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amatterra

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From reading a lot of threads here, I heard that Economics is pretty content-heavy & has a lot of essay writing and stuff.. but I'd love to take Economics as I think it'll be a subject I enjoy because I'm genuinely interested and think that Economics would give me a better understanding of how the world works + equip me as an adult. But I have no interest in doing anything related to Economics after school. (+ I'm doing Commerce in y10 and I like it, although I genuinely hate the Political Involvement unit)

On the other hand, I want to take Maths Ext 1 (and Physics & Chemistry) because I'd like to do Engineering after school, and I'd naturally focus more on these subjects for that reason.

Would choosing Economics be worth it? Would it take my study time away from Maths and the Science subjects? I genuinely want to take Econ but that's the only thing I'm concerned about. And I don't want to just focus on the STEM subjects and not give a crap about my other subjects yk.

#plshelp
 

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From reading a lot of threads here, I heard that Economics is pretty content-heavy & has a lot of essay writing and stuff.. but I'd love to take Economics as I think it'll be a subject I enjoy because I'm genuinely interested and think that Economics would give me a better understanding of how the world works + equip me as an adult. But I have no interest in doing anything related to Economics after school. (+ I'm doing Commerce in y10 and I like it, although I genuinely hate the Political Involvement unit)

On the other hand, I want to take Maths Ext 1 (and Physics & Chemistry) because I'd like to do Engineering after school, and I'd naturally focus more on these subjects for that reason.

Would choosing Economics be worth it? Would it take my study time away from Maths and the Science subjects? I genuinely want to take Econ but that's the only thing I'm concerned about. And I don't want to just focus on the STEM subjects and not give a crap about my other subjects yk.

#plshelp
it shouldn’t take study time away because eco probably has similar content to any other stem subject anyway. tbh if u want to do it it’s probably good because you’ll have some diversity in your subjects, but there wouldn’t be anything bad about taking eco

alternatively u could pick eco and then drop in year 12 to go to 10 units if u really don’t like it, so it’s not the end of the world
 

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From reading a lot of threads here, I heard that Economics is pretty content-heavy & has a lot of essay writing and stuff.. but I'd love to take Economics as I think it'll be a subject I enjoy because I'm genuinely interested and think that Economics would give me a better understanding of how the world works + equip me as an adult. But I have no interest in doing anything related to Economics after school. (+ I'm doing Commerce in y10 and I like it, although I genuinely hate the Political Involvement unit)

On the other hand, I want to take Maths Ext 1 (and Physics & Chemistry) because I'd like to do Engineering after school, and I'd naturally focus more on these subjects for that reason.

Would choosing Economics be worth it? Would it take my study time away from Maths and the Science subjects? I genuinely want to take Econ but that's the only thing I'm concerned about. And I don't want to just focus on the STEM subjects and not give a crap about my other subjects yk.

#plshelp
This sounds weird but Im doing my hsc for the exact same subjects that u just listed + eng adv
Eco IS content heavy it will take the hell out of ur time to make notes and memorise them + stats + essay plans so if u hate memorising, pls reconsider

maths ext 1 is ok for prelim, but it will get more and more horrible as u proceed to finish the course, it scales the best just after e2 but also hard asf - but i reckon just give it a go bc it’s only 1u and u sound like ur gonna be on 11

SO, eco has been enjoyable for me but being able to do well will take time out of ur other subjects, im literally studying for phys w my bare minimum😇
 

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