If the SOR II syllabus includes Preliminary content (which it does), a student technically shouldn't be able to pick up SOR II in year 12.
This is very similar to a scenario where a student doing Mathematics Advanced in year 11 wishes to pick Mathematics Extension 1 in year 12, which I believe isn't possible either.
Yeah I dont know how it works in other schools but my school and many others (from what my friends report) don't allow students to pick up ext courses in year 12. It makes sense because you would miss so much prelim content you would need for year 12, making it pointless.
Hi guys, I've (kinda) decided on my subjects for year 11 and 12. Im hoping to get a 95+ atar. I'm in year 10 rn, an A, high B student in my core classes. I get good grades with minimal effort but obviously I would try really hard in my senior years. My school is pretty shit though.
What do you think? Do I need to go for higher scaling subjects?
YEAR 11-
- 3U ENGLISH
- ADV MATH
- SOR 1
- BIO
- SOCIETY AND CULTURE
- SLR
HSC YEAR-
- 4U ENGLISH
- ADV MATH
- SOR 2
- BIO
If you're decent at maths, I suggest picking maths ext 1 over 3U eng. The trend for students who pick Math Adv is normally that they drop to math std mid-term or at the end of year 11 if they're average or not doing as good however if they were good at adv, then they just regret not picking up ext because they would have been able to be rewarded for their skill with a high scaling subject and they have fewer techniques to used compared to other ext students. I guess its good if you're in that range where you can't be bothered with maths but you're good at it that you can do the questions quickly without it taking up a noticeable time to make much of difference if you were to do std content? but thats a minority.
I originally went into yr 11 doing adv only but I was pretty lucky to move up to ext-1 in the first term because I was doing extremely well, I'm really glad I was able to do ext-1 instead of adv because now I have way more options in term of uni-courses with ext-1 assumed knowledge and the fact i can pick up ext-2. I never really enjoyed maths before year 11 but just doing ext-1 has made me so fascinated because the topics are more interesting and enjoyable, as they expand on the basics u learn in adv.
Even if you're skill is suited for Adv-level content, its more beneficial just to try ext and see how it goes then if you're struggling too much and you can't cope with it, drop down - theres some adv students in my class who are pretty good at maths and couldve done ext but now they're regretting not choosing ext. From what I've heard from ex-adv students in math std, they have way more time to spend on other subjects such as english or business studies than they had before with adv.
TL;DR Pick Math ext-1 even if you don't think you can do it and if its not your thing, just drop down to adv. If you're just not that good at math and ur better suited doing english or other subjects in ur spare time, just do std from the start so u can maximise time doing stuff like 3u eng.
(ALL PERSONAL OPINION AND JUST COMES FROM MY EXPERIENCE)
