Every college has a list of high school courses they want you to take so that you’ll be prepared to go there. Most colleges want you to have a reasonably well-rounded education. For example, here are Stanford’s [recommendations](http://admission.stanford.edu/basics/selection/prepare.html):
English: four years, with significant emphasis on writing and literature.
Mathematics: four years, with significant emphasis on fundamental mathematical skills (algebra; trigonometry; plane, solid, and analytic geometry).
History/Social Studies: three or more years. Such courses should include the writing of essays.
Science:three or more years of laboratory science (including biology, chemistry and physics).
Foreign Language: three or more years of the same foreign language. Your study of a foreign language ought to include the development of four basic skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening comprehension.
If the engineering academy allows you to fulfill recommendations like this, it’s probably fine. You don’t need to have AP classes specifically; you just need to take the most rigorous classes available at your school.