What pathways would I be cutting off?

[Stick]

Thanks for your help. I really hope I start to enjoy Physics a bit more and I'm trying really hard so hopefully I will. I just wanted to be sure everything would still be fine if things didn't work out.

[Special At Specialist]

A lot of the time it asks for 1 of something and lists a bunch of subjects. And specialist maths is usually one of those subjects.
Also specialist maths pretty much cancels out physics. I know one guy who dropped physics after unit 2 but continued doing methods and specialist in year 12 and now he's doing physics at university.
I highly doubt you could do it the other way around with physics instead of specialist maths.

[appianway]

I highly doubt you could do it the other way around with physics instead of specialist maths.

Here's looking at you. I didn't do specialist maths, yet I was on the Australian Physics Team in year 12, took UMEP Physics and scored in the 90s both semesters, and also took Thermal and Statistical Physics at ANU and got a HD... I've taken maths classes at Yale, but despite my lack of specialist maths in VCE, I'm going to be doing a pretty epic physics research internship this summer. Specialist maths is not necessary to do physics, or even to do well in physics.

[Special At Specialist]

You misunderstand me, appianway.

I'm saying if you want to do a maths course (eg. calculus 3) and you do VCE physics instead of VCE specialist maths, you're going to have a hard time.
But if you want to do a physics course (eg. mechanics) and you do VCE specialist maths instead of VCE physics, you should still be able to cope with it.

[Stick]

Take your 'Specialist Maths vs Physics' discussion elsewhere.

[ILiekMudkipz]

Stick you guys have coolthard right?

God, that guy needs to RETIRE, he looks like the stereotypical physics teacher => Old and boring as ****

[Stick]

Yeah, I have Mr Coulthard. I've heard Mr Hunter's not that great either. :/