GCSE Choices

[Twist]

Drama, Geography, BTEC & I.T.

Back-up subjects: History, Music.

Are the subjects I've chosen reasonably easy for GCSE? I was thinking about doing a D.T subject like Woodwork or maybe Buisness & Socialogy but looking at those choices I'm quite happy. Anyone else take these subjects for GCSE?

[Kardan]

Geography must be the easiest subject in the world, I didn't do any revision at all for my mocks, and got 92% and 98% in my mocks, all you have to do is remember the most simplest information, that's it. Personally, I find the lessons really boring because the work is so easy, and I spent around 50 minutes doing nothing since all the work is complete. It's a good choice :)

I do IT aswell, and it was pretty good for Year 10 when I had a good teacher, but now it's crap because my teacher is just plain awful and all of our coursework has stacked up and we have like three weeks to do it :/ Personally, I found that in IT I didn't learn anything new, I hardly even did any normal work, all I've really done is coursework through both of the two years, despite their being an exam at the end of the year. It's a good subject to take, but the coursework takes forever - I only chose it because we had to pick a Design/Technology subject.

[beccyyy]

Which BTEC did you take?
I didn't take any of those subjects, excecpt for ict which was required, and i'm finding it kinda hard.

[clarissa !!]

you should have so taken childcare lol

[Inseriousity.]

I found Geography boring. I'm doing A Level Sociology and I find it the easiest A Level ever (some of it is common sense with keywords) and I never took the GCSE so I can't comment on the GCSE but I wouldn't have wasted the space if you don't need it for studying the A level.

Which BTEC? My brother wants to do BTEC Sport. :)

[Crimson]

Do something you enjoy. I cant stress that enough.

Unless you're planning on working in McDonalds for the rest of your life and not carrying on your education further - the subjects for GCSE are not important in the slightest. GCSE's are simply the key to getting your A levels so dont pick an academic subject that you think,
"Oh, that will help me in my career." As that's the biggest mistake I made. I picked two subjects that I thought would be very helpful and I regret doing them 100%. There's only 2 subjects (one optional, the other not) that I look forward to at school.

Don't worry about how hard they are, how easy... I would focus 100% on how fun the subjects are to you.

:)

[Jordan:A]

I do Geography and History, and were having a trip to Berlin soon in Germany

[JackBuddy]

Geography must be the easiest subject in the world, I didn't do any revision at all for my mocks, and got 92% and 98% in my mocks, all you have to do is remember the most simplest information, that's it. Personally, I find the lessons really boring because the work is so easy, and I spent around 50 minutes doing nothing since all the work is complete. It's a good choice :)

Try not revising for A level geography :(

And I agree with Crimson, GCSEs are uneccassarily hyped-up beyond belief.

[Kardan]

Try not revising for A level geography :(

And I agree with Crimson, GCSEs are uneccassarily hyped-up beyond belief.

I'm not doing A Level Geography, too boring :P

[Andys]

i just chose my options, picked music, ict and buisness :)

[PriceTags]

None of them seem to point towards any career in particular. Do you have anything in mind for when you're older?

BTECs are all coursework, so if coursework is what you're worried about, a BTEC isn't what you want to do, unless you enjoy the subject it is in. Which BTEC is it?

Which exam board are you with for ICT?

History next year won't have any coursework, so that will be good if you enjoy the time period you are studying. Music will only be good if you're musical and know some basics in music liek playing an instrument and reading music.

[Jackk]

drama is good if your confident. i did drama as a GCSE and got an A, i personally think it is really easy if you like the subject but dont go into it thinking that there is no written work i think it is like 20% written work and 80% pratical. If your exam at the end is a play that you have to produce yourself make sure your in a group who you feel comfortable with aswell as people who can act, because not only will the examiner be marker your acting skills but how the overall group did so you might be really good but if the other people in your group are **** it will effect your grade.

[Immenseman]

Decent pickings, Geography is easy. I didn't revise (didn't really know how) and got a B with no case studies apart from what I had seen on the news although my coursework was an A* I suppose. ICT is crap but it was compulsory for us so we were never going to enjoy it I guess it's different if you picked it though because you'll be with other people who want to be there.

[PaulMacC]

I picked, ict, media (double), science (double), history.
they are good, my mate says geography is hard but we might be on a dif education board.

[Immenseman]

Some people do find Geography hard and I can kinda understand. I don't think it's as easy as people have made out in earlier posts, not what I did anyway. History is wicked Paul, a lot of essay writing but I'm sure you're good at it :D

[PriceTags]

Do something you enjoy. I cant stress that enough.

Unless you're planning on working in McDonalds for the rest of your life and not carrying on your education further - the subjects for GCSE are not important in the slightest. GCSE's are simply the key to getting your A levels so dont pick an academic subject that you think,
"Oh, that will help me in my career." As that's the biggest mistake I made. I picked two subjects that I thought would be very helpful and I regret doing them 100%. There's only 2 subjects (one optional, the other not) that I look forward to at school.

Don't worry about how hard they are, how easy... I would focus 100% on how fun the subjects are to you.

:)

Do you not think it would be nice to have some knowledge in the subjects you take for A level? It might seem like a nightmare at the time, but you'll end up better off when it comes to A levels. No pain, no gain.

[Cysne]

Geography is awsome at GSCE. So easy, but as someone said. Alevel is hardcore...

At the end of the day, pick what you'll find fun. GSCE's dont really mean squat, apart from the general Maths and english A-C and 5 A-C's.

[Crimson]

Do you not think it would be nice to have some knowledge in the subjects you take for A level? It might seem like a nightmare at the time, but you'll end up better off when it comes to A levels. No pain, no gain.

Well yes - but out of the options, I'm saying you should only pick subjects you enjoy. That stands even more so for A levels, unless it is a core subject.

[PriceTags]

Well yes - but out of the options, I'm saying you should only pick subjects you enjoy. That stands even more so for A levels, unless it is a core subject.

If you want to do well at uni, you're pretty much stuck with your A level subjects, though, because you'll be pretty lost if you think "oh I'll do this job" and pick your courses accordingly, wander in and wonder what the lecturer is on about.

[JackBuddy]

If you want to do well at uni, you're pretty much stuck with your A level subjects, though, because you'll be pretty lost if you think "oh I'll do this job" and pick your courses accordingly, wander in and wonder what the lecturer is on about.
I chose a broad choice of A level subjects when I went to college, and have been accepted into universities. As long as there are 1/2 recommended subjects for the course (which there normally are without you knowing) you should be fine. Unless you want to get into the ultra-competitive top top unis.

[Dusty-09]

What annoyed me so much was that I could only pick 3 GCSEs including the compulsory ones - English, Science, Maths and DT (Specialist Technology College) and I think we have to take PE for GCSE but not sure..

I wanted to take about 5-6 Subjects

Business
ICT
2 Languages
Geography
History

Rather annoyed but should I have to pick 3 GCSEs I would pick

Business
ICT
Geography

Back ups
History
Spanish I guess

[PriceTags]

What annoyed me so much was that I could only pick 3 GCSEs including the compulsory ones - English, Science, Maths and DT (Specialist Technology College) and I think we have to take PE for GCSE but not sure..

I wanted to take about 5-6 Subjects

Business
ICT
2 Languages
Geography
History

Rather annoyed but should I have to pick 3 GCSEs I would pick

Business
ICT
Geography

Back ups
History
Spanish I guess

3 is about average, but I am sure some teachers would be happy to teach you in your spare time if you showed enthusiasm.

[Snikars]

I don't know what to pick atm :|
It has to be in for Monday anyways LOL erghhhhh stressed as hell I am :(

[Jonster]

What annoyed me so much was that I could only pick 3 GCSEs including the compulsory ones - English, Science, Maths and DT (Specialist Technology College) and I think we have to take PE for GCSE but not sure..

I wanted to take about 5-6 Subjects

Business
ICT
2 Languages
Geography
History
...

Believe me, you do not want to take up any language. I know you stated you haven't chose it as a main option, but spending 2 years doing German drove me insane. It was a shame that our school was a languages college...eh. If remembering around 50 answers in total from 6 different topics is your type of thing, then by all means take the subject, but that was the most daunting subject I have ever had to overcome.

Sitting in a room with an examiner, a microphone, and then being asked a question you don't even understand because you forgot what it means...well, let's just say I failed epically there. Going back to the answers, you also have to remember the questions that go with those answers, so that when the examier asks "Wie lange..." you can immediately process that and go "Ja, ich..."

Coursework was a pain too, albeit easy.

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ICT was again another subject I wish I hadn't have even given thought to. Over the 2 years we spent about 96% of our time towards the coursework (although this was mainly pissing about), and 4% towards exam practice (would explain why the average grade was around an E-F) .. just as well I got an A there. Coursework there was not motivating at all, and literally for each strand included annotating many documents, and analysing them. Make each strand on average 20 pages, and have 20 odd strands to do, and well, that's a hell of a lot of paper.


Getting my drift here...? Lol. Basically, ICT and languages are time consuming and unmotivating.

[Andeeh]

woww i remember doing this last year lol :)

i choose History, I.t, Media and Double science
Technology - Graphics

Good luck getting the options you choose btw

[Kardan]

Don't do languages, I hated taking French in Year 9 and just scraped a B. Languages is horrible, never, ever do it. I've been begging for the last two years trying to get out of AS-French.

[PriceTags]

I LOVE(d) doing Spanish. My normal teacher's on maternity leave because she's been having happy time with the Head of Maths. Now I have some woman who got her GCSE 3 years ago (43 year old ;l).

Three pieces of coursework, an 8 minute speaking exam which is easy if you prepare properly and two exams isn't that much compared to some.