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[cindicle]

what if i were to, perchance, take (for year 11)

Eng Adv
Math Adv
Math Ext 1
SOR 1
Modern History
Economics
Japanese Continuers

and then (for year 12)

Eng Adv
Math Adv
Math Ext 1
SOR 1
Modern History
Japanese Continuers
Japanese Extension

for context I really hate science but i do decent in it... also none of the uni courses i want to so far have it as a prereq so i decided not to go with it. im in the top math class for my year but i get average marks for the course, im pretty good at history and my school is kind of a HSIE sweat-- also i get full marks in Japanese. i took commerce as an elective asw so may be useful for economics. BUT FOR ENGLISH RIGHT- i got recommended ext for yr 11 and im getting pretty average marks so like idk if my school is just weird like that or smth.

lmk your thoughts gang xx

do NOTT do english ext1, it takes sm time, its subjective and compared to maths, it doesnt scale as well either but your other subjects look good

 

[ermguys]

do NOTT do english ext1, it takes sm time, its subjective and compared to maths, it doesnt scale as well either but your other subjects look good

okay slay bc i was lowkey regretting my choices there tysm girly <3

 

[ermguys]

i feel kinda weird not taking a science tho is it like reccomended if u wanna get an atar above 90 because most of the academic sweats at my school are doing at least 2u science...

 

[67atar]

yeah taking atleast physics or chem scales well, and high atar achievers are 95% likely to take a science

 

[ermguys]

source pls

 

[Study to success]

i feel kinda weird not taking a science tho is it like reccomended if u wanna get an atar above 90 because most of the academic sweats at my school are doing at least 2u science...

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It’s ok. Lots of people who get 95+ atars don’t do sciences. Just do the subjects u enjoy and think you’ll do the best in

 

[67atar]

source pls

source: my instincts

but it's defo possible to get a good atar without doing a science

 

[ermguys]

oh also theres like a 2 week period next term where we do our year 11 subjects and then we can switch so lets see. I personally dont see myself doing great in science and my school has only 1 band 6er in physics and 1 in chem per year (compared to like 15-16 in history which is also where my strengths lie) but yea maybe ill eventually end up doing a science who knows.

 

[cindicle]

okay slay bc i was lowkey regretting my choices there tysm girly <3

HAHAHA i was legit in ur position w my subject selection like dude everyone was telling me to take ext 1 english

 

[ermguys]

HAHAHA i was legit in ur position w my subject selection like dude everyone was telling me to take ext 1 english

THIS BRO LITERALLY WHAT THE HELLY
controversial opinion they should make English optional x

 

[cindicle]

THIS BRO LITERALLY WHAT THE HELLY
controversial opinion they should make English optional x

bro i agree SO MUCH like god forbid i DONT want to analyse poems for the rest of my schooling life

 

[Study to success]

oh also theres like a 2 week period next term where we do our year 11 subjects and then we can switch so lets see. I personally dont see myself doing great in science and my school has only 1 band 6er in physics and 1 in chem per year (compared to like 15-16 in history which is also where my strengths lie) but yea maybe ill eventually end up doing a science who knows.

But if ur school gets more band 6’s in history and that’s what ur good at then maybe u should stick with it. Like u don’t have to feel obligated to pics a science

 

[f7eeting]

what if i were to, perchance, take (for year 11)

Eng Adv
Math Adv
Math Ext 1
SOR 1
Modern History
Economics
Japanese Continuers

and then (for year 12)

Eng Adv
Math Adv
Math Ext 1
SOR 1
Modern History
Japanese Continuers
Japanese Extension

for context I really hate science but i do decent in it... also none of the uni courses i want to so far have it as a prereq so i decided not to go with it. im in the top math class for my year but i get average marks for the course, im pretty good at history and my school is kind of a HSIE sweat-- also i get full marks in Japanese. i took commerce as an elective asw so may be useful for economics. BUT FOR ENGLISH RIGHT- i got recommended ext for yr 11 and im getting pretty average marks so like idk if my school is just weird like that or smth.

lmk your thoughts gang xx

those look like really good subjects!! i did practically the same as you just instead of the humanities i did sciences, lol
just a heads up though, japanese continuers does really go by a LOT quicker in senior years and you'll be getting vocabulary (for my school we have to memorise ~100 words perweek) and new sentence structures constantly thrown at you.
japanese won't overwhelm you or be as time consuming as your other subjects as long as you stay consistent. like tbh u dont have to do more than an hour most days, just as long as its not too spread out

and about the sciences, they can scale well but they are so incredibly time consuming and demanding and they're only worth doing if you have a genuine interest in them and are most definitely not needed for a good atar. (ive seen just as many people get amazing atars with majority humanities than those with majority sciences)

good luck for year 11!!

 

[ermguys]

those look like really good subjects!! i did practically the same as you just instead of the humanities i did sciences, lol
just a heads up though, japanese continuers does really go by a LOT quicker in senior years and you'll be getting vocabulary (for my school we have to memorise ~100 words perweek) and new sentence structures constantly thrown at you.
japanese won't overwhelm you or be as time consuming as your other subjects as long as you stay consistent. like tbh u dont have to do more than an hour most days, just as long as its not too spread out

and about the sciences, they can scale well but they are so incredibly time consuming and demanding and they're only worth doing if you have a genuine interest in them and are most definitely not needed for a good atar. (ive seen just as many people get amazing atars with majority humanities than those with majority sciences)

good luck for year 11!!

this was so valuable thank you for the response !!
what kind of words/sentence structures are the most challenging for continuers in your opinion? just so i can gauge the overall difficulty of the course lol

 

[f7eeting]

this was so valuable thank you for the response !!
what kind of words/sentence structures are the most challenging for continuers in your opinion? just so i can gauge the overall difficulty of the course lol

honestly, i'd say the difficulty of learning the rules of each sentence is not necessarily more or less for any individual sentence, but the difficulty comes form memorising all the many, distinct rules.
for each new sentence you learn there will usually be a separate rule for nouns, adjectives, verbs.
japanese comes with an endless amount of ways to manipulate/change the tense, modality, formality etc and you'll have to combine all these different things

with vocabulary, (if you're using the wakatta textbook) id just say every time you get to a new unit skim through the quizlet of the previous unit because they're all available online. any word thats completely unfamiliar, keep track of it and save it to some separate flashcard set (like anki/physical ones)
some vocabulary may seem really really useless (and those tend to be the 'difficult' ones) but examiners LOVE throwing those in assessments
like, i remember coming across 'municipal office' and shrugging it off at first but being so incredibly confused when it came up in an assessment, lol
sure, you have your dictionary available during assessments but its time consuming and isn't guaranteed to help, its more of a last resort.

id say, even if you're naturally talented at japanese, doing minimal work will keep you stuck in the 80s, which isn't bad, but putting in a bit of extra effort to fine tune any small errors is what will push you into the high 90s range.
if you're doing extension though, these habits are going to be a huge help implementing early on

what makes japanese hard is the amount of content that there is to cover, not necessarily the difficulty of the content itself. it can just be a lot.
but it doesn't have to be overwhelming, as long as you're practicing often.

if you ever want to hear more specific details about any part of the continuers course, like how to practice or prepare for a specific kind of task (listening, speaking, writing, reading) feel free to ask !!

がんばって ！

 

[Jazzy6139]

anyone have any good English tutoring centres plssssss

 

[67atar]

for english ur better off going private or self 'studying'

 

[dillydally]

english is a super subjective subject (humanities as a whole actually) so its hard to get a tutor that will actually teach you. unlike stem, theres no 100% certain answer for english. ure better off reading eng standard papers posted here or wherever and studying how they articulate + vocab thats how i got better

 

[Study to success]

english is a super subjective subject (humanities as a whole actually) so its hard to get a tutor that will actually teach you. unlike stem, theres no 100% certain answer for english. ure better off reading eng standard papers posted here or wherever and studying how they articulate + vocab thats how i got better

I mean getting a tutor still does help cause doing that can still make it difficult to know how to improve ur own pieces but idk

 

[dillydally]

I mean getting a tutor still does help cause doing that can still make it difficult to know how to improve ur own pieces but idk

tutor can help you work on a piece and suggest ideas, but if you have to write a paper on your own, you probably wouldn’t be able to replicate it nearly as well ykwim?? but ya possibly in the long term you could improve w a tutor tho. a good tip for study is to subconsciously integrate it into your daily life, even if you’re not studying for exams. like for instance if you hear someone say a word you dunno, instead of ignoring—go research it
over time your vocabulary will improve and boom shakalaka youre already getting better