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SIMPLY Miscellaneous
100
The cost of a college university or university class.
What is tuition?
100
A college or university student who has not yet received a bachelor's degree (all freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors are included in this).
What is an undergrad or undergraduate student?
100
A two- year school with programs for associate degrees
What is a community college?
100
The application used by all Texas public schools and some private schools.
What is ApplyTexas or the Texas Common Application?
100
The percentage of students who graduate from a 4 year university in 6 years or less
What is the graduation rate?
200
Financial assistance that must be repaid.
What is a loan?
200
A student who continues to study after achieving a bachelor's's degree- someone pursuing a masters' or PhD.
What is a grad student or graduate student?
200
A college or university that receives the bulk of it's funding from state tax dollars.
What is a public school?
200
A student makes a binding commitment when they apply that is they are accepted, they will attend.
What is early decision?
200
The percentage of students who return for their sophomore year.
What is retention rate?
300
Financial assistance that does not require repayment; often awarded based on a student's abilities or need.
What is a scholarship?
300
The record keeper at a college or university.
What is the registrar?
300
A college or university that is funded through student tuition, donations, endowments, and gifts.
What is a private school?
300
If a student sends their application in by an early deadline, they will be notified of their application status in December, rather than May.
What is early action?
300
A student's concentrated field of study
What is a major?
400
The amount that a student's family is expected to pay toward the cost of a college education.
What is EFC or Expected Family Contribution?
400
A university staff member assigned to handle a student's financial aid case and provide advice.
What is a financial aid counselor?
400
A group of long-established colleges/ universities in the eastern United States having high academic and social prestige. It includes Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, Brown, and the University of Pennsylvania.
What is an ivy league?
400
An applicant is no denied, but will be admitted if a space becomes available.
What is wait listed?
400
A certificate of completion of a required number of course credit hours.
What is a degree?
500
FAFSA stands for...
What is Free Application for Federal Student Aid?
500
A faculty member in a student's field of study who assists in building their course schedules and degree plans
What is an academic adviser?
500
A school that seeks to make a profit off of their students. The University of Phoenix and ITT Technical Institutes are examples.
What is a proprietary college?
500
Applications are reviewed as they arrive in the college's admissions office. With this type of admissions, the earlier and application is submitted, the better.
What is rolling admission?
500
A record of a student's courses and grades, including their overall GPA.
What is a transcript?
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