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Academic Studies/Career Planning - 4 Year Plan Introduction Post – Secondary Options College and University Options Graduation Requirements Four-Year Educational Plan

EHS Counselors Mrs. Kettering: A-G Mrs. Selof: H-O Mrs. Gullotti: P-Z Our role as your counselors: Academic Counseling Personal/Social Counseling Career Counseling

Post-Secondary Options Skilled/Technical Pathway (1 to 2 year course of study) Military Regional Occupation Program (ROP) Trade/Technical School Community College * Certificate * Associate of Arts Degree (AA)

Post Secondary Options Professional Pathway Community college (60 units or 2 years) then transfer to a four-year university to complete last two years Four-year colleges and universities Military Academies: –Military Academy - West Point, NY –Naval Academy – Annapolis, MD –Air Force Academy – Colorado Springs, CO –Coast Guard – New London, CT –Merchant Marines – Kings Port, NY

College and University Options Most Competitive: Stanford, Harvard, Yale, UCLA, USC, Berkeley, UPenn, Johns Hopkins, Duke, Northwestern, MIT, Cal Tech, Claremont Colleges, Military Academies, etc. Top 10% of class Weighted GPA of 4.0 or higher Enrolled in 4 to 5 honors/AP courses per year starting as a sophomore SAT’s of 2000 and above Less than 20% of total applicants admitted

College and University Options Highly Competitive: all other UC’s, Cal Poly SLO, SDSU, CSULB, Pepperdine, BYU, Chapman, University of Arizona, etc. Top 10 – 20% of your class Weighted GPA of 3.8 or higher Enrolled in 3 to 5 honors/AP courses per year starting as a sophomore SAT scores of 1800 and above Less than 40% of total applicants admitted

College and University Options Competitive: all other Cal State schools including: Cal State Fullerton, Cal Poly Pomona, Loyola Marymount, University of Redlands, etc. Top 50% of class GPA of 3.4 or higher SAT scores of 1500 and above

College and University Options Less Competitive: ASU, Azusa Pacific, Biola, Concordia, Point Loma, University of La Verne, out-of- state public universities, etc. Open to most students who meet minimum college entrance requirements

For detailed information on the EHS college acceptance rates visit our website. From the Home page: 1) go to the Counseling tab, then 2) College Entrance Scattergrams where annual data is available.

College and University Options Non-Competitive: Community colleges and most Trade/Tech schools. Open to all high school graduates or 18 year-old students

Esperanza Graduation Requirements 4 years Language Arts 2 years Math including Alg. 1A AND 1B OR Alg. 1 3 years Social Science 2 year Science (1 year physical, 1 year life) 1 year of EITHER Fine Art, Foreign Lang, or CTE 1 year Health/Careers 2 years Physical Education 80 elective credits 40 hours Community Service California High School Exit Exam

Minimum Cal State & UC Requirements 4 years Language Arts 3 years Math (Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2) 2 years Social Science 2 years Laboratory Science (1 life, 1 physical) 2 years same Foreign Language 1 year Fine Art 1 year College Prep elective College Entrance Tests (SAT or ACT) No D’s accepted

Summer School  Summer school is for remediation only  For students who earn a D or F in a core class  See your counselor for a registration form in April  Options: college prep OR non-college prep

Math – College Prep Track Algebra 1A and 1B OR Algebra 1 Geometry Algebra 2 Trigonometry or Statistical Reasoning AP Calculus AB

Math – Honors/AP Track Geometry Honors Algebra 2/Trigonometry Honors Trigonometry/Math Analysis Honors AP Calculus AB or BC AP Statistics

Science Options Graduation4 Year CollegeHonors * Life Science (L)* Biology (L)* Biology-H (L) * Earth Science (P)* Chem/Earth (P)* Chem-H (P) * Physics (optional) (P)* Physics (optional) (P) or * AP Science (optional) L = Meets Life Science requirement P = Meets Physical Science requirement

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