what subject could i drop to pick up chemistry?

[Inside Out]

I would drop either spesh or bussiness- chem and physics are a good combo

[Phy124]

im trying to decide now what will benefit me greater? italian: learning a second language and possible overseas job in future.+ gets scaled up nicely.
chemistry:gain an understanding of chemicals and how reactions happen+open my options at uni as a prerequisite.

If your study score is ~35 then Chem will be scaled up by around 5, whilst Italian will scale up by around 7. They both have quite large scaling, so you can probably add that to the positive for Chem as well.

[Harley2262]

business is my 3/4 for year 11 so thats pointless and i enjoy my math classes ie. spec, methods, physics and i read the study guide for chem. learning about the atmosphere, equilibrium and the interesting side of chemicals looks really fun to learn about 

[Scooby]

If you take Chemistry over Italian, but still really want to learn another language, you can still learn Italian for leisure outside of school. You could always learn it after finishing school if you don't want to during VCE

[VCE_2012]

I was in the same predicament as you in the first semester, I did: Eng, Methods, GMA, Accounting, physics and text and traditions. At the end of the first semester I regretted not doing chem because I performed below my expectations in yr 10 (yr7-9 (chem was a time to relax and not do work)), so I dropped accounting because there was no merits of me doing in terms of my uni preference and I didn't like it. I picked up chem during the semester break (not all of it) and went on to do unit 2 and got an A for my exam. Now I enjoy doing chem over physics.

[nisha]

It depends entirely on the type of person you are. If I were you, I would pick up Chem, and drop Physics. I love Chem and find it so interesting (despite the workload is quite heavy compared to physics), however Physics is sometimes draining (this depends entirely on the detailed studies you do, I have to do Structures and Materials instead of Special Relativity) and involves plugging numbers into a calculator, mindlessly. Chem involves understanding the topic properly (from every angle) and then the questions become easier. Physics, in my opinion, is a but trickier. But the decision is entirely your choice.
I would stick with Italian, not because of the scaling, but because its a break from all the maths/science subjects you have, and to enjoy it. There are a lot of advantages to taking a language in uni too, and overseas, like you said. I'm not sure of the pre-reqs of Physics tho, I know for in UoM there are heaps of courses involving Chem, but I think Physics is just an extra.

Or, on the flip side, you can always take Italian as your breadth at Uni, or learn it after school.

Coming from experience, I wish I stayed with learning French or Indonesian. It just adds that bit of diversity and variety, a breath of fresh air in a mindless drone of equations and numbers.

[Harley2262]

now i'm thinking about dropping physics for chemistry. its still a sceince and interesting + i could live to be the next Walter White (breaking bad)

[Tonychet2]

personally id drop spesh or methods since bm isnt a viable option