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Qerrtggnjji

IDK WHAT GCSE's to pick, i wanna do geography, history, photography and spanish but i only have 3 options at my school

Reply 1

Kingston Grace

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by Qerrtggnjji

IDK WHAT GCSE's to pick, i wanna do geography, history, photography and spanish but i only have 3 options at my school

Hi @Qerrtggnjji

This was the same for me when I was choosing, there's not many options!

I would say maybe create a pro's and con's list of each and consider the following:

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How much you enjoy each subject.

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Which you are currently getting the best grades in.

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What the work will be like going forward and how it is assessed. For example for Spanish it will be speaking, reading, writing, listening, is this something you will be fine to revise for?

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If you have any idea what you might like to do after high school which subject will help you get there (completely fine if you don't know)

With the options you have currently got, if you are unsure what you want to do in the future I would keep your options open and therefore choose between geography and history as they are both humanities subjects, while the others are quite different.

I hope this helps :smile:

-Grace (Kingston Rep)

Reply 2

LittleFire10

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by Qerrtggnjji

IDK WHAT GCSE's to pick, i wanna do geography, history, photography and spanish but i only have 3 options at my school

If you really can’t decide, I’d suggest ranking each subject based on these 3 categories and choose the ones that score the highest:
- which you enjoy most
- which you are best at
- which relate most to what you want to do in the future ( a levels, uni, careers)

Reply 3

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I wouldn't recommend taking both Geography and History since they're both very content heavy. I know a few pupils who do and they generally regret it.

Reply 4

stilllearning123

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by Qerrtggnjji

IDK WHAT GCSE's to pick, i wanna do geography, history, photography and spanish but i only have 3 options at my school

Are you just automatically entered into maths, English etc.?

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by stilllearning123

Are you just automatically entered into maths, English etc.?

It is usually like that for all schools since they're compulsories.

Reply 6

stilllearning123

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by ⓁⒶⒾⒷⒶ

It is usually like that for all schools since they're compulsories.

Yes, sorry, I'm not from England so I didn't know that.

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by stilllearning123

Yes, sorry, I'm not from England so I didn't know that.

That's okay. I guess you learnt something new!

(edited 1 year ago)

Reply 8

Qerrtggnjji

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by stilllearning123

Are you just automatically entered into maths, English etc.?

Yea

Reply 9

Emma:-)

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by Qerrtggnjji

IDK WHAT GCSE's to pick, i wanna do geography, history, photography and spanish but i only have 3 options at my school

Out of the 4, which 3 do you enjoy most? Which do you think you will get the best grades in?
Geography, history and spanish may be more useful than photography.

Reply 10

Muttley79

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by Emma:-)

Out of the 4, which 3 do you enjoy most? Which do you think you will get the best grades in?
Geography, history and spanish may be more useful than photography.