90% in maths, it depends on the subject.
I'm going pretty well in both histories and maths and music seem to be my weakest subjects. Plus I prefer my other subjects to maths.

I'm just afraid that if I drop it, then I'll be doing too many humanities subjects and could stop me from doing a course if I change my mind next year or something. Plus it's maths! It would be weird to not do it any more.

 

[StephanieMit]

I actually always do bad in general Maths. I try so hard and I still can't get any good results. I'm more of a humanities person, and Im also trying to decide whether to drop it or not. The teachers keep telling our class that Maths is an important thing in life, but I feel like it would weigh down my atar a lot.

 

[jessdub]

I'm also considering dropping general, but at the end of year 11. I didn't do well at all in the first test (70s) for what I know I can do... I was in the advanced 5.3 maths course in year 10 and chose general as I'm also more of a humanities person and writing/english is my strongest area, but I found I made super silly mistakes and people who were in the lower course than me in year 10 were getting 90+, despite how easy I find the course. I'm not sure whether I just had a bad day but I completely lost confidence and as I'm not the biggest fan of maths anyway I feel like it's completely irrelevent to everything else I'm doing- adv english, ext english, music 2, VA, modern, pdhpe... so I know exactly what you mean... many people have said that doing general is not a good idea unless you are acing it, I honestly dont see the point of it for me personally. Any more advice on the subject would be appreciated!!

 

[SuchSmallHands]

I dropped maths entirely and haven't regretted it for a single second thus far (though I know I certainly don't want to do any course requiring maths). If it comes down to it, your life isn't over if you want to do a degree which has mathematics as a prerequisite, just do a bridging course and you'll be fine. You have too many units, give yourself a break

 

[loversinjapan]

If you're aiming for 99.7 and aren't toping GM/aren't getting crazy raw marks then I suggest you drop it. It will be detrimental to your ATAR.

Edit: Awks. OP posted last year.