GCSE Subjects Ranking

Rank your GCSE subjects from hardest to easiest!
Just interested.
Thanks :smile:

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From hardest first to easiest last:

Physics (had to teach myself the whole course cause my teacher was ridiculously incompetent)
Chemistry (had to teach myself the course cause my teacher was rubbish)
Biology (content was okay, the actual exam questions were just horrendous)
Maths
Geography (lots of content to memorise along with case studies)
English Literature
Computer Science
German
English Language
Graphic Products
RE

Reply 2

Sophhhowa

Hardest

English
Spanish
Geography
History
Biology
Chemistry
Maths
Physics
Computer science

Reply 3

username5045110

Original post by afterwaves

did you have the new spec? (9-1)
I wholeheartedly agree with the first three though, and in that order!

Reply 4

username5045110

Original post by Sophhhowa

Hardest

English
Spanish
Geography
History
Biology
Chemistry
Maths
Physics
Computer science

Is computer science an easy gcse?
I didn't take it, but my friends told me it was rly hard

Reply 5

afterwaves

Original post by bagel321

did you have the new spec? (9-1)
I wholeheartedly agree with the first three though, and in that order!

Yep, I had every subject with the 9-1 spec, except for Graphics which had the letter grades

Reply 6

afterwaves

Original post by bagel321

Is computer science an easy gcse?
I didn't take it, but my friends told me it was rly hard

I took it, had the AQA spec. Definitely enjoyed it, I found it quite easy because I was interested in it. Definitely easy if you're intelligent and into the sciences, otherwise it can be difficult if you don't enjoy the more logical and analytical subjects.

Reply 7

username5045110

Original post by afterwaves

Yep, I had every subject with the 9-1 spec, except for Graphics which had the letter grades

is there a pattern with science teachers being rubbish because mine certainly are?!

Reply 8

username5045110

Original post by afterwaves

I am a logical person but it didn't fit in with my career choices so i didnt pick it
i think i wouldve done well in it tho

Reply 9

Sophhhowa

Original post by bagel321

Is computer science an easy gcse?
I didn't take it, but my friends told me it was rly hard

I found it really easy but I’m quite into that kind of thing which was probably an advantage. There were quite a few people in my class who really struggled but most of them only did it coz their parents wanted them to

Reply 10

username5045110

Original post by Sophhhowa

ye i dont think its fair when someone only has to do a subject cos their parents forced them 2 do it
i mean, its their life isn't it :confused:

Reply 11

THE_BLACK_CAT

Hardest
French
English literature
English language
Philosophy
Maths
Geography
Art
Dt

Reply 12

lauren_dxm

Hardest
history
physics
chemistry
biology (exam qs)
maths
economics
English language
English literature
RE
media studies
Easiest

Reply 13

username5045110

Original post by lauren_dxm

Hardest
history
physics
chemistry
biology (exam qs)
maths
economics
English language
English literature
RE
media studies
Easiest

did you find history hard because of the long answers or was it just hard in general?

Reply 14

saltandshake

Hardest->easiest.

Maths (put at a 7, but was never really my thing - just didn't have the "maths brain" OR the motivation needed for higher grades)
Chem (one of my faves, just didn't come to me particularly easily)
Physics (had a useless teacher for the last 2 years, taught myself most of the content and realised it wasn't as difficult as she'd made it seem :rolleyes:

)
Bio (by far the easiest science IMO)
Drama (practical work was fine and was overall an easy GCSE, though took a while for me to get used to the new essay style - kept losing marks as I always tried to approach them like an Eng lit essay, was apparently much more simple than that?? :s-smilie:

)
Business
Eng lang
Eng lit (would've been higher if I hadn't had issues with timing throughout the entire course lol)
History
Spanish (languages are just "my thing" ig)

Reply 15

shainaaa14

Original post by bagel321

Rank your GCSE subjects from hardest to easiest!
Just interested.
Thanks :smile:

Hardest to Easiest
Art
Physics (My teacher is rubbish)
Chemistry(My teacher is rubbish)
Biology(My teacher is rubbish)
English Language
Business (My teacher was rubbish but as he left I got a new teacher however it is hard to recap old content he went through)
Maths
Geography
RE

Reply 16

username5218084

Putting these from easiest to hardest!
English literature
Physics
Biology
Art
Geography
English language
Chemistry
Maths
French

Reply 17

username5218084

Original post by bagel321

is there a pattern with science teachers being rubbish because mine certainly are?!

Definitely not for me! My science teachers were all very good! If there’s a trend in any teachers being a bit rubbish it would have to be French teachers in my opinion haha.

Reply 18

Flobro

Easiest

Physics - probably bc a lot of it is applied maths
Statistics - like maths but less content
Maths - dk, just always found it easy
Chemistry - just makes sense somehow
French - I guess because I have a good memory
Geography - a lot of common sense in the human + like science in the physical
Dance - theory is easy, practical okay
English Lit - loads of stuff to remember, but okay
Biology - I'd say my hardest science, probably as you have to be so specific and there's not much maths
Textiles - so much coursework
English Lang - exams are always such a push for time

Hardest

Reply 19

lauren_dxm