GCSE Choices

[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.