For people who know either the British A-levels system or the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, skip the introduction and go straight to the poll.
Imagine you were in high school. What subjects would you study? For 2 years of school, you will be attend classes for nothing but those subjects - and at the end of the first year, you sit an official exam for those subjects. Then, based on those results, you choose to drop some of those subjects, and continue studying 3 subjects for another year, then sit the final exam. The results for each subject taken in both sets of exams are then combined as a letter grade (for each subject), which carry a significant weight in your university application.
So:
What 5 subjects would you study?
Limit your responses to combinations of:
Why am I conducting this poll? Because I need some sample data for a project of mine: how to assign subjects into groups in the most optimal way to satisfy the maximum number of students.That is to say, because teaching resources (teachers + classrooms/labs) are limited, it is not feasible to allow all possible combinations of subjects. Some subjects will be assigned to more than one group - however, it is no more possible to take two subjects in one group than it is to be in two places at once.
Imagine you were in high school. What subjects would you study? For 2 years of school, you will be attend classes for nothing but those subjects - and at the end of the first year, you sit an official exam for those subjects. Then, based on those results, you choose to drop some of those subjects, and continue studying 3 subjects for another year, then sit the final exam. The results for each subject taken in both sets of exams are then combined as a letter grade (for each subject), which carry a significant weight in your university application.
So:
What 5 subjects would you study?
Limit your responses to combinations of:
- Mathematics
- Further Mathematics (differential equations, path integrals, complex numbers etc.) (You must also select Mathematics.)
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Biology
- Business Studies
- Economics
- Accounts
- English Literature
- French
- Mandarin
- Art
- Design and Technology (designing and producing a physical product, electronic/mechanical device or graphical design)
- Computing (watered down computer science)
- Drama
- Music
- Music Technology (music recording techniques, sequencing music on computer, etc.)
- History
- Geography
- Sociology
- Physical Education (theoretical and practical aspects of sports + some human anatomy/physiology)
Why am I conducting this poll? Because I need some sample data for a project of mine: how to assign subjects into groups in the most optimal way to satisfy the maximum number of students.That is to say, because teaching resources (teachers + classrooms/labs) are limited, it is not feasible to allow all possible combinations of subjects. Some subjects will be assigned to more than one group - however, it is no more possible to take two subjects in one group than it is to be in two places at once.
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