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lukaal340

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Subject Selections - 3 maths?
« on: June 16, 2012, 11:32:57 am »
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looking for some advice on subject selections,
I'm in year 10 and doing 3/4 further and 1/2 accounting this year, so ill finish further this year in year 10, accounting next year in year 11 and then 4 in year 12.
I was thinking of doing English, Methods, Specialist and Physics in year 12, but have recently found out only 2 maths can be in your top 4 ATAR-wise.
Anybody got any suggestions for subjects? Is doing all three maths a bad idea?
Thanks in advance.
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Re: Subject Selections - 3 maths?
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2012, 12:01:08 pm »
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It's not a BAD idea, in that, yeah, you're going to have to have 2 subjects as your bottom two anyways, but I would say just do the 3 maths :P especially because specialist maths gets scaled up like crazy and you seem like you enjoy maths and would be good at it.

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Re: Subject Selections - 3 maths?
« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2012, 12:26:26 pm »
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I did the 3 maths in VCE, further 3/4 in yr 11, and Spesh and Meth in yr 12. I was waiting to lose out due to the three maths rule, but even though I got 45 in Further, spesh and meth scaled above it in the end, with further ending up in the bottom two, so it didn't matter in the end, (plus I used further in yr 11 as a trial run for yr 12).

As Paul said, stick to what you enjoy, as that means you will put the effort into it and more likely to do well.

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Re: Subject Selections - 3 maths?
« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2012, 01:01:49 pm »
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thanks guys, appreciate it.
2012  Further [47]
2013  Accounting
2014  Methods - Specialist - English - Physics