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Re: Ideal number of VCE subjects in Year 12?
« Reply #60 on: April 28, 2011, 08:49:09 pm »
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Quote from: Bazza16 on April 28, 2011, 08:34:05 pm
If MHS wasn't so controlling, i would have done

1 in Yr 10 (BM)
3 in Yr 11 (Bio, Latin, Physics)
4 in Yr 12 (Spec, Methods, English, Chemistry)

Why 8 subjects? Also curious, why Latin in Year11?
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Re: Ideal number of VCE subjects in Year 12?
« Reply #61 on: April 28, 2011, 09:36:53 pm »
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If I was allowed to, I would do:

Year 10 - English Language 3/4 :D

Year 11 - Methods + English Language (repeat til I'm satisfied)

Year 12 - My current subjects (in sig.) -- repeating English Language until satisfied.

Unfortunately, my school only allows you to do 1 unit 3/4 in year 11 and nothing in year 10 :(.
To be honest, I really think the system has too many flaws - everyone in VCE should have to do the same number of unit 3/4's in the same number of years. Its a very big advantage to do more subjects before year 12 (in my opinion).
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Re: Ideal number of VCE subjects in Year 12?
« Reply #62 on: April 28, 2011, 09:52:34 pm »
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Hmm..same as what I'm doing now probably

Year 11: Accounting, Legal
Year 12: Vietnamese, English, Revolutions, Methods, Chemistry
So 7 overall and the lowest wouldn't count and the second and third lowest would count 10%.
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Re: Ideal number of VCE subjects in Year 12?
« Reply #63 on: April 28, 2011, 10:05:50 pm »
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1 in year 11, 4 in year 12. Calm down fellaz, don't get jealous. :P
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Re: Ideal number of VCE subjects in Year 12?
« Reply #64 on: April 28, 2011, 10:08:04 pm »
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Quote from: flasha on April 28, 2011, 09:25:02 am
Five did the trick for me with no 3/4s in year 11.

Good man. I'm doing five all up too, won't get to the 97 ATAR as yourself but it gives me some confidence. ;)
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Re: Ideal number of VCE subjects in Year 12?
« Reply #65 on: April 28, 2011, 10:09:13 pm »
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If my school wasn't so strict, I would of done VCE Chinese in year 10.
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Re: Ideal number of VCE subjects in Year 12?
« Reply #66 on: April 28, 2011, 11:17:37 pm »
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i reckon doing two in year 11 and four plus a UMEP subject in year 12 would be good - i wish i could do this :(
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Re: Ideal number of VCE subjects in Year 12?
« Reply #67 on: April 29, 2011, 12:16:42 am »
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Quote from: Hercules on April 28, 2011, 11:17:37 pm
i reckon doing two in year 11 and four plus a UMEP subject in year 12 would be good - i wish i could do this :(
I know a few people who have done this/ are doing it currently ... it seems to work really well.
The only problem I have is that my school doesn't allow you to do any 1/2s in year 10, which is a bit annoying - once I got to year 11 and realized that year 10 was a complete waste of time, I wished I'd been able to do a 1/2
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Re: Ideal number of VCE subjects in Year 12?
« Reply #68 on: April 29, 2011, 06:42:25 pm »
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I was wondering, how does the points thingie work when you only do 5 subjects? Generally people do 6 subjects and the teachers explain the points thingie using 6 subjects too.
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Re: Ideal number of VCE subjects in Year 12?
« Reply #69 on: April 29, 2011, 06:44:54 pm »
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Quote from: helenv on April 29, 2011, 06:42:25 pm
I was wondering, how does the points thingie work when you only do 5 subjects? Generally people do 6 subjects and the teachers explain the points thingie using 6 subjects too.
You just miss out on the 10% from a 6th subject.
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Re: Ideal number of VCE subjects in Year 12?
« Reply #70 on: April 29, 2011, 08:42:30 pm »
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The 1 + 2 + 4 is an increasing trend among top students.
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Re: Ideal number of VCE subjects in Year 12?
« Reply #71 on: April 29, 2011, 09:31:59 pm »
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Quote from: Asx4Life on April 29, 2011, 08:42:30 pm
The 1 + 2 + 4 is an increasing trend among top students.


IMO, this is the best path. Sadly, not enough schools allow such flexibility...
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Re: Ideal number of VCE subjects in Year 12?
« Reply #72 on: April 29, 2011, 09:40:34 pm »
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Quote from: vea on April 29, 2011, 09:31:59 pm
Quote from: Asx4Life on April 29, 2011, 08:42:30 pm
The 1 + 2 + 4 is an increasing trend among top students.


IMO, this is the best path. Sadly, not enough schools allow such flexibility...
Yeah, if only. I think 2 in year 11 should definitely by considered by every school though - and certain subjects should be allowed  :tickedoff:
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Re: Ideal number of VCE subjects in Year 12?
« Reply #73 on: April 30, 2011, 12:00:10 am »
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Year 11 - 2 Subjects
Year 12 - 4 Subjects + 1 Enhancement Study

Path I am taking, and it doesn't feel incredibly difficult.
Year 11 - Methods and Physics.
Year 12 - Chemistry, Specialist, French, English and MUEP Maths.

Enhancement is like half a subject anyway because you don't need to know the nuances of the course as is required for VCE.
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