SOMEBODY HELP! (1 Viewer)

[tyguy]

I’m about to start Year 11, and I’ve been struggling a lot with my subject choices. Originally, I picked subjects like Maths Extension 1, Maths Advanced, English Advanced, English Extension 1, Physics, Economics, and Geography, aiming for a high ATAR and scaling. After doing some taster sessions, I changed my subjects to Maths Extension 1, Maths Advanced, English Advanced, SOR 1, Physics, Chemistry, and Geography. I thought this would be a better balance, but now I’m realizing it’s still a very heavy workload and I’m not enjoying some of the subjects, especially Chemistry.

I bought online tutoring for the holidays to get a head start, but the Chemistry content felt completely overwhelming. I didn’t understand anything, and it didn’t sit right with me. That’s when I started regretting some of my subject changes. I feel like I picked most of my subjects just for scaling and ATAR potential rather than interest or enjoyment. Now, I’m worried that Year 11 and 12 will be extremely stressful, and I’ll be constantly under pressure, especially since I’m aiming to continue on to Maths Extension 2 in Year 12.

The worst part is that I can’t change my subjects again — I’ve already made my changes and the school won’t allow another. WHAT DO I DO.

 

[.kumori]

I don't know if chemistry is only subject you're majorly worrying about, but if you are planning to pick up MX2 then perhaps just make chemistry the subject you plan to drop at the end of Yr 11. And in the meantime, you prioritize getting goods marks in your other subjects.
Also, are you absolutely sure your school doesn't have a 2-3 week trial period at the start of Yr 11 where you and other students may change subjects?

Maybe don't worry too much about how overwhelming the content is right now, for me it was like a huge jump from Yr 10 to Yr 11 so it takes some time settling in how intense it is, but if you know you're a person with great time management, can stay on top of things then I'm sure it will be okay.

 

[ALolly]

You should definitely request your school to let you change anything you want to because normally schools do allow the first 1-2 weeks to change in case someone doesn't like the subject they chose. If they let you change you should try to chose subjects you enjoy rather than just for the sake of atar contribution. If not maybe just make it your subject to drop if you don't get the hang of it through yr 11.

 

[tyguy]

The school does have a 2-3 week trial period however the Academic Dean said that if I change my subjects now I cannot change them again next year (I still changed them and I lowk regret it.) I can try requesting a subject change at the start of the term but I'll see how the subjects go at first.

 

[cheesynooby]

It seems like you haven't had any experience with learning year 11 chemistry at your school yet, so i'd say it might be too early to be panicking, especially because:
1. most holiday tutoring courses are very fast paced and assume a lot of content is already known
2. module 1 of chemistry (which most schools learn first) is one of the more content-heavy, less math/skill-based topics so it may not represent the workload you'll receive throughout most of senior chemistry (a lot of it is more heavily calculation/skill-based)

 

[coolcat6778]

chemistry is awful and useless

 

[coolcat6778]

I’m about to start Year 11, and I’ve been struggling a lot with my subject choices. Originally, I picked subjects like Maths Extension 1, Maths Advanced, English Advanced, English Extension 1, Physics, Economics, and Geography, aiming for a high ATAR and scaling. After doing some taster sessions, I changed my subjects to Maths Extension 1, Maths Advanced, English Advanced, SOR 1, Physics, Chemistry, and Geography. I thought this would be a better balance, but now I’m realizing it’s still a very heavy workload and I’m not enjoying some of the subjects, especially Chemistry.

I bought online tutoring for the holidays to get a head start, but the Chemistry content felt completely overwhelming. I didn’t understand anything, and it didn’t sit right with me. That’s when I started regretting some of my subject changes. I feel like I picked most of my subjects just for scaling and ATAR potential rather than interest or enjoyment. Now, I’m worried that Year 11 and 12 will be extremely stressful, and I’ll be constantly under pressure, especially since I’m aiming to continue on to Maths Extension 2 in Year 12.

The worst part is that I can’t change my subjects again — I’ve already made my changes and the school won’t allow another. WHAT DO I DO.

"SOR 1"

religion is fake + this subject rightfully scales poorly