

It is not an exhaustive list containing every possible high school class, but it provides a fairly thorough overview of the topics available for study in high school. The list is organized by subject, and you can use it as a reference to plan which areas you may want to focus on for the long haul, including AP or Honors classes. There are many different high school classes, ranging from basic required courses to elective “passion projects.” The purpose of this list is to give you an idea of the broad range of topics and specific courses that may be available to you as a high school student. What you can plan and keep track of the whole way through high school is the process of making sure you are taking high school classes across a range of subjects, at an appropriate level of academic rigor, and working hard to succeed in them. Note: if you’re in your first year of high school, you don’t need to be planning what you’ll write for your college essays!

That’s why it’s good to plan ahead, however close or far away the fall semester of your senior year is, for what’s currently in your control. There are a number of pieces to the college application process – researching and picking colleges to apply to, maintaining a strong GPA, pursuing extracurricular interests, writing your essays, taking standardized tests, and so on and so forth. If you’re in high school, college applications may seem very far away, or they may seem impossibly close, no matter which year you’re in right now. They also have an effect on your college admissions.

Picking high school classes is an inescapable part of high school.
