vce subject tips (for going into med - neurosurgeon?)

apenguinstudies

hi guys, i'm in year 8 right now but i wanna know four subjects (eng and chinese are my must do subjects) in vce that i should pick if i want to become a neurosurgeon (perhaps study med at melbourne university or another good university)

i'm thinking of methods, specialist, biology and chemistry - i dont know if physics is a must?

beep_boop

apenguinstudies

I like that you have aspirations. I just think its too early to be thinking about vce. Just enjoy your years before the hard yards start. You can start thinking about mid-end of year 9 about accelerated vce subjects and looking into pathways.

Don't hesitate to ask more questions if you have any,

Sine

apenguinstudies

vce subjects don't really matter too much, what you want is to do really well in those subjects if you are looking for undergrad entry into medicine. Often the only prerequisite is English and chem.

But as others have said you have plenty of time to think about what subjects you want/need to do

the_freaking_rockshow

Those are good subjects and they scale well too, (and chem + bio will prob help in uni). I did all those subjects except I didn't do chinese. but keep in mind all these subjects are pretty hard. Also, ik people who did further instead of spesh and they've gotten good scores too. So overall, do a hard subject if ur confident (like if you think spesh is too hard in yr 11 then maybe you could switch to further in yr 12) and also if you like it (the subject's only going to get harder if you don't like it). Chem is a prereq for many science courses and I'm pretty sure methods is too (I would recheck that).
Otherwise you still got a few more years to see if there are other subjects you like, just work hard and focus on what you are doing currently.
... (you could try working a little bit ahead if you think you're ready for it, I did that in maths in yr 8 and that helped me quite a bit in yr 11 +12)

All the best xx

Emmy

my advice: chem and bio will be useful, but just choose the subjects you enjoy and are good at. High school subjects matter less than you think 🙂