College Money
This form is completed to determine your eligibility for federal student aid.
What is the FAFSA?
A person who teaches a college course.
Who is a professor/instructor?
Waiting until the night before an exam to study everything at once is called this.
What is cramming?
This campus resource can help students improve essays, papers, and other written assignments.
What is the Writing Center?
True or False: If you're struggling in a class, it's usually better to ask for help early rather than wait until the end of the semester.
What is TRUE?
Money for college that usually does not have to be paid back.
What are scholarships or grants?
The document that explains a course's assignments, grading, policies, and schedule.
What is a syllabus?
Breaking a large assignment into smaller tasks can help prevent this common student habit.
What is procrastination?
Students who need help understanding course material can often get free assistance through this service.
What is tutoring?
You don't understand an assignment that's due next week. What's one of the best first steps?
What is contact/ask the professor or instructor?
Unlike a grant, this type of financial aid generally must be repaid with interest.
What is a student loan?
These are the hours when professors are available for students to ask questions or get help outside of class.
What are office hours?
Studying material several times over multiple days instead of all at once is known as this strategy.
What is spaced practice/spaced repetition?
This person can help you understand degree requirements and determine which classes you should take.
Who is an academic advisor?
You realize you're going to miss an important class. What should you do instead of simply disappearing?
What is communicate with the professor/instructor?
This federal grant is commonly awarded to undergraduate students with significant financial need.
What is the Pell Grant?
This is the academic area you choose as your primary field of study.
What is a major?
Instead of simply rereading notes, testing yourself without looking at the answers uses this effective study strategy.
What is a flashcard?
This campus office helps students explore careers, prepare résumés, practice interviews, and search for jobs or internships.
What is the Career Center/Career Services?
Your friend offers to let you copy their completed assignment. Even if you change a few words, doing this could violate what?
What is academic integrity?
This term refers to the total estimated price of attending college, including tuition, fees, housing, food, books, transportation, and other expenses.
What is Cost of Attendance?
Being placed on this status means your academic performance has fallen below your college's required standards.
What is academic probation?
You have two exams Friday. Which is generally more effective: studying both subjects for several shorter sessions throughout the week OR studying for both for six hours Thursday night?
What is several shorter sessions throughout the week?
TRIO programs are designed primarily to support students facing these types of educational barriers. Name two groups TRIO commonly serves.
Who are first-generation students, students with financial need/low-income backgrounds, and students with disabilities?
You're overwhelmed, falling behind in multiple classes, and don't know where to start. Name three campus resources or people you could reach out to.
Professor/Tutoring Center/Trio