Like Revan, I’m struggling to comprehend what you meant by picking up 2 subjects at year 12 because the maths doesn’t quite add up. But anyway, I did 3 U1/2s in year 10 (FYI: this isn’t normal), but in year 11, I continued one, dropped another and completed the 3rd in year 12. In year 12, I ended up doing 5 subjects (having completed 1 in year 11) so in total I completed 6 subjects. If my understanding is correct, you’d be in a similar boat, as this is your plan:
Year 10: 2 U1/2s (one you like and one you don’t)
Year 11: 1 U3/4 (dropped the one you don’t like + keep one you do like) + 5 or 6 U1/2s
Year 12: the remaining 5 or 6 U3/4s
Above plan means you’ll do a total of 6 subjects in the end. If this is the plan, this is usually accepted by schools.
Otherwise you mean that you’ll do this?
Year 10: 2 U1/2s (one you like and one you don’t)
Year 11: 1 U3/4 (dropped the one you don’t like + keep one you do like) + 3 or 4 U1/2s
Year 12: the remaining 3 or 4 U3/4s + 1 or 2 new U3/4s
If this is the plan, then some schools may question the lack of a 6th subject in year 11 and so it’d be a question for your school as to whether they accept this. (And like you say, usually it’s in more extreme cases where students aren’t able to handle the usual workload e.g. disability, mental health issues, breadwinner of family.)
Hopefully I understood what you meant, otherwise feel free to correct me.
