GCSE Options

[Debus]

We got all our information about our GCSE options today and i am already stressed out about them. I really do not know what to do.
I have in my mind 4 subjects that i am interested in but i can only choose 3. These three subjects are :

History : I really enjoy this subject and the course over the next two years sounds really interesting

Music : I am good at music in the sense that i can play the guitar and keyboard. Only problem is that in the course we have to compose and write our own music which is one thing i cannot do.

GNVQ ICT : For this one i could get 4 GCSE's. This course inculdes web design and new skills in computing that i am very eager to learn

Business Studies : My mate explained this subject to me today and i read the information on it and it sounds very intersting.

My dilemma here is that i don't know which one of these subjects to drop. I really want to do Business Studies and GNVQ ICT so that leaves Music and History. I don't know which one to drop though because both i equaly enjoy. My prefered job when i get older is a computer engineer or anything to do with computers.

Does anyone have any tips on what i should do because i am already stressed out about it all and our option forms have to be in on the 22nd. I would really appreciate the help and advice.

(I hope this is alright to go in here)

[Jamie]

Originally posted by Ginjarulez@Mar 10 2004, 05:39 PM
GNVQ ICT : For this one i could get 4 GCSE's. This course inculdes web design and new skills in computing that i am very eager to learn

If only I could have done that man! That would be ace.

I ended up taking..History, Art and BCS (Business Studies for the PC hehe)

[[Fool]]

i gotta choose to lol and your right its very stressy (is dat da right word?) i got 2 of my options its jst the 3rd one i cant decide on lol ill help ya mate :teehee: just cuz i can

[Fool]

[ass_kicker]

well, you already know what id do. or maybe you should go for music because its easy. i dunno.

[Nikki]

GNVQ ICT : For this one i could get 4 GCSE's. This course inculdes web design and new skills in computing that i am very eager to learn

You're right about the 4 GCSE's, however I took GNVQ at high-school level and it contained none of those things. So unless the syllabus has changed, you've been duped =\

[paulmca2001]

Business studies and ICT GNVQ are really similar, all except you get more qualifications out of a GNVQ. I took ICT GNVQ and got a merit last year, and i had mates doing business and most of the coursework is almost identical. I really enjoyed the course but could have got a better grade if i was actually there most of the time... :whistle:

If i were you i would do History, ICT and Music, but it's your choice in the end B) .


GNVQ ICT : For this one i could get 4 GCSE's. This course inculdes web design and new skills in computing that i am very eager to learn

On my course we did web design etc. I started the AVCE couse at college and fount it crap and boring so i quit.

[Debus]

Hmmmm. Thanks guys. I'll probably put Business Studies as my reserve option but i still got just over a week to think on it ^_^

[Radical Dreamer]

Originally posted by Ginjarulez@Mar 10 2004, 05:39 PM
History : I really enjoy this subject and the course over the next two years sounds really interesting

Music : I am good at music in the sense that i can play the guitar and keyboard. Only problem is that in the course we have to compose and write our own music which is one thing i cannot do.

GNVQ ICT : For this one i could get 4 GCSE's. This course inculdes web design and new skills in computing that i am very eager to learn
I assume these are in addition to English, Maths, a science and a modern language?

[Debus]

Originally posted by Radical Dreamer+Mar 11 2004, 11:48 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Radical Dreamer @ Mar 11 2004, 11:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Ginjarulez@Mar 10 2004, 05:39 PM
History : I really enjoy this subject and the course over the next two years sounds really interesting

Music : I am good at music in the sense that i can play the guitar and keyboard. Only problem is that in the course we have to compose and write our own music which is one thing i cannot do.

GNVQ ICT : For this one i could get 4 GCSE&#39;s. This course inculdes web design and new skills in computing that i am very eager to learn
I assume these are in addition to English, Maths, a science and a modern language? [/b][/quote]
Yeah but not a langauge. I can choose to not do a language

[paulmca2001]

you&#39;re lucky. we had to do french and we could choose to do spanish aswell as that but we couldn&#39;t choose not to do french :( . but we didn&#39;t have to do a humanities subject or R.E so thats ok :) .

[Suffice]

You younger lot are SO lucky, im in year 10 and we only got to choose 3, we HAD to do a language and you lot get the option&#33; LUCCKY. Ive taken music. It really helps if you can read music, but if you cant its ok. But composing is a major factor of the music gcse as well as theory - learning about different periods of music. You have to be able ot play your instrument well to a certain degree. If that helps lol..

[BloodOnTheDashboard]

i am doing mine in may&#33; we got our timetables the other day which tells us exactly what time each one starts and finishes and i was like :unsure:
some people have already started revising and i am FREAKING out....*must start studying today*.... :mellow:
don&#39;t worry ginja it will be okay.... :mellow:

[Jamie]

I wont get my timetable until the final assembly before the GCSE&#39;s..thats goin on past year groups telling me..

I aint started revising yet :mellow: better start soon though..

[Nikki]

Yes it&#39;s best to start revising now.

One of the main problems I had in the exams was time. Especially in the English exams. You have to plan out your time really well - it&#39;s best if you ask your teacher for some practise papers or something, they&#39;ll help you a lot.

And yeah I took GNVQ ICT, French, English, Maths, Science (Double), Graphic Products and R.E. Short Course and I managed to get good grades, so you can message me if you have any problems =&#092;

[paulmca2001]

:unsure: english was the worst. i didn&#39;t read the material, and couldn&#39;t write an essay. i still managed to get a C but god knows how. i didn&#39;t even give in the coursework on most of it. i guess i was just lucky in the exam ^_^ .

The easiest is GNVQ ICT. the exams were so easy (Got distinction in all units) and the coursework was easy too but i missed a lot of the last year, and when i was in the lessons i was too busy f**king about so i only ended up with a pass on most of it. It all rounded nicely too a merit though&#33; :D

I got decent grades on most of my GCSE&#39;s, 2B&#39;s(Merit GNVQ), 5C&#39;s, 1D & 2E&#39;s, But at the moment i am not at college and i don&#39;t have a job, so i suppose you could call me a bum :lol: .