Year 11 subject selection

[avery_02]

I'm choosing my subjects for year 11 soon, but I am struggling to know what's right for me. I will be doing units 1/2 of english, religion and society (have to do re at my school), chemistry, biology and maths methods. Now I'm deciding between either Italian 1/2, Specialist Maths 1/2, Further 3/4 or maybe another 3/4. I know it would be good to do a 3/4 in year 11 but I'm am worried that I am going to miss content without doing 1/2. I am an above average student, however I don't want to drain myself during VCE. Would it be better to do a 3/4, spesh or italian?

[S200]

I'm choosing my subjects for year 11 soon, but I am struggling to know what's right for me. I will be doing units 1/2 of english, religion and society (have to do re at my school), chemistry, biology and maths methods. Now I'm deciding between either Italian 1/2, Specialist Maths 1/2, Further 3/4 or maybe another 3/4. I know it would be good to do a 3/4 in year 11 but I'm am worried that I am going to miss content without doing 1/2. I am an above average student, however I don't want to drain myself during VCE. Would it be better to do a 3/4, spesh or italian?

What 3/4 were you thinking of doing? A lot of them can be done without the 1/2...

Personally, I wish I had done a language, and I think that Spesh is really only a subject to do if you really like maths or you need it as a pre-req; So yeah, Kinda biased towards saying do Italian, but I also support doing a 3/4 in Yr 11...

[avery_02]

Probably further 3/4. I quite enjoy maths and I'm good at it which was why I was considering spesh.

[S200]

Probably further 3/4. I quite enjoy maths and I'm good at it which was why I was considering spesh.

Yeah ok... What are your future plans?

[avery_02]

Well, at this point I'm still trying to keep my options open, but I am hoping to get into medicine.

[S200]

Yeah ok. Well, it might be worth considering the "Guide to doing all three maths" that AN has. I'll link to it in a minute..

Also... A good Med thread..

[PhoenixxFire]

Probably further 3/4. I quite enjoy maths and I'm good at it which was why I was considering spesh.

You’re not going to have any problems skipping straight into further 3/4 if you enjoy/are good at maths. It’s mostly the same as 1/2, just a bit more complicated. The only thing hat might trip you a bit is matrices if you haven’t seen them before because there’s some new rules you have to learn.
You might actually find it too easy/boring if you’re good at maths though.

The only other one of your subjects that I think you could skip the 1/2 for would be bio, although it would be harder than skipping 1/2 general. If you have a bit of general knowledge about cells and photosynthesis/cellular respiration then you’d be able to do it though.

[sbeccia]

I'm choosing my subjects for year 11 soon, but I am struggling to know what's right for me. I will be doing units 1/2 of english, religion and society (have to do re at my school), chemistry, biology and maths methods. Now I'm deciding between either Italian 1/2, Specialist Maths 1/2, Further 3/4 or maybe another 3/4. I know it would be good to do a 3/4 in year 11 but I'm am worried that I am going to miss content without doing 1/2. I am an above average student, however I don't want to drain myself during VCE. Would it be better to do a 3/4, spesh or italian?

I was in the exact same boat as you literally a couple of weeks ago- I wanted to do both Methods 3/4 and Further 3/4, although, I spoke to a couple of people I know who did two 3/4's in year 11 and what they told me was this: You will probably dedicate the majority of your time to your 3/4's.
I don't that is true all the time, but that is something you need to consider- how much time are you really willing to spend studying for two year 12 subjects? Don't forget you still have your year 11 ones!   (I didn't end up choosing Further as I want to focus more on Methods next year).

My sister actually did Further 3/4 without the 1/2 last year and did incredibly well, so there is no need to stress!

In terms of other subjects, I'm doing Italian as well. If you really enjoy it, then I don't see why not. Even Specialist is a good option. Also consider that if you do a language you are eligible for the VCE Baccalaureate, which apparently universities look at favorably when selecting students.

Good luck!   

[sbeccia]

I was in the exact same boat as you literally a couple of weeks ago- I wanted to do both Methods 3/4 and Further 3/4, although, I spoke to a couple of people I know who did two 3/4's in year 11 and what they told me was this: You will probably dedicate the majority of your time to your 3/4's.
I don't that is true all the time, but that is something you need to consider- how much time are you really willing to spend studying for two year 12 subjects? Don't forget you still have your year 11 ones!   (I didn't end up choosing Further as I want to focus more on Methods next year).

My sister actually did Further 3/4 without the 1/2 last year and did incredibly well, so there is no need to stress!

In terms of other subjects, I'm doing Italian as well. If you really enjoy it, then I don't see why not. Even Specialist is a good option. Also consider that if you do a language you are eligible for the VCE Baccalaureate, which apparently universities look at favorably when selecting students.

Good luck!   

UPDATE Pretty much, my school isn't offering units 1/2 of history, and I was offered further 3/4 instead - so now I'm doing two 3/4's!  What did you end up choosing in the end?