Years 9 & 10 2012 Chit Chat Thread (4 Viewers)

[Demento1]

Um yes I do. I'm thinking of either a course in medicine or an engineering/arts degree, in terms of careers I'm unsure. And in terms of the assessment, that would be great

Hmm, if medicine you are definitely suggesting that a high ATAR would definitely be beneficial and I have no doubt if you enjoy the subjects you have listed, I wish you the best. It is good that you are doing sciences and maths because engineering definitely treats this as assumed knowledge often.

 

[kat-]

I'm thinking about choosing to do Modern AND Ancient history next year but I have a feeling that i'm going to overwhelmed with the amount of work...

To be honest, i'm excited for my senior years because I just want to get the HSC over and done with.

If you enjoy the subject then do it! Better to choose a subject that you love despite how much workload you think you'll get. All subjects will probably give the same amount of work anyway

 

[Demento1]

I'm thinking about choosing to do Modern AND Ancient history next year but I have a feeling that i'm going to overwhelmed with the amount of work...

To be honest, i'm excited for my senior years because I just want to get the HSC over and done with.

Hey fawun! Guess who If you are definitely into writing and analysing sources, you should do both history subjects if you feel you enjoy and think will perform well in them. How many units exactly would you have if you were to choose both histories? You can always drop one if you feel too much pressure upon yourself.

 

[russ3l]

@demento1, what career path do you wish to pursue?

 

[kat-]

How is everyone going with their subject selections? I am going to see what recommendations I get for maths when I get back to school, but this is what I am most likely going to do (not sure if the school would allow me to do 13 units though, I have to check that as well):
- Studies of Religion 1 (compulsory)
- Advanced English
- Mathematics
- Economics
- Geography
- Chemistry
- Visual Arts
* Business Studies
* Modern History

If something is on the same line, I'll choose one subject and for the other subject I'll just replace it with business studies or modern history. However if I do extension for English, extension for maths or extension for English and maths (unlikely) then I might choose to remove visual arts.

I'm not exactly 100% happy with my current choices

3U English
3U Maths
Chemistry
Bio
Legal Studies OR Economics, still really unsure

I doubt I'll make it into both extensions considering how not-that-great my math skills are. If I don't then I'll probably choose photography which is 1 unit, and which I actually really want to do but don't think I can if I already have 12 units. Not sure though, if I could choose photography on top of both extensions, I would.

 

[russ3l]

English standard
General math
Aboriginal studies
Pdhpe
Agriculture

Atar aim: 99.95

 

[Ealdoon]

English standard
General math
Aboriginal studies
Pdhpe
Agriculture

Atar aim: 99.95

Haha I don't think you're being serious

 

[iBibah]

Good choice.

 

[Ealdoon]

May I ask why you think that?

 

[iBibah]

Originally you asked for an opinion out of two options and I asked a question, then you edited and said you decided, so i edited my post to "Good choice". Because they are, some scaling problems but otherwise a good combination of subjects I'm assuming you might enjoy.

 

[Ealdoon]

Originally you asked for an opinion out of two options and I asked a question, then you edited and said you decided, so i edited my post to "Good choice". Because they are, some scaling problems but otherwise a good combination of subjects I'm assuming you might enjoy.

Yeah, I decided that it would be good to have an extension and there is no guarantee that I will do well at geography. We haven't really started anything in geography yet!

 

[Demento1]

@demento1, what career path do you wish to pursue?

Sorry I didn't respond earlier to this. I'm looking at perhaps becoming either a forensic private detective, psychologist or lawyer. Any of those professions would make me incredibly happy.

 

[kat-]

A forensic detective seems like such a cool job, wouldn't mind being one either

 

[Blue Suede]

Sorry I didn't respond earlier to this. I'm looking at perhaps becoming either a forensic private detective, psychologist or lawyer. Any of those professions would make me incredibly happy.

What about combine all three and become a forensic psych? Seriously, it's a legit job

 

[Demento1]

What about combine all three and become a forensic psych? Seriously, it's a legit job

That is actually a good suggestion! I might go around and research for the courses and exactly what they cover to see if I am interested.

 

[Blue Suede]

That is actually a good suggestion! I might go around and research for the courses and exactly what they cover to see if I am interested.

It's great, I studied it for a semester at USyd as part of an Applied Psychology major. It's not quite what you expect, probably best described as psych applied to the courtroom. You do things like how different juries respond to different cases and the process in making their decision (how gender/race/background/etc may impact the decision), the reliability of eye-witness testimonies (they're not reliable), etcetc

 

[Demento1]

It's great, I studied it for a semester at USyd as part of an Applied Psychology major. It's not quite what you expect, probably best described as psych applied to the courtroom. You do things like how different juries respond to different cases and the process in making their decision (how gender/race/background/etc may impact the decision), the reliability of eye-witness testimonies (they're not reliable), etcetc

Appreciate the input. Just a quick question. So is forensic psych simply a topic in a much larger course such as your Applied Psych major? I was wondering if you could dedicate to studying an actual course in university called 'forensic psych'.

 

[russ3l]

Appreciate the input. Just a quick question. So is forensic psych simply a topic in a much larger course such as your Applied Psych major? I was wondering if you could dedicate to studying an actual course in university called 'forensic psych'.

Ive done some research although I may be incorrect. I think you have to complete a degree in psychology
first then go into specialisation (postgrad).
seems like a really interesting career!
Perhaps combine psychology with law so you get the best of both worlds.

 

[Blue Suede]

Appreciate the input. Just a quick question. So is forensic psych simply a topic in a much larger course such as your Applied Psych major? I was wondering if you could dedicate to studying an actual course in university called 'forensic psych'.

Not as such, no. You need to do psych as a major in undergrad, and this covers a whole range of the different areas in psych like social, cognitive, intelligence, perception, learning, health, organisational, etc. It's really good though, you might find there's an area you find more interesting than forensic, and you get a well-rounded education.

Ive done some research although I may be incorrect. I think you have to complete a degree in psychology
first then go into specialisation (postgrad).
seems like a really interesting career!
Perhaps combine psychology with law so you get the best of both worlds.

This is pretty much it. If you want more specific info about the different areas you can go into, the aps (australian psychiatric society) has some info on their website http://www.psychology.org.au/studentHQ/careers-in-psychology/

 

[russ3l]

anyone else wanna share there desired career?