Financial Aid
True or False: Your student loans go away if you declare bankruptcy?
False
What is a job called that you have on campus and it helps lower your tuition costs?
Work-Study
What are colleges looking for in the college entrance essay, the personal statement?
To get to know who you are.
The borrower is ______ to the lender
Slave
Which actor uses a 1-800 number instead of an agent or manager?
Bill Murray
Current student loan debt in American totals how much? (within $500 billion)
$1.6 Trillion
Out of the following, what is the most important college choice criteria?
State located in, Tuition Cost, Campus Life, Ease of transportation
Cost
Out of the following, which is most important in an admissions essay?
Length, originality, professionalism
Originality
What % of college graduates have a salaried job within their first year of graduating? (within 5%)
40%
It is illegal to see _______ pickles in Connecticut.
Bounceless!
Created in 1945 to thwart pickle packers who were selling inedible pickles, so laboratories conducted experiments and found that if it doesn't bounce, don't eat an ounce!
What types of financial aid do you NOT have to pay back?
Scholarships and Grants
What is the 4th Foundation?
Pay cash for college!
True or False: It is helpful to highlight your strong GPA in your college admissions essay?
False
How long does it take the average person to pay back their student loans? (within 2 years)
20 years
How many tons of food is wasted by the world every year?
1 billion
Name 2 companies that we mentioned in class that have tuition assistance programs.
Amazon, UPS, AT&T, Verizon, Chick-fil-A, Starbucks, Capital One, CarMax, Ford, Home Depot, Wells Fargo, BP, Fidelity, Publix, Walmart
Which test can help you earn academic scholarships?
ACT, GED, CMAS, PSAT
ACT
Out of the following, which is most important in an admissions essay?
Format, creativity, getting it turned in early
Creativity
How many Americans have student loan debt?
45 Million
This animal once delivered mail in Belgium
Cats
What is the name of the application that every college student must fill out to apply for financial aid?
FASFA
Similar to when you buy a car, what should you do when picking a college?
Shop Around
Do you typically need to write admissions essays to community college?
No
Most of the financial mistakes students make around college, are simply college _____
Choice
This famous person had a flatulence problem
Hitler - he had to regularly ingest 28 different drugs to keep it under control.