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Hey,
Currently doing year 12 literature as well as English. For me there are many factors that affect picking this subject.
Firstly, do you want to get a good study score for this subject? Because if you don’t and want to do it purely out of enjoyment because you like writing and analysing texts go for it. But Literature is a very badly run vcaa subject. Our lit teacher gave us this lecture at the start of the year making me completely regret picking the subject. To put it frankly it’s hard to do well. Vcaa is very unspecific on what it wants and how they grade essays. Literature is expected to be marked more harshly than English simply because it’s lit. A pro and a con is the free rein you have over what you can but there’s minimal ways of knowing if that’s actually what vcaa is looking for or not.
I also joined lit because I was doing very well in English but the disparity in marks between the two subjects is always a shock.

In addition, idk about your school but mine only has one lit class since it’s a subject not chosen much. This means we have one single teacher deciding all the course work and changing their mind all the time on what and how the sacs are going to be like.

Another question to think about is do you actually like reading? Would you enjoy having to read 5 different texts and in depth analysing the most obscure symbolic devices you can find. If yes then lit could be for you. Personally, with the texts my teacher chose and the amount; I felt whiplash getting through all the books and honestly hated reading all of them. If you can, take a look at the booklist for next year and seriously think about whether you’ll like hearing your teacher droning on about them for a whole term.

In literature (from my experience) our teachers don’t give us much guidance. Classes consistent of literally just talking about the book and little to no writing or guidance on how to write. (This is just my experience it may not be the same for you but maybe do some snooping around and find out about the current year 12 lit classes and teachers.)

Think about your possible career in the future. Will Literature as a subject benefit you in that field? One thing I regret is not choosing subjects that could’ve educated me more on an certain aspect of my future job, possibly.

As well as that at the end of the year you’re going to have to write three essays and remember all the texts and structures you need to use in addition to the three hour English exam and all you have to remember for that. Personally I don’t know if I have that stamina for the end of the year…

I know that was a bit of a rant but I hoped it helped underneath all the negativity lol.

All the best for next year!!

Would appreciate some insight on whether I can achieve a 97 atar with the grades I currently have. I’m in year twelve and am aiming for law however I was mistaken with the atar needed for guaranteed entry. I previously believed it was 91 which seems reasonable with the grades I currently have however having found out it’s 97 now seems a less reasonable option for me.

Last year I completed two 3/4 subjects: psych and further maths. I got 40 for further and 41 for psych and I’m aware both scale down. This year I’m doing English, methods, economics and literature. I’ve completed 4 English sacs, two of which my marks have been released while the others are still being marked. I got high 80’s for the first sac (I think 88 from what I remember) and low 80’s on the second one. However the third sac (argument analysis) my teacher has hinted I might have achieved in the 90’s. My oral is still being marked.

For economics i’ve been averaging high 80’s and have recently completed the third sac but haven’t got the mark back.

Finally, my bottom two Literature and Methods I’m doing fairly poorly at. Literature sacs average mid to low 60’s with one 70% and for methods I’ve gotten two high 50’s and one 65 which is the averaged out score of two application tasks.

Hopefully that all made sense. I’d like some guidance whether it would be possible to achieve a 97 from here. If not other pathways that could help me get into law eventually would be appreciated. For example I was looking at a commerce and law double degree. If I do commerce for one year would it be possible to then change courses to the double degree with an atar still below 97.

Thanks