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VCE Stuff => Victorian Education Discussion => Topic started by: abd123 on August 21, 2011, 10:26:23 pm
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So far this year, my coordinators announced the 2012'ers, that there will be subject changes/selections which is going to be two weeks later. The subject i really want to change is to either swap around physics or chemistry, or either terminate one of those subjects i'm going to have next year. I'm doing really well on both of them I've recently gotten 38/38 for physics (Analyzing Motion/Kinematics) and 42/44 (Stoichiometry). I just somewhat find physics really boring this year; its boring, the maths is not elegant, i sometimes i fell a sleep when the teacher brings out powerpoint presentations to copy down on my workbook its pretty shabby though....
but then there's chemistry its somehow obscure, theres a lot stuff to learn in chemistry, which makes me obliged to the fact that it doesn't want to make me try even more harder, i wouldn't underestimate the hardship that is required to retain a great study score, and its just too simply boring to me.
I thought of doing either Uni maths or throwing in philosophy.
Instead of doing English, i want to do literature.
I want to keep atleast keep one science subject.
so here are my preferable subjects i think that spikes to interest me :).
- Literature
- Chemistry or Physics
- Methods
- Specialist
- Uni Maths or Philosophy
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my suggestions, go on the vcaa website, look at the study design and past exam questions and see what interests you.
if you can, flick through the 3+4 textbooks and see what you enjoy
english vs lit
If you like reading a lot and are able to accept abstract ideas, go for lit
english can be a fun subject though
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You have practically answered your own question. You describe physics as "a class you fall asleep in", and chemistry as "far too boring". Do you feel as though those high scores could pass over into a subject you enjoy more?
How can someone else possibly answer this for you...
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I would keep Chemistry to keep your uni courses open and if you are genuinely interested in maths then uni maths might be the right decision for you. Just a heads up though, the increment system for uni maths has changed and it is no longer 4.0,5.0 or 5.5, it is calculated by 10% of your top 4.
Hope this helps.
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I would keep Chemistry to keep your uni courses open and if you are genuinely interested in maths then uni maths might be the right decision for you. Just a heads up though, the increment system for uni maths has changed and it is no longer 4.0,5.0 or 5.5, it is calculated by 10% of your top 4.
Hope this helps.
Nooo, its
90% ave - 5.0
80% ave - 4.5
70% - 4.0
60% - 3.5
50% -3.0 Increments
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Chem > Physics
Why?
1. More uni courses are open, even if you don't want to do them atm, you never know
2. VCE physics has NO actual physics (the name is deceiving, should be 'VCE calc-bashing and random-theory-no-one-cares-about units 3+4', imo)
3. The content is WAY more interesting, and you actually need to think critically about some content
4. Everyone likes a data book, it just sounds intelligent to talk about having a data book
5. There are no long names in physics, and everyone likes long names to make yourself seem intelligent. Confuse all the physics students with terms like 'atom' and 'basketball' while they say 'particle' (for both situations).
6. There are better chem jokes than physics jokes, and chem teachers can take jokes (more likely from my experience)
This is a bit of a rant: (off topic, sorry)
They both have sig figs, which is a pain.
eg, the 4-times table in phys/chem:
0x4=0 (1 s.f.)
1x4=4 (1 s.f.)
2x4=8 (1 s.f.)
3x4=10 (1 s.f.)
4x4=20 (1 s.f.)
5x4=20 (1 s.f.)
6x4=20 (1 s.f.)
7x4=30 (1 s.f.)
... etc.
(yeh, wtf, 20 is a multiple of 4 in three occasions...)
But yeah, chem over physics :)
Good luck :)