Pre College

Pre-College and Honors Academy is an Honors College Preparatory Program offering scholars an opportunity to receive 18 or more College Credits through the Advanced Placement (AP) College Board, and additional college credits through our liaisons with Queensborough Community College and CUNY York College. Students can achieve up to 24 college credits before they graduate from High School. All AP Courses and Honors Classes are weighted to allow students to achieve Grade Point Averages (GPAs) above 100. The goal of the college preparatory program is to ensure that students successfully complete the pathways to an Advanced Regents Diploma and an Advanced Placement Capstone Diploma. The goal of a Pre-College Student is to pass 6 AP courses before their senior year. This is to ensure that when they apply to colleges, they would have already met the requirements for the Capstone Diploma, and they will stand out as critical and independent thinkers with academic distinction. Both advanced diplomas will deeply enhance a student's chances to be accepted into a top-notch college or university, here in the US and internationally. In addition, there will be an abundance of scholarship opportunities.

In 9th grade, depending on a student's achievement in middle school, students have the ability to take two Advanced Placement courses. Students take a variety of AP courses to gain a score of 3 or higher on 6 courses in order to receive the Capstone Diploma. Students who are successful in AP Seminar and AP Research but not in an additional 4 AP courses will receive the Capstone Certificate. Our school offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses in:

• Art and Music
• Calculus and Statistics
• English Language and Composition
• English Literature
• French & Spanish
• Psychology
• Seminar & Research (AP Capstone Certificate)
• And about 15 other AP courses
• Our rigorous Advanced Placement Courses culminate in a Capstone Diploma or Certificate that is accredited by 8 of the 9 Ivy League Universities in the US, and accepted internationally.