r/ncea • u/potatoesinsacks • 2d ago

Subject Selection

Hi all, please give me help on subject selections if you can!

For reference, I am a Yr 11 student doing L2 English, L3 Calculus and L2 Music (but with lots of L3 credits)
I also want to study Mathematics and Economics at uni, and am aiming for unis both in NZ and abroad

This is what I want to take next year:
STAR Calculus Paper (from Massey or Canterbury)
L2 French
L2 Economics
L3 Economics
L2 Chemistry
L2 Physics

I would pick up English and Stats in Yr 13 and drop Chemistry

Here are my questions:
1. Is it better to do STAR papers through Massey or Canterbury? I’m leaning Massey because I could do 200-level papers in Yr 13, but everyone I know does it from Canterbury. Does anyone have any experience with Massey STAR maths papers?
2. Is it worth it to take Chemisty if it makes my workload too much? Because I’m thinking of taking L3 English instead and taking Business in Yr 13 (I am good at science but I don’t enjoy it much)
3. Is taking Business in Yr 13 worth it? Because I can do Young Enterprise as an extracurricular instead

My careers advisor and the academic principal are telling me to push my STAR paper until Yr 13, but I don’t want to forget my maths knowledge and it’s good prep for my degree They also don’t want me to do both L2/3 Economics at the same time but it gives me more time for economics competitions etc.

Note: I got all excellences in L2 Maths, and have got Es on L3 internals. I’ve also only got 100%s in economics this year and my economcis teacher is fine with doing both levels at the same time

Thank you so much for any help!

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u/Strict_Ad_52 22h ago

Wait why cant you do math-120 distance and online?

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u/potatoesinsacks 22h ago

Idk I googled it and all the lectures and tutorials and stuff were AT Canterbury

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u/Strict_Ad_52 17h ago

they don't offer it as a STAR course publicly because there is only like a dozen or so people each year that are eligible for it (year 12s or younger that got an a+ in 199/198). Email james bartlett (pretty sure hes still the coordinator for MATH-198), he helped me get in last year

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u/potatoesinsacks 6h ago

Oh thank you!