The most fundamental decision you'll face when looking for a private high school in Adana is the choice between a science high school and an Anatolian high school. In Turkey, science high schools are kept limited in number by the Ministry of Education and have high LGS cutoff scores; Anatolian high schools offer a more balanced curriculum. To determine which option suits your child, you need to examine class hours, area of specialization, and YKS success data together.
What Is a Science High School?
Science high schools are designed with a curriculum weighted toward mathematics, physics, chemistry, and biology, to prepare students for university engineering, medicine, and basic science programs. Typical features:
- Weekly math and science class hours are about 1.5 times those of an Anatolian high school
- Lower class sizes (generally under 24)
- TÜBİTAK Science Olympiads, project competitions, and lab work are mandatory
- High LGS cutoff scores (generally the top 1%)
What Is an Anatolian High School?
Anatolian high schools run a balanced program between the sciences and the humanities. They suit students who generally decide in grade 11 which track (quantitative, equal-weight, or verbal) they'll choose.
- Broad flexibility in both TYT and AYT fields
- Foreign language class hours are generally higher than at a science high school
- More time is devoted to art, sports, and social club activities
- For university choices, medicine + engineering + business + law + social sciences are all open
Which Choice Suits Whom?
Your choice becomes clear based on the answers to these questions:
- Can your child already handle the 9th-grade level of quantitative subjects without struggling?
- Do they have a natural curiosity for areas like olympiads, robotics, or TÜBİTAK projects?
- Is medicine/engineering/basic sciences a clear career dream, or are they still exploring?
- Does an intense academic pace increase or decrease your child's motivation?
If you can answer a clear yes to the first three questions, a science high school is the right fit; if you're still exploring, an Anatolian high school is a healthier starting point.
Both Options at Altıneller
At Altıneller Schools, both the Science High School and Anatolian High School programs run on the same campus, sharing the same social life spaces. This means that if a student wants to switch programs in grade 11, they can transfer within the same institution; costs like lost class time and adapting to a new school disappear. With our 18 PhD-holding teachers, dual preparation for both YKS and SAT/IELTS is carried out under one roof.