Highly competitive

Recommended Course Sequence for Four-Year Highly Competitive Colleges/Universities

The following chart is a recommended sequence of courses students should strongly consider for admission into a competitive four-year post-secondary institution. Students will meet with their counselor in order to develop a program of studies specifically designed to meet the student’s future plans. 

Grade 9

• English I Honors

• Geometry Honors or Geometry Honors and Algebra II Honors

• Biology Honors

• Modern World History Honors 

• Spanish or French II

• Art or Career Technical Education Physical Education 

Grade 10 

• English II Honors

• Algebra II Honors or Precalculus Honors or AP UCONN ECE Statistics

• Chemistry Honors

• AP US Government & Politics

• Spanish or French III

• Art or Career Technical Education

• Physical Education and Health

Grade 11

• English III Honors or AP English Language & Composition

• Precalculus Honors or AP Calculus AB or AP UCONN ECE Statistics

• AP US History

• AP Chemistry, AP Biology or AP Environmental Science

• Spanish IV

• Art or Career Technical Education

• Personal Finance

• Advanced Art or Career Technical Education 

Grade 12

• AP Literature or UConn English  ECE

• AP Calculus AB, AP UCONN ECE Statistics, Discrete Mathematics or Linear Algebra.

• AP Psychology, or AP US Government & Politics

• Physics Honors or AP Environmental Science or  AP Chemistry or AP Biology

• Spanish V

• Advanced Art or Career Technical 

• Core Department Electives