VCE SELECTION HELP

[viviantn]

Hello, I am currently a student in year 10 and I need help with choosing subjects for next year. I am currently doing units 1+2 business management and I have chosen accounting and economics for next year. I will also be doing English language and further mathematics. I would like to understand more about the different types of English and if I should do units 3+4 literature in year 12. Last question is if achieving an ATAR score of 80 or so hard? Thanks for your help.

[JackSonSmith]

I wouldn't pick subjects based on scaling, your interest and effort dictates your ATAR, not scaling.

[Adequace]

Hey, I'm in Year 10 as well.

I've noticed that you'll be studying all of the commerce subjects in VCE which sugges that you have an interest in this field. If you plan on studying commerce at university methods it is usually a pre-req, if it isn't for the university you'll plan on going to I'd still suggest taking it. If you want to major in finance or accounting in university you'll need a decent foundation of math to build upon.

Additionally, going from methods down to further is a lot easier than further to methods.

[viviantn]

My plan is to go to RMIT, either to get a bachelor in economics and finance or marketing. Is methods still required?

[strawberries]

I've looked at this and this for the Bachelor of Business (Marketing) and Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance) degrees at RMIT, which states that only a score 25 in English is required without any mention of methods/maths subjects, but I couldn't find anything else.

However, I'm pretty sure most other universities that offer commerce degrees require methods, but some of them only require further (e.g. Bachelor of Business at Monash) so that's worth searching up. It wouldn't be a bad idea to take methods as a subject anyway (unless you really don't feel you're strong at maths).

achieving an ATAR score of 80 or so hard?

It depends. Technically, yes, because you are kinda 'beating 80% of the state', but many users on here get ATARs well above 80 and the fact you're on this website shows that you somewhat care and work hard anyway