Swapping Subjects.

fontdor

OK So I wanna swap from Chemistry to Another Subject. I can either pick Accounting,Biology or History. I have already picked biology in a different pool can I pick it again in another pool instead of chemistry?




OPTION POOL 1
French
Spanish
Biology
Design Comm. Graph.
Construction Studies


OPTION POOL 2
Biology
Home Economics (S&S)
Engineering
Music
Economics
Agricultural Science

OPTION POOL 3
Chemistry
Biology
History
Geography
Construction Studies
Accounting

OPTION POOL 4
Physics
Art
Business Organisation
Geography
Design Comm. Graph.
Music

happywithlife

no you won't get put into two biology classes
but if your school operates on a lottery basis, no harm in putting it down twice but be aware in one pool you'd be put into another subject - are you allowed to nominate them on a preference basis eg 1st preference, 2nd choice etc ?
are you just going into 5th year?

fontdor

happywithlife wrote: »

no you won't get put into two biology classes
but if your school operates on a lottery basis, no harm in putting it down twice but be aware in one pool you'd be put into another subject - are you allowed to nominate them on a preference basis eg 1st preference, 2nd choice etc ?
are you just going into 5th year?

No I am going into 6th year

fontdor

happywithlife wrote: »

no you won't get put into two biology classes
but if your school operates on a lottery basis, no harm in putting it down twice but be aware in one pool you'd be put into another subject - are you allowed to nominate them on a preference basis eg 1st preference, 2nd choice etc ?
are you just going into 5th year?

Which one of the subjetcs would you recommend me to switch to?

rainbowtrout

fontdor wrote: »

OK So I wanna swap from Chemistry to Another Subject. I can either pick Accounting,Biology or History. I have already picked biology in a different pool can I pick it again in another pool instead of chemistry?

You mean move into biology instead of chemistry in pool 3 in that group of subjects and move out of biology in pool 1 or 2 into one of the subjects in those groups. Theoretically there's no problem with that, it's more a case of whether or not your school will let you do this moving into 6th year. You would have a lot of material to pick up on in some subjects, and some classes may be full and have no room for you.

It also depends what you like and what you did for your junior cert as well. No point anyone here saying move into biology in group 3 and move out of biology and into construction studies in group 2 if you already do construction studies/ never did woodwork for junior cert.

What are your other subjects? What do you like? What subjects are definitely a non runner out of group 1 and 2 which is where the other biology classes currently are? Which subjects are you currently in, in those pools? Going to assume you are doing French/Spanish for language requirement for college for the moment, so that would mean moving out of biology in group 2 rather than group 1.



If it's what the other posts said about being in 2 biology classes, can't see that happening, that gives you one subject less.

spurious

This is a school decision, you'll have to ask them.

happywithlife

are you currently in chemisty in pool 3 and want to opt out of it? so then in pool 3 you're left with biology, history, geography, constuction or accounting.
you are already doing biology. you said your other options are accounting and history -- what is wrong with construcion and geography? are you already doing these/didn't do for JC etc?
keeping it simple and not swapping biology class from pool 3 to 1 etc ...
if in pool 3 you are left with a choice of history or accounting (i'll probably get killed by the history teachers for saying/thinking this) but i think the paper is divided down into set topics -- could you possibly then cover it in one year? i don't know the answer to that but i do know if you are considering picking up any subject new in 6th year, you had better be prepared for a hard slog -- it would have been better if you had sorted this out before the summer hols as you could have maybe made a start on some work over the summer -- if you think that is a mad idea than you don't have much business changing subjectin sept imo as that is the level of effort that is required when picking up a new subject in 6th year.
you haven't said why you want to drop chemistry after studying it for a year. ...
and all of this could be a completly wasted thread anyway because school policy may not faciltate your changing subjects in 6th year .... as spurious said it is a school matter...

iMMer5ion

Accounting, Biology or History?
I would definitely avoid History. If you are going into 6th year...it would be almost impossible to do in one year.
Biology is a good choice, and I didn't do Accounting so I couldn't tell you about that, although many like that subject.

Namlub

History in one year? No. Seriously.

spurious

I would be quite surprised at any teacher taking someone into a two year course for just one year, especially since the rest of the class have a year done.

If you're talking about a grinds business, I don't think they are that bothered. They seem to have a number of people 'covering' the two year courses in one year. You pay your money, you go wherever you like.

fontdor

OK So a lot of people say I should avoid history. I am already doing Biology so How about Accounting? How hard is that? Is it just adding and subtracting etc....?

happywithlife

fontdor wrote: »

OK So a lot of people say I should avoid history. I am already doing Biology so How about Accounting? How hard is that? Is it just adding and subtracting etc....?

eh ... no !

think you just managed to insult every accounting teacher with that comment :pac:

seriously though, you need to speak to the school ... are they even open to this? do you just want to slot into the class in school ? how willing are you to catch up on a year's work done last year? do you propose to get extra tutition outside of school hours? why are you opting out of chemisty btw? is it too difficult? would you consider switching to ord level and putting your energies into passing that?

fontdor

happywithlife wrote: »

eh ... no !

think you just managed to insult every accounting teacher with that comment :pac:

seriously though, you need to speak to the school ... are they even open to this? do you just want to slot into the class in school ? how willing are you to catch up on a year's work done last year? do you propose to get extra tutition outside of school hours? why are you opting out of chemisty btw? is it too difficult? would you consider switching to ord level and putting your energies into passing that?

Well you see Chemistry is way too difficult for me. So I would swap chemistry. And yeah a lot of people swapped subjects last year even atthe end of the eyar in April.

ChemHickey

fontdor wrote: »

happywithlife wrote: »

eh ... no !

think you just managed to insult every accounting teacher with that comment :pac:

seriously though, you need to speak to the school ... are they even open to this? do you just want to slot into the class in school ? how willing are you to catch up on a year's work done last year? do you propose to get extra tutition outside of school hours? why are you opting out of chemisty btw? is it too difficult? would you consider switching to ord level and putting your energies into passing that?

Well you see Chemistry is way too difficult for me. So I would swap chemistry. And yeah a lot of people swapped subjects last year even atthe end of the eyar in April.

Chemistry gets easier. Trust me. By December everything will just slot into place.

Anyway. If it is too hard you could always drop to pass chemistry.

fontdor

ChemHickey wrote: »

Chemistry gets easier. Trust me. By December everything will just slot into place.

Anyway. If it is too hard you could always drop to pass chemistry.

Are you sure? I mean I failed my Summer Exam for Chemistry.

ChemHickey

Well, my teacher (probably the best in the country knowledge-wise, no exaggeration, seriously) told us that until December of our LC year eg, this december for you, we wouldn't be able to answer more than 1, 2 questions on the paper. Then, everything would just slot together and we'd be able to answer the majority of the course.

If you work a bit over the summer, learning the basics again as they really are what defines the course, you'll see a vast improvement. There's no point wasting a whole year doing chemistry for nothing!

If you need any help at all, PM me. It was my favourite subject. I'm almost certain I got the A1 in the exam, and I got 98% in my mock in it.

But seriously, don't waste the year. If you work an hour/ two hours a week on the most difficult sections, you'll be fine.