Aquaculture VS. Agriscience

As a prospective THS, you have the option to enter two amazing programs which offer a variety of different science classes. Both the Aquaculture and Agriscience programs offer science courses which are directed in one focus of study. For the Agriscience school this is plants and animals, and for the Aquaculture school is marine science. For many students who chose to go to one of these special schools, the choice is easy because they are only interested in one of these topics; however for some the choice is more difficult because they are interested in both subjects. When I myself was entering high school, I had to make a choice: Aqua, Ag, or being a full time THS student. In the end it came down to what I was most interested in, and at which school I would perform best at. Some of the things I looked into when applying was each school’s admission, academics, and the intensity of their classes. When it came to admissions, these schools were more or less the same. At both, they looked at your grades, behavior, attendance, CMT scores, letters of recommendation, and your personal reason for wanting to attend their program. Both of these schools admit mostly students who were honor students in middle school, and rarely got in trouble. For academics, both of these schools’ courses are extremely intense. At the Agriscience school, they teach honors classes, and according to the principal, Mr. Cicero, if you do not apply yourself, you will fail out. While this is true as well at the Aquaculture school, the Aqua school has something else to offer as well, ECE classes. ECE classes are early college experience. Basically, you take a class in which you pay a small fee for, and you take it as if you were at UCONN. You receive a UCONN college credit for the class which is transferable to almost any school. For many students, this is a big plus because they are able to get many classes out of their way before ever stepping foot on a college campus. Both of these schools are superb, and are top ranked in the country for doing what they do. Moreover, both of these school’s standings give students a leg up in college because when colleges see the school’s name on an application, they know that student is extremely bright because she/he was able to successfully make it through the intense class and work load at both of these schools. To go to either of these schools is a privilege that we as: Trumbull, Shelton, Monroe, Fairfield, Bridgeport, Orange, Easton, Stratford, and Milford students are lucky to have.

Ayla Hundley