Need advice

[mylinh-nguyen]

I don't know whether I should drop eco or not, so far my marks are ok but its sooo boring and I always feel sleepy when I go in. I understand the content, but am only getting avg marks. Should I drop it in case I do badly in chem? or keep it? Teachers are telling me how high scaling it is and how it would be a mistake.

[sudodds]

I don't know whether I should drop eco or not, so far my marks are ok but its sooo boring and I always feel sleepy when I go in. I understand the content, but am only getting avg marks. Should I drop it in case I do badly in chem? or keep it? Teachers are telling me how high scaling it is and how it would be a mistake.

High scaling or not, if you a) don't enjoy it and b) aren't motivated enough to put the necessary, high amount of effort into economics (which is a hard subject, and gets harder throughout the year imo) then I believe dropping is definitely a good idea. Take this from someone who wishes that they had dropped economics, but stuck with it for this very reason. Even though economics was arguably my highest scaling subject, it didn't end up counting towards my ATAR, because I was more motivated to work harder in my other subjects. However, if you do drop the subject, make sure that you utilise the added time effectively!

But yeah, those are my two cents

[mylinh-nguyen]

High scaling or not, if you a) don't enjoy it and b) aren't motivated enough to put the necessary, high amount of effort into economics (which is a hard subject, and gets harder throughout the year imo) then I believe dropping is definitely a good idea. Take this from someone who wishes that they had dropped economics, but stuck with it for this very reason. Even though economics was arguably my highest scaling subject, it didn't end up counting towards my ATAR, because I was more motivated to work harder in my other subjects. However, if you do drop the subject, make sure that you utilise the added time effectively!

But yeah, those are my two cents

thanks that helped me decide

[iStudent]

Actually, the reverse can also be true - I am a personal example of this.

I barely put any effort into economics throughout high school. During lessons I'd do math questions (yes, math questions) and I wouldn't dedicate any time to economics outside the 2-3 weeks before the exam ("cram weeks") + time writing notes (which I used 2 weeks to do) and writing up essay plans (which took a bit of time, but not that much tbh). Like sudodds, I wanted to drop economics throughout the year because frankly, the content is bland and my marks weren't the best (compared to my other subjects minus english at least).

Compared to my other subjects like chemistry, I'd say the amount of effort I put into economics would probably be half.

However, economics ended up being one of my best subjects - in fact, I state ranked in it. Contrary to what others might make you think - economics is still a humanities subject in the end. There really isn't that much content compared to say, Chemistry. If you choose to, it's easy to speed through everything in a couple of weeks by writing notes (1 chapter a day, especially during the holidays). Then you can just leave it until the exam - because economics is pretty straightforward compared to something like balancing equations or understanding titrations.

My advice? Don't drop it - unless you're really struggling because let's be honest - who can really say economics is challenging compared to the likes of chemistry, physics or math. The straightforward nature might just be the reason you do well in it!