Business v. Legal v. Modern (1 Viewer)

[lightthefuze]

Hi all!
I have subject selections right around the corner (literally, in two days) and I'm still obsessing over the range and sets of subjects that I will choose.

- I thought of choosing Business as it seems like my school does extremely well in Business Studies every year (70+ Band 6's over 3 years) and would serve me well if I did consider opening a childcare/tutoring place in the future. (But it doesn't really interest me that much)
- With Legal Studies, I considered it as I gained an A mark for the Legal part of Year 10 Commerce and I'm really interested in crime and happenings in society. (But it needs a broad understanding and would need students who would be good at communicating - ie. debating)
- Modern, I'd be really interested in learning about Nazi Germany and European dynasties, it scales higher too (I'm already considering Ancient and am afraid that the workload would be too high - apparently the history teachers at my school hand out essays every week and would be due the day after!)

So far I've locked in:
- English Advanced
- SOR II
- Ancient History
- CAFS

Debate below!

 

[macrazy]

It seems like you're not too interested in business, so I'd scrap that - being interested in the subject will get you better marks than any reputation your school might have in that area. Between legal and modern is there one that you are interested in more? Forget about scaling for a second. Which one would you enjoy most? Which one do you think better suits your capabilities and strengths? Would you be willing to put the extra effort/time in for modern (remember legal will still take a lot of time)? Have you looked at the syllabus for each? Which sounds more interesting from the syllabus? Have you looked at past hsc exams? Does one have question types that play to your strengths (eg. If you are better at multiple choice/essay/etc)? Just some things to consider

 

[Ununoctium]

I would say Legal Studies. It compliments CAFS and SOR in some respects, and seems to be the subject you enjoy the most. You only enjoy some aspects of Modern History, and you aren't interested in Business, so you should definitely rule out Business and probably rule out Modern (and you're trying to convince yourself out of Modern anyway!). Also, just because you're school does well in a subject, doesn't mean you will. Choose for what you think you'll enjoy and do well in. Simple as that, really.

Also, I think you'll be fine with the "communicating" parts of Legal. Frankly, if you're that worried about your arguing skills you shouldn't be doing half the subjects you are already!

 

[lightthefuze]

Thoughts on any other subjects that would compliment the ones that I've already chosen?

 

[Drifting95]

Do whatever you are interested in most, forget how you think you will go. Motivation is very important as you will go through phases of strong and very little motivation, so by having a subject you enjoy it will just make it that little bit easier to work through.

 

[nerdasdasd]

Business is a breeze (Y), easy band six there....

 

[Drifting95]

Business is a breeze (Y), easy band six there....

Oh, really?

 

[BLIT2014]

You seem more interested in Legal/Modern so go with what you'd rather learn about

 

[TheEntrepreneur]

pick business, easiest out of those
or modern cause it has good scaling, and it is actually interesting. It's more about the psychological effects of the war and all that deep and cool stuff Lol.
Legal is only interesting sometimes, but depending on the topics it can be boring. For instance the Family topic sucks, so damn boring but the World Order topic is way more interesting. But I wish i didn't do legal because it has way more work and memorisation than business, and modern, despite its average scaling.

 

[nerdasdasd]

Oh, really?

Yep, I bludged most of the time and I got close to a b6.

 

[lightthefuze]

Would you say that by choosing:
- Eng. Adv.
- SOR II
- Ancient
- Legal
- Business
- CAFS

Would be a high workload?
Or should I choose Standard English instead to lighten it?

 

[R4diance]

Would you say that by choosing:
- Eng. Adv.
- SOR II
- Ancient
- Legal
- Business
- CAFS

Would be a high workload?
Or should I choose Standard English instead to lighten it?

Don't go with Standard. The workload is almost the same. Stick with Advanced

 

[nerdasdasd]

Would you say that by choosing:
- Eng. Adv.
- SOR II
- Ancient
- Legal
- Business
- CAFS

Would be a high workload?
Or should I choose Standard English instead to lighten it?

The workload for advanced English is about the same for standard English , except the texts differ.

 

[lightthefuze]

would you say that the workload would be higher if I chose modern instead of ancient?

 

[Ununoctium]

would you say that the workload would be higher if I chose modern instead of ancient?

The histories are about the same in content.

 

[lightthefuze]

do you think that choosing modern - a subject that I'd like a little better than ancient and scales better, would be better for me?

 

[R4diance]

do you think that choosing modern - a subject that I'd like a little better than ancient and scales better, would be better for me?

Choose the subjects that you have more of an interest in. I'd say go take a look at some textbooks and ask around. Try not to worry about the scaling.
If you think you'd like Modern more, choose it

 

[jazzawhat]

do you think that choosing modern - a subject that I'd like a little better than ancient and scales better, would be better for me?

Sounds like a win-win to me

 

[nerdasdasd]

do you think that choosing modern - a subject that I'd like a little better than ancient and scales better, would be better for me?

Ultimately, if you like the subject, you would not consider scaling as you would likely do well, whether or not the subject scales well.

 

[R4diance]

Sounds like a win-win to me

Yeah