Push Ahead

If you want 2 go 2 a four-year college in Ohio or most anywhere else, you are going 2 need 2 take the right classes 2 prepare for college.  The Ohio Core will require students, beginning with the high school graduating Class of 2014, 2 complete a rigorous curriculum as a requirement for high school graduation and as a prerequisite for admission 2 Ohio’s four-year public colleges.  Don’t wait. Make your plan for college filled with the Ohio Core classes.  The Ohio Core includes:

• 4 years of math, including Algebra II or its equivalent;
• 3 years of science with inquiry-based laboratory experience, including physical science, biology, and advanced study in one or more of the following sciences: chemistry, physics or other physical science; advanced biology or other life science; astronomy, physical geology or other earth or space science
• 4 years of English
• 3 years of social studies, including American History and American Government
• 1/2 unit of health
• 1/2 unit of physical education or two semesters of
• Combination of 5 units to be chosen from among foreign language, fine arts, business, technology and Career Technical.

Are you on track?  High school graduation and college prep diploma criteria currently contains a few less courses than listed here.  Ohio also offers an Honor Diploma.  Click here for details of the Honor Diploma.  Check with your counselor for the current criteria for all the diploma options.

Oh, yea - Get good grades in all of them!!  Colleges will be more impressed by respectable grades in challenging courses than by outstanding grades in easy ones!!  If you have a particular college major in mind, make sure your high school classes match the college requirements for that particular field.