Anyone NOT doing maths/didn't do maths for their VCE?

[d0minicz]

...a bit off topic....ur name is disturbing lol.

and so this post isn't worthless, DON'T REGRET not doing Maths. I have heard of some people who haven't (because not interested, don't need it), and still end up with a higher ENETR of high 80's, and they get into the course that they want, and get a normal/high paying job .

I know that there are people who get 99s etc without maths.

[teebagger*]

...a bit off topic....ur name is disturbing lol.

and so this post isn't worthless, DON'T REGRET not doing Maths. I have heard of some people who haven't (because not interested, don't need it), and still end up with a higher ENETR of high 80's, and they get into the course that they want, and get a normal/high paying job .

Haha, keep in mind that it's a complete joke and I don't actually, well, y'know...


I hope I'm capable of managing a high 80. :x

[teebagger*]

This guy I know got ENTER 97.5 and got into med @ monash and did not do ANY maths.

Whoa. No words lol.

Actually, there are words: did he do any sciences?

[khalil]

This guy I know got ENTER 97.5 and got into med @ monash and did not do ANY maths.

Whoa. No words lol.

Actually, there are words: did he do any sciences?

Well yeh for med u need to do chem(he got in the 30s) and bio (48)

[ioaus09]

The Good guys at melbourne U made it easier for people to do courses without methods e,g, environments which can lead to engineering, architecture, landscape etc. So methods is not really necessary, but it certainly opens up more things to do. Also, watch out for legal, if you have good english expression (which I don't) you might struggle

[QuantumJG]

I'm, well, balls at maths (which is really abnormal seeing as I'm Asian :x). Currently in year 11 and wondering if I've made a mistake dropping it and whether I should pick up 3&4 Further next year.
And I'm also curious to see if anyone else has dropped maths altogether, and even more curious to see if anyone has managed a fairly high ENTER without it.

Its usually likely your ENTER COULD drop, but, our dux of year 12 did absolutely NO maths and got 99.5 (something higher than 99.4). They were just too good in their other subjects.

I did maths because I love it and want my life to revolve around it. Whether this is engineering, physics or of course maths.

If you are not good at maths then don't do it because the odds are if you do further maths you'll have lost the opportunity to do another subject you could have done really well in and loved.

[TrueLight]

hmm you know quantumJG, have you ever condisered doing meteorology? because thats virtually physics and maths

[darkphoenix]

Yes!! Asian Pride!!

Haha but seriously, its up to you. You should just go with your strengths and pick whatever subjects you enjoy and are good at.

If you hate maths, then don't do it. Many people still achieve high enters without maths.

But some courses may require maths, so if you are unsure on what you want to do, it is probably better to do it just in case.

[Ahmad]

Keep in mind that many university courses require maths methods, even if they might not seem to be the most mathsy courses in the world. I believe Commerce at UoM requires a 35 raw in methods, or a similar requirement. If you aren't sure what you want to do yet not doing maths methods could greatly limit your choices in the future.

On the otherhand, if you know what you want to do will not require maths as a prerequisite then go right ahead in not doing it, you'll probably maximise your ENTER (and have more fun) doing something you enjoy.

[lacoste]

quite sure you only need raw 25 for commerce at UoM

[Fyrefly]

Not that that would make any difference to math-pros like Ahmad... XD

[Nic K]

I have also dropped maths!!! Feel better now? God knows I do for dropping that BLOODY SUBJECT!

[samuch]

Your school isn't the only one that doesn't allow people to do more than 5 subjects in year 12, but they put that rule in place for a reason - it's very difficult to balance 6 subjects. Besides, your 6th subject is only used as a 10% increment anyway, so you're better off putting in more effort for your 5 subjects rather than doing 6.

ours makes us do 5 because we have to do religion as our 6th -_- unit 2 tho

and as you can see in my signature i am doing both maths so yeah...

[Trent]

I'm not doing maths in year 12. It is such a relief not doing, as I hate maths.

If you hate it as much as me, you shouldn't do it. Also, the courses I applied for do not need maths.
However, if you do not know what you want to do, to keep your options open, keep maths. It all depends how much you like it, and what you want to do. As, not doing maths does not adversely affect your results, as shown.

[laura4]

i know this was posted in 2009 but i thought if anyone searched this question that aleast they'd have an up to date answer!
my older sister didn't do any maths or science in year 11 or 12. she managed to get an atar score of 99.3 and was the college dux for her year:) she won a scholarship to melbourne uni but turned it down because she didnt like how you couldnt take double degrees and at the moment shes studying arts/law at monash uni:)
people say that your course options are restricted alot but if you have no interest in courses such as say,biomed at melbourne uni -then you really dont need those subjects.  also,it depends on what uni you wwant to go to as well-im pretty sure you can get into nursing at deakin without any maths but at monash you would probably need it.

so basically,as a re-cap,if you dont want to study maths in year 12 because you're not that confident in it or you dont like it, then drop it.  the courses you want to get into arent being restricted that much,its more the univeristies that you want to get into because-as i said before-one course might require maths at a specific uni but the same course might not have maths as a pre-req at another university!