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Which subject should I skip a year?
« on: June 13, 2012, 06:49:17 pm »
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Hey guys, I'm doing a 4-year VCE (but mostly three years, you'll see below) and I am in the position where I have to skip a year for one of my subjects (i.e. Units 1+2 in 2012, Units 3+4 in 2014). This is what my subjects look like atm:  :P (colour coded for your convenience)

2011              2012                  2013                  2014
Legal 1+2      Legal 3+4           Viscom 1+2        Viscom 3+4
                      Methods 1+2      Business 1+2    Business 3+4
                      General A 1+2    General A 3+4   Methods 3+4
                      Physics 1+2        Physics 3+4
                      Chem 1+2          Chem 3+4
                      English 1+2        English 3+4

English is brown because it's crap.

You can see I'm doing 1+2 Methods in 2012, skipping it in 2013, and doing 3+4 in 2014 because I'm doing General A in 2013 so my maths should still be fresh. Does this look like the best subject to skip a year or should I swap it with another subject?

Tank you for reading it all and helping!!!  ;D 8) ;D 8) ;D
                           
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Re: Which subject should I skip a year?
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2012, 06:50:41 pm »
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General A - 3+4 is specialist maths - you can't do that without methods, so do methods first, do specialist maths in your final year

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Re: Which subject should I skip a year?
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2012, 06:52:40 pm »
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okay so I'll swap it with methods then?
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2013: Physics [38], Maths Methods [40], English [38]
2014: Chemistry [37], Specialist Maths [40]

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Re: Which subject should I skip a year?
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2012, 06:55:37 pm »
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Re: Which subject should I skip a year?
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2012, 07:07:16 pm »
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2014: Chemistry [37], Specialist Maths [40]

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Re: Which subject should I skip a year?
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2012, 07:16:39 pm »
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General A - 3+4 is specialist maths - you can't do that without methods, so do methods first, do specialist maths in your final year

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If you want a list of all VCE subjects as well as past exams (which will give you kind of a feel for the subject) then you can check the VCAA website:
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/exams/examsassessreports.html
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Re: Which subject should I skip a year?
« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2012, 07:20:04 pm »
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whats the point in doing vce in 2014? you will be doing 3 3/4's.. would be better to start a uni degree

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Re: Which subject should I skip a year?
« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2012, 07:25:59 pm »
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Don't want to go to Uni a year early

Want to do plenty of VCE subjects

Also i might do some uni studies while i'm doing that little bit of vce
Year 12 VCE Studies:
2012: Legal Studies [36]
2013: Physics [38], Maths Methods [40], English [38]
2014: Chemistry [37], Specialist Maths [40]

2014 ATAR: 97.40

2015:
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Re: Which subject should I skip a year?
« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2012, 07:27:36 pm »
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Don't want to go to Uni a year early

Want to do plenty of VCE subjects

Also i might do some uni studies while i'm doing that little bit of vce

but why? most things you learn in vce become usless ~6 weeks into most uni degrees..

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Re: Which subject should I skip a year?
« Reply #9 on: June 13, 2012, 07:49:57 pm »
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Don't want to go to Uni a year early

Want to do plenty of VCE subjects

Also i might do some uni studies while i'm doing that little bit of vce

but why? most things you learn in vce become usless ~6 weeks into most uni degrees..

I'm not sure about this... my sister is doing a bachelor of science at monash and the maths that she gets is identical to the maths that I get in methods/specialist.
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Re: Which subject should I skip a year?
« Reply #10 on: June 13, 2012, 10:26:56 pm »
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She's probably doing 1020, which is equivalent-ish to 3/4 methods, if you did 1030/1035, it won't be anything like VCE maths, at all

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Re: Which subject should I skip a year?
« Reply #11 on: June 15, 2012, 09:22:28 pm »
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That's a lot of subjects!
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