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?
These types of funds are given to students based on academic achievement, athletic ability, or other criteria and do not need to be repaid.
What are scholarships?
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 black. 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?
This common financial aid form, required for most federal student aid, is known by its acronym "FAFSA."
What is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid?
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). While hunting is allowed on parts of campus, the land encompassing the academic buildings and other public spaces is a designated wildlife refuge in which no hunting is allowed.
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?
This type of financial aid is a loan funded by the federal government, usually with a lower interest rate than private loans.
What is a federal student loan?
The ACT has four main sections—English, Math, Reading, and Science—but this additional section, which is optional, is scored separately.
What is the essay section?
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 championship game is known as the “Granddaddy of Them All.”
What is the Rose Bowl?
This federal program allows students to work part-time while attending school to help cover their educational expenses.
What is Federal Work-Study?
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 public technical college offers degrees in fields such as Automotive and Transportation, Early Childhood Care and Education, Health Science, and Construction Technology. While it has multiple locations across the state of Georgia, in 2019 it built a new $100 million dollar satellite campus along I-985 in Gainesville, GA.
What is Lanier Technical College?
This school has won the most NCAA Division I men’s basketball championships, with a record 11 titles
What is UCLA?
This grant program, named after a U.S. senator, provides financial aid to undergraduate students with exceptional financial need.
What is the Federal Pell Grant?
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?