HELP PLEASE! Spesh or eco?

[lovesmilez]

as the subject says... i need to decide soon.

had a few classes of spesh and feel really intimidated but was hoping it'd help with methods..

did eco 1/2 was good at it and really liked it.

any help would be great!

Edit:  i also liked gma and i've done further.. so would it be better to eco instead of doing 3 maths?

[funkyducky]

If you liked eco more, you'll be more motivated/inclined to study for it than you would be for spesh (and TBH you can do really well in methods without spesh). So on that basis, I'd suggest you pick economics. Good luck!

[cyrus_atlantis]

If you're reasonably good at math, definitely do specialist! The scalIng is massive!

[TrueTears]

pick the one you like - although if you are picking subjects based on what's more useful for the future, i'd definitely say spesh, vce eco is not even a fraction of real economics and will definitely not help much if you decide to do something related to economics later on in uni etc. spesh on the other hand will help eco at higher level studies.

[Hutchoo]

pick the one you like - although if you are picking subjects based on what's more useful for the future, i'd definitely say spesh, vce eco is not even a fraction of real economics and will definitely not help much if you decide to do something related to economics later on in uni etc. spesh on the other hand will help eco at higher level studies.

This x10000000.

I wish I didn't do economics, lolololol. Do specialist.

[funkyducky]

Upon seeing your edit: If you liked GMA, you'll like spesh. It's really interesting. I can't speak for eco, I have no experience of it, but spesh is a great choice if you enjoy Maths, with the added strategic bonus of high scaling that will undoubtedly boost your ATAR.

[lovesmilez]

Thanks guys!

I was actually considering doing eco cos i liked the 1/2 but also because i thought it'd be relevant to seeing the world in a different light.  but is eco actually that useful/relevant/perspective changing?

[Truck]

Spec scaled up from 35 to 47 this year. If you have the ability to get even a 35 in spec, you'd be doing yourself a disservice by not doing it.

[abd123]

Specialist is the best subject ever, do spesh , I haven't finished the course and i can tell you that you will have a thrill of doing this subject.

 

[LOLs99]

Lol I reckon spesh is a cool subject and interesting since the scaling is massive.
But yeah you might want to choose the subjects you enjoy studying
and eco is pretty goof. I studied them before and it related to the economy of the whole world
so you can keep tracks of what's actually happening and interesting facts

[totaled]

Scaling is massive. That is all.

for you to beat a 41 in eco, all you need is a 30 in spesh LOL which im sure you could easily get, if you're considering spesh.

[goshipeoyo]

i see lot of replies are recommending spesh largely based on the scaling... yes, it did save a lot of butts this year (including mine) but if you really liked eco and are still in the midst of deciding i'd say it wouldn't hurt having a bit more variety in your vce studies.

vce economics, while shallow in depth compared to what you do in uni still allows you to gain some insight into how the world is functioning - i have a friend doing biomed next year who's never touching commerce-related subjects again, yet says she is glad she did eco for vce as it allowed her to understand some of the stuff going on in the news.

also, doing three maths subjects is something my school actually doesn't allow as they say it limits us too much, which I agree with entirely - you really don't need spesh for methods.

[hala_madrid]

I think lots of people find eco in year 11 interesting and continue it, myself included, thinking it will be a walk in the park to get 40+ but... year 12 has its way of making it not interesting. It's almost a humanities subject in that you need to be good at writing and expression to do well. If you at least have a couple of other subjects you enjoy, and are pretty confident you could get in the 30's for spesh, then I would definitely do spesh

[Special At Specialist]

Let's put it this way:
If you got a C on every assessment in specialist maths and an A on every assessment in economics, you would get a higher scaled score in specialist.
Also, doing maths methods and specialist maths is only like doing 1.5 subjects, since so much of the coursework is the same.
The only downfall I see is that only two of the maths subjects can be in your primary 4.

[Saur11]

Having done both subjects i would say go with spesh if you're not completely certain on eco. This is especially true if you're choosing subjects purely for their contribution to your atar. To obtain the really good scores in eco - as others have said - you need to have clear expression and rote learn a crap load of stuff. Conversely, the low 30s to 35 scores (which will yield a 40+ scaled score) in spesh should come quite easily to students who work reasonably hard.