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My apologies, I can read Chinese but I can't type. Please see my response below:
The key question is not just about interest and marks, but also what does your child want to study in University?
I understand that strategizing for a higher mark is important, but also stimulating your child's mind is probably just as critical because if your child becomes bored it will cascade and affect all other subjects, including ones that she is interested in.
In terms of subject difficulty, with the new syllabus, the focus of each subject has changed significantly. I've been a consultant for the authoring committee of NSW's new Chemistry and Physics syllabus, so I can share the following with you:
Chemistry
For Chemistry, the difficulty of the subject has remained consistent compared to the old syllabus but the content has become far more logical and in-depth. This aligns extremely well with university chemistry courses that is typically required for most medical, science, and engineering programs. Furthermore, there is a renewed focus on skills development that is critical for high-level thinking and critical analysis skills that unfortunately both Physics and Biology has lagged behind a little in the new syllabus. Traditionally, chemistry is the highest scaling subject out of all three sciences.
Physics
For Physics, the focus has reverted back to pre-2000 days, where mathematical and physical relationships of the world around us is the key focus of the subject. Typically, students who excel at mathematics will be at an advantage studying the new Physics syllabus. Students will be expected to become highly attuned to conducting dynamics and components analysis to everything around us. For example, students will need to understand the physical and mathematical relationships of how an airbag works in a vehicle, and be able to perform associated calculations to make scientific judgments on the effectiveness of such systems.
Biology
Biology has largely remained consistent in terms of content, but similar to chemistry, the skills development section has been redesigned. The subject is also more focussed on the critical analysis of understanding the origin of biological concepts and relationships, rather than the conventional rote learning and memorization that has plagued the subject for many years. Furthermore scientific writing and presentation skills is also a key development skill under biology in the new syllabus.
Overall, if your aim is to gain a high ATAR regardless of interest or considerations beyond the ATAR, then Chemistry + Physics will be your best bet.
If you consider interest and skills development, then Chemistry + BIology, or Chemistry + Physics are both good options, depending on what you want to study. (i.e. health and medical disciplines should focus on Chem + BIo, whereas engineering and research should focus on Chem + Phys).
I hope this helps.
Alex.
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