5 College Options
A-G Requirements
High School
Financial Aid
Important Deadlines
100
23 campuses
How many campuses are part of the CSU system?
100
4 years
How many years of high school English are required for the UC and CSU admissions?
100
230 Credits
Hw many credits are needed in order to graduate from a high school in the Oakland Unified School District?
100
Federal aid (Pell Grant, Stafford loan, Perkins loan) State aid (Cal Grant A, Cal Grant B, Cal Grant C) Institutional aid (College, Merritt Scholarship, Alumni)
What are three types of financial aid?
100
The Priority filling period for UC applications.
What is November 1-30th?
200
UC Berkeley UCLA UC Davis UC San Diego
What are the top four universities in the UC system?
200
Two years are required. Three years are recommended.
How many years or the same foreign language are required, and how many years are recommended in the A-G requirements?
200
Senior Project
In addition to 230 credits, what else do 12th graders need to complete in order to graduate from high school?
200
Students have to pay loans back. Grants are free money. Students do not have to pay them back.
What is the difference between loans and grants?
200
January 1st to March 2nd.
What is the priority filing period for financial aid?
300
Harvard Princeton Yale Brown Dartmouth
Name three Ivy League universities.
300
2.0 GPA
What is the lowest GPA the CSUs will take in the A-G requirements?
300
A grade "D"
What is lowest letter grade the Oakland Unified School District will accept as passing?
300
A scholarship up to $16,000 to be awarded over 4 years.
What is the East Bay College Fund Scholarship?
300
May 1st.
What day must students tell universities they intend to register?
400
UC Merced
What is the name of the newest UC campus?
400
Algebra Geometry Trigonometry Pre-Calculus Calculus Statistics
What math courses will the UCs and CSUs accept as part of the A-G requirements?
400
3 years (World Cultures, U.S. History, Gov/Econ)
How many of years of social studies are required to graduate from high school?
400
The Pell Grant ($5,350) SEOG (Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant)
Name two federal grants.
400
March 14th
What is the deadline for submitting the application for the East Bay College Fund?
500
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo San Diego State
What are the toughest California State Universities (CSU) to get into?
500
In calculating the college GPA (UC & CSU), only the semester grades in 10th and 11th are used.
What grades are used to determine a student's college GPA?
500
2 years of P.E. are required to graduate.
How many years of P.E. are required to graduate from an Oakland high school?
500
FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
What is the name of the application students must complete in order to apply for financial aid?
500
March 4th
What is deadline for the Students Rising Above Scholarship?
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