How course selection works at East Brunswick High School

From December until April. During that window every student meets with their school counselor to build next year's schedule. Before that appointment, you submit your course requests online through Parent Access.

No. The course guide says so in capital letters. Scheduling conflicts happen, especially with courses that only have a few sections, and a course with too few requests may not run at all. That is why you also rank electives and alternatives.

Every student selects 12 elective choices, in ranked order.

Only until the deadline in May. For the 2026-27 schedule that was May 11. After it, elective changes aren't allowed unless you didn't get any of your elective choices or alternatives.

Two things count as electives here that might surprise you:

• World language after two years. Once you've finished two years, later years are electives, and after the deadline only level changes are allowed.
• A fourth year of math, science or social studies. Same rule.

One exception: you can drop an AP elective before the first day of school.

No. The scheduling program sets periods and lunch automatically. Students can't choose teachers, periods, or marking periods, including for courses like Driver's Education.

Eight classes plus lunch, which is 40 credits a year. Sophomores and juniors can take up to one full year of study hall, as long as they still carry at least 35 credits. Seniors can take Late In / Early Out, six or seven classes plus lunch, and still have to carry at least 30 or 35 credits depending on what they've already earned.

Look at the credits in the course guide. A 2.5-credit course runs one semester, and a 5-credit course runs the full year.

Yes. After you meet with your counselor, you get a Course Request Verification form, also available on Parent Access. A parent signs it and you return it to your counselor. For the 2026-27 schedule it was due April 24, 2026.

By meeting the grade cutoffs in the district's Course Placement Criteria. The course guide itself only says prerequisites determine placement. Our Honors placement guide and AP prerequisites guide list the cutoffs.

Yes. Sophomores, juniors and seniors can earn college credit through the Dual-Enrollment program: the course guide says there are over 40 college courses offered with 29 high school courses. Dual-credit courses are marked in red in the course guide's descriptions.