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VCE Stuff => VCE Mathematics/Science/Technology => VCE Subjects + Help => VCE Science => Topic started by: Crish on December 16, 2021, 01:08:58 pm

Title: is doing all three sciences + specialist too much?
Post by: Crish on December 16, 2021, 01:08:58 pm
I've heard that doing all 3 sciences is doable, but will there be too much of a workload given that I do all 3 sciences, spesh, methods and english?
Thank you so much
Title: Re: is doing all three sciences + specialist too much?
Post by: Orb on December 16, 2021, 01:25:30 pm
I've heard that doing all 3 sciences is doable, but will there be too much of a workload given that I do all 3 sciences, spesh, methods and english?
Thank you so much

I'd actually contend that it's quite doable, especially given how much certain subjects overlap (e.g. specialist with physics, specialist with methods)
Title: Re: is doing all three sciences + specialist too much?
Post by: caffinatedloz on December 16, 2021, 01:48:14 pm
I've heard that doing all 3 sciences is doable, but will there be too much of a workload given that I do all 3 sciences, spesh, methods and english?
Thank you so much

I did spec, methods, chem, bio and lit and found that the workload was really managable. Chemistry helps a lot with understanding biology better (and biology provides good real life examples of chemistry concepts. Spec is a good way to practice methods skills and makes methods feel far easier. Though I personally didn't do physics, many of my friends in spec said that the two subjects used many similar ideas.

I think that all of the overlap (as Orb said) makes the subject combination work well together. I would suggest that certain subjects (spec and chem in particular) actually mean you will need to put less work into others in order to still achieve good results.
Title: Re: is doing all three sciences + specialist too much?
Post by: Crish on December 17, 2021, 01:02:06 pm
Thank you guys so much. Yeah I assume the topics do overlap a lot, especially spesh and physics, because of kinematics. This really helped tho, thanks