The Vocational school Im going to offers the same classes given at my HS.And plus the Criminal Justice program doesn't just cover Criminal Justice it covers careers in the Military and it also provides me with an internship with someone in the Military my Senior year.
Okay,
So you are saying in the end your academic curriculum will equal:
AP CALC
AP PHYSIC, CHEM, and/or BIO
AP ENG or AP LIT
APUSH, GOV,EURO, WORLD
AP FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Go to your GC now and ask these questions:
1. What is the avg SAT/ACT score at the VoTECH compared to the traditional HS?
2. % that go Ivy/4yr/2 yr/work force from the VoTECH compared to the traditional HS?
3. % of students at the traditional HS that takes AP compared to VoTECH
4. Grading scale (7 point or 10)
5. class ranking
I think you are missing my point. Just like Ivies, they will look at your HS profile and use their algorithm to decide part of that PAR.
IE:
You go VoTECH, and yes, you have internship, heck, let's say you are valedictorian too. Now, there is a candidate on the same MoC slate that attends the traditional school in your congressional district. That HS which you would have attended is blue ribbon.
~ Their school uses a 7 point scale, yours uses a 10. IE a 92 for you is an A. A 92 for them is a B.
~ The VoTech has 0% that go Ivy, the traditional has 15%.
~~ That other candidate is top 5% for rank, and played sports, hundreds of volunteer hrs, and leadership positions. The thing you have going for you is Valedictorian at a weaker academic school. The thing going for him is the school is seen stronger academically.
I think you have made your decision to go with VoTech and are looking for confirmation.