do I drop ancient now or later? (1 Viewer)

[Daq]

Okay, so my situation rn is that I have currently 12 units for year 12: physics, chem, english advanced, ancient, maths advanced, maths ext 1 and maths ext 2. Basically, I wanted opinions on whether or not I should drop ancient history, which is by far my most hated subject since I am a STEM nerd , and I do not know whether or not to drop it now before the end of the term or wait it out

Pros of dropping ancient

• So much extra time to study: no maths adv assessments + 14 hours of study periods (since I already dropped engineering studies)
• Since it is SUCH A CONTENT HEAVY SUBJECT, I can barely cope with it rn in week 7 (for me) let alone next year, that dedication for ancient can be all shifted towards maths ext 2 and physics since they are really rewarding but hard
• I LOVE maths ext 2 and it is so fun doing it so if I have that extra time then I can really nerd out
• I do not have to study for the ancient history assessment, which is week 10 or maybe start of term 1 week 1
• There are SO MANY TERMS AND SOURCES + my class is doing rome, greece, rome and more rome, so we are doing the lame boring subjects (WHERE IS EGYPT?!?!?! )

Cons of dropping ancient

• I am fully locked into maths ext 2, meaning that if I have any urge to leave I literally cannot drop it (although I wasn't planning to)
• ATAR will be affected if I do not do good in mx2, but I do not really care if I get like an 85 ATAR cause it basically means nothing and anyone can get into any course eventually

That is basically it, please anyone give me an opinion on my predicament bcoz I was looking to drop by week 9, but now I am not sure

 

[TheSmartGuyRises]

just drop it.

 

[Daq]

just drop it.

So ur saying it will be better for me to just drop it now instead of later?

 

[iiae12]

So ur saying it will be better for me to just drop it now instead of later?

if ur confident that u will do well in mx2 then drop it

 

[totally_screwed]

pros clearly outweigh the cons so yeah I would drop it. I knew I was gonna drop a subject by year 12 but I didn't know which one so I did prelims for all my units and then decided. but it seems like you're pretty sure you don't want to do ancient so there's no reason to keep doing it

 

[SMARTYPANTS_SINGH]

Okay, so my situation rn is that I have currently 12 units for year 12: physics, chem, english advanced, ancient, maths advanced, maths ext 1 and maths ext 2. Basically, I wanted opinions on whether or not I should drop ancient history, which is by far my most hated subject since I am a STEM nerd , and I do not know whether or not to drop it now before the end of the term or wait it out

Pros of dropping ancient

• So much extra time to study: no maths adv assessments + 14 hours of study periods (since I already dropped engineering studies)
• Since it is SUCH A CONTENT HEAVY SUBJECT, I can barely cope with it rn in week 7 (for me) let alone next year, that dedication for ancient can be all shifted towards maths ext 2 and physics since they are really rewarding but hard
• I LOVE maths ext 2 and it is so fun doing it so if I have that extra time then I can really nerd out
• I do not have to study for the ancient history assessment, which is week 10 or maybe start of term 1 week 1
• There are SO MANY TERMS AND SOURCES + my class is doing rome, greece, rome and more rome, so we are doing the lame boring subjects (WHERE IS EGYPT?!?!?! )

Cons of dropping ancient

• I am fully locked into maths ext 2, meaning that if I have any urge to leave I literally cannot drop it (although I wasn't planning to)
• ATAR will be affected if I do not do good in mx2, but I do not really care if I get like an 85 ATAR cause it basically means nothing and anyone can get into any course eventually

That is basically it, please anyone give me an opinion on my predicament bcoz I was looking to drop by week 9, but now I am not sure

I was in the same spot as you and dropped Ancient at the beginning of year 12 cause I took ext 2. Looking back I would've liked to have those extra 2 units as a backup. But honestly, if u don't slack around and do regular practice for everything else, drop Ancient now cause it does save time later on. However, if u think it is an easy b6 for you then don't drop it now and see how you cope with the workload. A major reason I dropped it was that I also had no interest in the subject so I really couldn't be bothered and knew I had to dedicate a decent amount of time to do well.

 

[Daq]

Okay thank you all, I am definitely going to drop it next week!