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spectroscopy:
Hi there, i did lit unit 2 this year and it was awesome and super fun, i like how you can have your own interpretation of something and as long as you can pull out evidence of it and analysis from the passage then passage analysis is so fun and easy, thought it requires alot of work to get to that level of understanding. i am however between lit and english. i know lit is thought to be hard, and i am aiming high in all of my subjects next year (except chem LOL), and i think english would be easy, but apparently at the top end its SUPER competitive,

basically what im asking is, to get a high score (47 or greater), am i better off doing english or lit?

In english you have to keep up with the news and stuff, and you might not get a good prompt for your exam or sacs etc. whereas in lit, though the eloquence of the competitors is arguably superior, you can prepare for lit really well without as many surprises (or so it seems)

what do you guys think i should do,
all replies are appreciated and im aware there are similiar threads for this but they are more from a "which is more fun" or "which is more workload" standpoint, im more curious about the top end achievability, thanks !

Tyleralp1:
NEVER choose a subject based on scaling, easiness, or competition. I had a similar dilemma with French and Physics due to scaling, but ended up picking up Physics.

My teachers gave me the following advice, and the most prominent answer should be what you choose.

Rules for picking a subject:
1. Irrespective of the conflicting factors, what would you pick?
2. What do you enjoy most?
3. What one are you most motivated to learn in?
4. What do you so better ib/think you'll do better in?
5. Is it a prerequisite?

Based on the above, you'll result with the subject you are most likely inclined to do. It ties in with what your personally enjoy, therefore you stand a better chance of wanting to learn and do well. Scaling takes care of itself in the end.

That said, considering there's not as big a difference as my subjects, do what you feel like. There's not a huge deal of scaling difference. Assuming you are a fairly competent and willing to learn as well as will invest the time and effort, go English Lit.

Hope that helped dude. Best of luck :) :)

spectroscopy:
haha thanks for the advice !!
 but im still curious, it is pretty much dead even between the two and this would be an influencing factor in the decision
oh well

saba.ay:
Having done both, I know exactly what you're referring to and, assuming you're equally capable in both, I'd go with Literature for the very reasons you mentioned. Literature was, I believe, a lot more fun, the exam has only one task (unlike English which has 3 different tasks) and again, unlike English, you don't have to write different types of essays for different types of prompts. Meaning, there is often very little which is 'irrelevant', whereas in English you have to be conscious of a specific prompt and tailor your writing to that prompt specifically.

Having said that, English is also amazing, especially if you have amazing teachers :D Just pick whichever subject you feel you can enjoy doing work for, for an entire year, without it feeling like a chore! :)

Lolly:
Hi, you pm'ed me about this?

Lit is the bee's knees.

The course is 10x more interesting than English. XD

of course I'm not biased

I don't think that English is 'easier' to score well in as opposed to Lit.  I know of classmates this year who were doing both English and Lit and getting better grades in Lit. I felt that I suited Lit better for the flexibility it offered.  Don't let perceived difficulty affect your decision.

I guess it's up to you. :)

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