Would this be slightly redeemed by the fact that I'm only taking six unique subjects?
Provisional List of Subjects I'm Taking
English Ex. 1
Maths Ex. 1
Japanese Continuers (Accelerated)
German Beginners
Legal Studies
Chemistry
I don't really count German Beginners as a subject I really need to study for as I have a lot of background knowledge already and am acing all my exams with little studying. (idk i might be getting ahead of myself a little)
ok the fact that your accelerating a subject and that you find german very easy are the only redeeming factors here. i hear that legal is somehwat content heavy (don't quote me on this) and ik for a fact chem will take effort. and obv you will have to worry about your accelerated jap in y11 and prioritise it over other subjects to some extent, at least until hsc for jap is over, so you will only reap the benefits of having a subject done early AFTER your jap continuers hsc is done. so ultimately i am still kind of concerned but im sure if you were very dedicated and organised you would be okay
also i was like you and i tried to treat both of my extension subjects as one subject when to justify choosing them. they are, in reality, vastly different and what i do in advanced is pretty much unrelated to my e1. that means the work is also different and at any given time ill have completely different sets of work with advanced and e1. the benefit, though, is that e1 develops my general skills in a way that can be applied to advanced e.g. good essay writing and analytical skills in e1 put me in a great position for adv and same goes for topics in maths. but the work is diff and the one unit extension subjects have an equal amount of work to most 2 unit subjects so you are essentially signing up for almost double the work
btw im not discouraging you from joining. you should def give eng e1 a shot if you really like it and you feel like you can cope.you probably can cope in e1 but im concerned about your workload overall
im just trying to help you consider that taking 14 units of subjects will not be beneficial for you and will only end up putting pressure on you. only 10 of those units will go toward your atar, so you could drop a subject or 2 and invest that time and effort into your other subjects. im assuming to cope with your extra units you also have to take morning/afternoon classes too. i personally cannot justify taking more than 12 units in y11 (2 spare units if things go wrong, also gives you the opportunity to pick smth else up in y12 if you are eligible and drop a subject if you need to)
Especially because you're doing an accelerated subject, I just don't think you want to be studying for your HSC while also juggling 12 other units of work and assessments... It genuinely sounds like a nightmare. If you want to do Eng Ext bc you find it really interesting, go for it! But I really don't think you should do 14 units.