Georgia Colleges
This public land-grant research university was first chartered in 1785, making it the oldest public university in the United States. While its main campus is in Athens, it also has two satellite campuses in Tipton and Griffin.
What is the University of Georgia?
This school’s women’s basketball team, led by head coach Geno Auriemma, has won 11 national championships.
What is the University of Connecticut?
Students must fill this out every year to access federal student loans, grants, and work-study programs; its name stands for "Free Application for Federal Student Aid."
What is the FAFSA?
This comprehensive record, submitted with college applications, includes all of a student’s courses, grades, and GPA from high school.
What is a transcript?
This university's mascot is the tiger, and its colors are orange and purple. The city in which the university is located shares a name with the university.
What is Clemson, University?
This public liberal arts university enrolls approximately 7,000 students and is located in Milledgeville, GA, hometown of the famous Southern writer, Flannery O'Connor. This schools' athletics programs compete in the NCAA Division II Peach Belt Conference.
What is Georgia College & State University?
This college sport holds its annual championship in Omaha, Nebraska?
Established in 1993, the Georgia HOPE Scholarship is funded primarily by the proceeds of this state-run entity.
What is the Georgia Lottery?
This college admissions term refers to an applicant who does not get admitted initially but may be offered a spot if room becomes available.
What is the waitlist?
This SEC school's mascot is a live bull named Bevo, known for its iconic long horns.
What is the University of Texas?
Thanks to a large donation from Henry Ford in the 1930's, this Georgia college sits on ~30,000 acres, making it the largest contiguous college campus in the world. The campus is also home to a large population of deer (estimates range between 1,500-2,500). This school is one of the best in the country for Pre-Veterinary studies!
What is Berry College?
When these two teams meet each year for their football match, it is known fondly and simply as "The Game" as it is the oldest football rivalry in the United States.
What are Harvard and Yale?
To qualify for the standard Georgia HOPE Scholarship as a graduating high school senior, a student must maintain at least this specific cumulative GPA.
What is 3.0?
The ACT has three main sections—English, Math, and Reading—but these two additional sections are optional.
What are the science and essay sections?
This university's mascot, a blue and orange bird named "Sebastian the Ibis," represents resilience against storms and hurricane
What is the University of Miami?
This public research university existed for the first four decades of its history as an offsite department of its parent institution, Georgia Tech, until finally in 1955 it became an autonomous four-year college. Since then, it has grown to become Georgia's largest institution of higher education by enrollment with a student population of ~50,000. This institution is the most comprehensive in Georgia, offering more than 250 degree programs across 10 academic colleges and schools.
What is Georgia State University?
This annual college football game, nicknamed “The Granddaddy of Them All,” is played every New Year’s Day in Pasadena.
What is the Rose Bowl?
Unlike merit-based scholarships, these awards are granted primarily based on a student’s or family’s financial circumstances.
What is need-based aid?
A college or university with this admissions policy does not require that students submit their standardized test scores.
What is "test optional"?
This Ivy League school’s unofficial mascot is the bear named "Handsome Dan," though it's technically represented by a bulldog.
What is Yale University?
This college in Tifton is named after a signer of the U.S. Constitution and is known for its strong agriculture programs.
What is Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College?
This school has won the most NCAA Division I men’s basketball championships, with a record 11 titles
What is UCLA?
These scholarships are awarded to students based on specific criteria such as leadership, community service, artistic talent, or athletic ability, regardless of financial need.
What are merit-based scholarships?
This refers to the ways an applicant has shown interest in a specific college, such as through visits or contacting admissions
What is demonstrated interest?
This university mascot is known as Brutus the ______, which represents the state's tree, a member of the chestnut family.
Who is Brutus the Buckeye?