Do you prioritise your subjects?

[kenhung123]

Is it a good tactic to prioritise your subjects? i.e. try hard in the 4 subjects what will be in top 4? Is this risky or its just best to even it all out?

[THem]

When you get lazy and can't manage your time, you start neglecting subjects. That would be almost everyone ( STUPID ASS PHYSICS) but I would suggest to try and keep a balance with your subjects.

[Ilovemathsmeth]

LOL any subject but English!!!

[QuantumJG]

Is it a good tactic to prioritise your subjects? i.e. try hard in the 4 subjects what will be in top 4? Is this risky or its just best to even it all out?

yeah sort of.

I started neglecting chemistry to do well in physics and specialist maths. Then I got an A in the chemistry exam and kicked myself because an A+ could have been possible, but I always knew chemistry would be my fifth subject. I remember telling my chemistry teacher how unfair it is that one of my best subjects would have to be fifth because of english and I resented english for the rest of the year.

[chris1991]

Absolutely. I have not opened my business books to study for any SAC or the exam this year, because it is my 6th subject and it basically has no effect on my enter score.

[RexPP]

Yeah I neglected the fuck out of literature, it's just not worth it - difficult subject with barely any scaling.

[IntoTheNewWorld]

Yeah I prioritize a bit. I don't study Methods at all basically (leaving it to die) and study heaps for physics. I was going to let Chem die as well but then after A+ for mid year I tried to save it to push IT Apps into bottom two.

[lynt.br]

Usually the subjects I neglect I do the best in and the subjects I study for I completely screw up. My highest study score so far is from a subject in which my only study was on the day of the exam.

[Gloamglozer]

Well, after mid-years this year, Chem and Physics have been placed on the back burner for me.

Even now, with a couple of more days to those two exams, I have not done one single practice exam.

[jimmy999]

Usually either Specialist or Chemistry were my top priority. Methods came next and English came last spending about 1 third the time on English than I did with other subjects. That was mainly because I love my other 3 subjects but resent English. However leading up to the exam I put in about 6 hours of English study each day

[TrueTears]

Yeah I always do spesh/methods first before anything.

[Gloamglozer]

Yeah I always do spesh/methods first before anything.

No wonder why you epically own those subjects.

[NE2000]

Is it a good tactic to prioritise your subjects? i.e. try hard in the 4 subjects what will be in top 4? Is this risky or its just best to even it all out?

I presume what you mean is to study hard only for those subjects you expect to be in your top 4. I would say that's not a good tactic. Those bottom 2 should be a backup. There is enough time in VCE to study enough to get to a 45-50 level for every subject you do if you have the foundation built in previous years. But if you try hard only in 4 you're basically dropping that backup option if you get what I mean. And ideally your bottom 2 would be decent contributors. In the end those small differences do help your ENTER.

If I'm misinterpreting and you meant prioritizing in general then yeah that's a good idea. I didn't really put methods too high up there because I figured doing a lot of work on spesh solidified and extended on my methods knowledge anyway. I also ensured that I did enough English particularly nearing the end even if I enjoyed my maths and sciences more.

[mypurpleundercracka]

absolutely, especially for my big 3 which are business, legal and history - barely do any for psychology coz i dont consider it a serious subject and for maths i opened my textbook less than 10 times this year since i merely need at 25+ for it as a SS

[dejan91]

Yeah, it varied throughout the year though. If a sac was coming up in one subject, I'd study for that and so on... But I pretty much avoided english if I had a choice. In the last week before exams, I studied English A LOT. So I prioritise in the sense that whatever I think is important in the short term, I study more for and not the the long run. By long run, I mean: "I think this subject will be my bottom one, hence I will neglect it the whole year."