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S6 subject choices help???

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by deceptacon
I was considering business but there is a low chance it won’t run as it hasn’t ran for the past two years due to not enough demand and not enough staff (no clue why they put it in the options form). However history doesn’t seem too horrible if it’s on the same level as AH modern- which I originally wanted to take however my school doesn’t offer it. Out of curiosity what higher did you take and what are you applying for at uni?

In s5, I did English, History, Modern Studies and Biology at higher. (I had to resit n5 maths lol). I applied for Law, and just accepted Glasgow as my firm choice.

Currently, I’m doing Adv Modern, Higher Business & sociology. (I was doing higher maths but I dropped it, it’s not my strong suit I should’ve learned my lesson the first time lol)

I got all As in S5, history is definitely doable if you put the work in, you seem pretty capable considering your other subjects and what you’re planning on choosing. It’s just a little content heavy, so you shouldn’t leave studying to the last minute.

Also, FYI there’s a pattern to the history paper 1. I predicted last years essays because of it. So if you wanna choose it then you could prob use that to your advantage. There’s two essays that weren’t asked the year before, one that was.

(Each essay also correlates to a number 1-6, and the topics you do will match, for example, I did Britain and Germany, if Essay 3 for Britain came up, Essay 3 for Germany wouldn’t.)

Reply 21

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by rayaanshahid10
Thank u so much for ur feedback

No problem! :smile:

Reply 22

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by AAKHTAR.
I think it depends on what school you go to and how much support your teachers provide. I know that the teachers in my school don't provide a lot of support and essentially just get the students to Google the stuff for essays, whereas I know people who go to other schools and their teachers teach them the content rather than get them to get the stuff from the Internet. The pass rate for history at my school for the past couple of years has been pretty low

Sorry to hear that.
My advice for the person asking would just be to ask the people in s6 who have taken/are taking higher history to see how they feel about it within their school. Also ask the history teacher about pass rates for this years prelim/last years exam.

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