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They are all pretty content heavy so I can't imagine that it would be a walk in the park but if you're prepared to give it a go and work hard you can definitely successfully do all of them If I were you I would start year 11 with them and then see how they go and how you cope with the workload. Then if you need to you can always drop your worst subject and still have 12 units. I have a few friends who are doing 14 units so it's not too uncommon and can definitely be done. Ultimately though it's up to you and what you personally think you can achieve. Good luck with whatever you decide.
They are all pretty content heavy so I can't imagine that it would be a walk in the park but if you're prepared to give it a go and work hard you can definitely successfully do all of them If I were you I would start year 11 with them and then see how they go and how you cope with the workload. Then if you need to you can always drop your worst subject and still have 12 units. I have a few friends who are doing 14 units so it's not too uncommon and can definitely be done. Ultimately though it's up to you and what you personally think you can achieve. Good luck with whatever you decide.
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Prelim's work load is A LOT, to prepare you for the HSC. If you want to dedicate equal amount of work to each subject and expect to do very well in all of them, it would be very difficult in my opinion.
However, if you believe that you can cope with a lot of work and if you're fairly talented academically, give it a go. You can always drop a 2u subject or drop ext.1 English if you don't like it (assuming you won't drop ext.1 maths since you need it for ext.2 obviously). If you do pursue to do Ext2 maths in year 12, definitely drop at least 1 of your subjects...
The end choice is yours but those are just my thoughts
However, if you believe that you can cope with a lot of work and if you're fairly talented academically, give it a go. You can always drop a 2u subject or drop ext.1 English if you don't like it (assuming you won't drop ext.1 maths since you need it for ext.2 obviously). If you do pursue to do Ext2 maths in year 12, definitely drop at least 1 of your subjects...
The end choice is yours but those are just my thoughts
simplyinsanity
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I would agree.Prelim's work load is A LOT, to prepare you for the HSC. If you want to dedicate equal amount of work to each subject and expect to do very well in all of them, it would be very difficult in my opinion.
However, if you believe that you can cope with a lot of work and if you're fairly talented academically, give it a go. You can always drop a 2u subject or drop ext.1 English if you don't like it (assuming you won't drop ext.1 maths since you need it for ext.2 obviously). If you do pursue to do Ext2 maths in year 12, definitely drop at least 1 of your subjects...
The end choice is yours but those are just my thoughts
Although 14 units is manageable, you will need to have good time organisation skills. You could try taking all of your units until your first assessment task. This will give you a gauge of how well you are coping and gives you a chance to drop if necessary.
