Help choosing 6th subject.

OmPlate

Hi, I'm a year 10 student in VCE. I recently got into Suzanne Cory High School for year 11 (yay!) but that left me with a problem. At Suzanne Cory you can't take more than 2 maths, my original plan was to take general maths in addition to methods and specialist, but that would no long be possible. I want to go into medicine and I am currently taking units 1/2 Biology which I really enjoy. Next year my plan for my subjects are:

1/2 English Language
3/4 Biology
1/2 Chemistry
1/2 Specialist
1/2 Methods
and one more...

I would like to know what subjects other people have chosen who are taking similar subjects to me. I'm considering IT as I am very good with computers, both hardware and software. Please help me choose my 6th subject, and thanks in advance to everyone.

AngelWings

Hey there, OmPlate!

Here’s my 4 top recommendations:

Applied computing: you’ve already said you want to take IT. This is the more common one.
Algorithmics: if your new school offers it, this is a VCE IT-like subject with a methods U1/2 prerequisite. Apparently it’s supposed to be first year uni level despite being a VCE subject and can occasionally count as a uni subject (depending on your course, but less so for med). Quite involved but worth it from what I’ve heard.
Physics: using some elements of maths, this is used as a prereq in some medicine-adjacent courses and physics will be tested if you end up going for the GAMSAT (postgrad med).
Psych: depending on area you want to specialise in for med, this might be an interesting subject to you (thinking neurology or psychiatry), a good break from your STEM-heavy workload, a humanities subject to balance the subjects out or “easier” subject (depends on person).

Hope that helps! 🙂

OmPlate

AngelWings Thanks!

Manny

Hey, man I did very similar subjects to you in year 11, and trust me it can very difficult at times to manage all those subjects at the same time, I recommend doing something simple and fun as ure sixth subjects so it reduces a little bit of pressure. Algo is very time consuming, but I think physics would be a great subject.