SOR 1 vs. SICT (non atar religion) - thoughts? (1 Viewer)

[technokitty99]

Okay so for context, I'm a yr11 student starting yr12 right now and going to a catholic school, where i have no choice but to keep at least 1 religion unit.
i DO have a choice on whether i do studies of religion or studies in catholic thought (non atar), and this past yr ive been doing SOR 2 but unfortunately its one of my weakest subjects if not my weakest if im being real
here are my yr11 course marks (prelim marks in brackets):
math std: 91 (90)
english std: 70 (67)
physics: 70 (70)
chem: 62 (69)
seng: 78 (78)
sor2: 69 (50

sooo... should i do sor 1 for 11 atar units? or do nonatar religion for 10 atar units + just that on top, i honestly think i could be fine either way

pros of sor 1:
better class environment (way smaller class than sict, more studious people rather than sitting in class with clowns)
can contrib to atar if i do well in it (i can do good in religion if i want to)

pros of nonatar:
less to stress about since it doesnt count toward hsc
i wouldnt need to study for it
no trial / hsc exams

 

[Legendary16]

In my case I had to drop down to SICT since I would have 12 units otherwise, and it would've been very intensive as far as study goes. Some other reasons you could consider are - if you'd need it for a future career path, whether your current workload (or future workload) is a lot, and if you believe you can make it worth the effort you will put in. Depending on who you get as a teacher, there are opportunities to do work from other subjects (basically a study period) in SICT and it is quite useful if you're running behind.

 

[killer queen]

I think it depends on how determined you are to dedicate yourself to SOR! since it's the worse prelim mark, then maybe taking SICT and having the break is best. but if you know it will surpass your performance in other subjects, then SOR I can be quite a decent ATAR contributor once you get the syllabus down pat. memorising them is a pain but personally I actually found it a break from my other subjects, which were more question intensive. personally, I find it's much easier to improve in SOR than subjects like chem, so maybe take that into consideration? dropping down to SICT is definitely the most convenient choice, but depending on how pressed you are for a certain ATAR, SOR's potential as a high-scoring subject is not to be underestimated.

signed,
someone who slacked off on SOR until trials and realised that it might count to their ATAR