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Subjects for next year ???🧪🇪🇸

Hi! I know this might seem early to be thinking about this, but I need some advice on my subjects for S6.
I’m currently in S5, and received my National 5 results this August, I took maths English graphics, art and design, geography and physics which I managed to get 6 As.(shockingly 😅)
For this year I’m taking Higher physics,art and design, graphics maths and English.
For S6 I’m considering doing another 4 highers. But I’m not sure if I should crash higher Chemistry. I’m definitely going to crash higher Spanish however as that was what I planned to do for my National 5 but my columns didn’t line up, so I had to pick geography. For the other 2 higher I’m thinking of something that I can get an easy pass or A in,the list I created of subjects I was considering is geography,Media,business management, computing, drama or PE. If anybody else has any other suggestions for highers let me know please!
At the current moment I’m not 100% sure of what I want to do after highschool but I’m thinking of something either involved in film and television like acting or fight coordinating as I do a lot of sport :smile: or cosmology & astrophysics
I am aware that I haven’t sat my higher exams yet, but I have started revising already so I’m hoping if I can keep up with the rhythm of things I can pass my current ones 🙏

Reply 1

Original post by Earth65
Hi! I know this might seem early to be thinking about this, but I need some advice on my subjects for S6.
I’m currently in S5, and received my National 5 results this August, I took maths English graphics, art and design, geography and physics which I managed to get 6 As.(shockingly 😅)
For this year I’m taking Higher physics,art and design, graphics maths and English.
For S6 I’m considering doing another 4 highers. But I’m not sure if I should crash higher Chemistry. I’m definitely going to crash higher Spanish however as that was what I planned to do for my National 5 but my columns didn’t line up, so I had to pick geography. For the other 2 higher I’m thinking of something that I can get an easy pass or A in,the list I created of subjects I was considering is geography,Media,business management, computing, drama or PE. If anybody else has any other suggestions for highers let me know please!
At the current moment I’m not 100% sure of what I want to do after highschool but I’m thinking of something either involved in film and television like acting or fight coordinating as I do a lot of sport :smile: or cosmology & astrophysics
I am aware that I haven’t sat my higher exams yet, but I have started revising already so I’m hoping if I can keep up with the rhythm of things I can pass my current ones 🙏

I think media would be helpful if you did get into film/television, it could help you decide. I took higher geography and it's an easy enough A if you're good at memorising. I didn't take any other subjects in the list, but I've heard that PE and business are easy crash highers. Btw, in S4 i took the same subjects as you but french instead of graphics lol.

Reply 2

Original post by imanbash96
I think media would be helpful if you did get into film/television, it could help you decide. I took higher geography and it's an easy enough A if you're good at memorising. I didn't take any other subjects in the list, but I've heard that PE and business are easy crash highers. Btw, in S4 i took the same subjects as you but french instead of graphics lol.


Thanks for the advice !! Really appreciate it

Reply 3

Original post by Earth65
Hi! I know this might seem early to be thinking about this, but I need some advice on my subjects for S6.
I’m currently in S5, and received my National 5 results this August, I took maths English graphics, art and design, geography and physics which I managed to get 6 As.(shockingly 😅)
For this year I’m taking Higher physics,art and design, graphics maths and English.
For S6 I’m considering doing another 4 highers. But I’m not sure if I should crash higher Chemistry. I’m definitely going to crash higher Spanish however as that was what I planned to do for my National 5 but my columns didn’t line up, so I had to pick geography. For the other 2 higher I’m thinking of something that I can get an easy pass or A in,the list I created of subjects I was considering is geography,Media,business management, computing, drama or PE. If anybody else has any other suggestions for highers let me know please!
At the current moment I’m not 100% sure of what I want to do after highschool but I’m thinking of something either involved in film and television like acting or fight coordinating as I do a lot of sport :smile: or cosmology & astrophysics
I am aware that I haven’t sat my higher exams yet, but I have started revising already so I’m hoping if I can keep up with the rhythm of things I can pass my current ones 🙏

If you have good memory and are willing to put in the work (which you clearly are), you’ll almost certainly get an A in higher business management if you decide to crash it, the assignment is an easy 30/30 if you follow the instructions closely. Higher geography might also be a good one as you’ve already done N5 in S4 and I wouldn’t say it’s that much of a jump, the question structure is different at higher (2 marks at higher = 1 mark at N5 (papers are worth 160 marks the mark is halved before adding the assignment)) but other than that, there isn’t actually that much new content from N5.

Reply 4

Original post by Mills15
If you have good memory and are willing to put in the work (which you clearly are), you’ll almost certainly get an A in higher business management if you decide to crash it, the assignment is an easy 30/30 if you follow the instructions closely. Higher geography might also be a good one as you’ve already done N5 in S4 and I wouldn’t say it’s that much of a jump, the question structure is different at higher (2 marks at higher = 1 mark at N5 (papers are worth 160 marks the mark is halved before adding the assignment)) but other than that, there isn’t actually that much new content from N5.


Thanks for the help!

Reply 5

Currently doing Higher Geography in S6 as an easy A. Much of the course so far has been very similar to the nat5 course (we've even got the same slides for some notes, and ive just added a few extra details to some of my nat5 ones and am reusing them).
I also just want to add that I did all the same nat5s except with French and Computing added, and almost the exact same Highers, except with Computing instead of Graphics.
It's good that you're thinking about S6 options already, but keep in mind it can still change hugely!
I went from wanting to do architecture at the start of S5, to now having to crash Higher Bio since I'm applying for zoology.

Reply 6

Original post by maple22
Currently doing Higher Geography in S6 as an easy A. Much of the course so far has been very similar to the nat5 course (we've even got the same slides for some notes, and ive just added a few extra details to some of my nat5 ones and am reusing them).
I also just want to add that I did all the same nat5s except with French and Computing added, and almost the exact same Highers, except with Computing instead of Graphics.
It's good that you're thinking about S6 options already, but keep in mind it can still change hugely!
I went from wanting to do architecture at the start of S5, to now having to crash Higher Bio since I'm applying for zoology.


Thanks for the advice ! 🫶

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