College Focus
College Focus (COFO) courses prepare 12th grade students who are on track to graduate from high school, but not with college ready scores, for college-level work in English and/or math. At the completion of the COFO course, students take the CUNY Assessment Tests (CAT) as a final opportunity to qualify for college level work before graduation. Students who score at or above the College Readiness Benchmark on the CUNY Assessment Tests are exempt from any remedial courses in CUNY.
Eligibility for College Focus
Students are eligible for College Focus if they are high school seniors who are on-track to graduate with Regents/Common Core scores in either or both Math or English that will allow them to graduate, but aren’t high enough to meet the college readiness benchmark.
For College Focus (COFO) Math:
Seniors who scored a 65-69 on Common Core Algebra I or Geometry Regents
- Have already successfully completed their commencement level credit math sequence (core math sequence), and
- are on track to graduate with at least a 65 on ELA Regents and have excellent attendance records.
For College Focus (COFO) English:
- Seniors who scored a 65-74 on the ELA Regents, and
- Have excellent attendance records.