Help with subjects

[fish o fillet]

Hi all, I'm having some trouble with choosing my subjects for VCE next year for my current pathway goal (Psychiatry). Is there any suggestions what subjects to pick for my pathway after year 12? My strength's are maths and science. I'm currently doing year 11 Biology and doing well in it. Just need some opinions. Thanks heaps

[Bri MT]

From the top of my head, these are the subjects that I think would work well:
- Any of the englishes (I would slightly preference english  language BUT this should be over ruled by whichever English you are the best at or most interested in)
- Chemistry  (required for most med courses, functions as a science prereq, beneficial for studying biology & chemistry at a university level)
- Methods (I believe required for most med courses, required for most science courses)
- Biology (beneficial for studying biology at a university level, functions as a science prereq)
- Psychology (beneficial for studying psychology at a university level, complementary to VCE biology, MAY function as a science prereq)
- Specialist (beneficial for studying a range of science and mathematics subjects at a university level, MAY function as a science prereq)
- Physics ( there is a biophysics section which your school may allow you to study in year 11, functions as a science prereq, limited levels of being complementary to VCE chem, methods & spec)


However this comes with a MASSIVE disclaimer. Your choice of subjects is a deeply personal one and I would strongly recommend that you take the time out to reflect yourself as well as asking others (including your teachers). We can provide recommendations of what we think might work but we don't truly know you or your needs to these recommendations are just estimates. Additionally, I never strongly considered a med pathway, so my knowledge about this is limited.

Best of luck!

[vox nihili]

From the top of my head, these are the subjects that I think would work well:
- Any of the englishes (I would slightly preference english  language BUT this should be over ruled by whichever English you are the best at or most interested in)
- Chemistry  (required for most med courses, functions as a science prereq, beneficial for studying biology & chemistry at a university level)
- Methods (I believe required for most med courses, required for most science courses)
- Biology (beneficial for studying biology at a university level, functions as a science prereq)
- Psychology (beneficial for studying psychology at a university level, complementary to VCE biology, MAY function as a science prereq)
- Specialist (beneficial for studying a range of science and mathematics subjects at a university level, MAY function as a science prereq)
- Physics ( there is a biophysics section which your school may allow you to study in year 11, functions as a science prereq, limited levels of being complementary to VCE chem, methods & spec)


However this comes with a MASSIVE disclaimer. Your choice of subjects is a deeply personal one and I would strongly recommend that you take the time out to reflect yourself as well as asking others (including your teachers). We can provide recommendations of what we think might work but we don't truly know you or your needs to these recommendations are just estimates. Additionally, I never strongly considered a med pathway, so my knowledge about this is limited.

Best of luck!

Really strongly agree with practically all of this, particularly the last paragraph. You should study what you're interested in. So yes, whilst you absolutely will need to Methods and Chemistry, the rest of your subjects should really reflect your own interests. Whilst science subjects may seem like the sensible choice, I'm not really sure this is entirely the case, particularly if your goal is to be a psychiatrist.


Also, I can see you're new to AN so you may have missed that your last post worked and people responded (including me!) with similar advice: https://atarnotes.com/forum/index.php?topic=178902.msg1041332#msg1041332