Application Process
This application platform lets you apply to multiple colleges with one form.
What is common application?
This metric shows your academic standing in relation to your classmates. (example: 25 out of 100)
What is class rank?
This New York City public university system includes schools like Hunter and Lehman.
What is the City University of New York (CUNY).
Opportunity program within CUNY that offers academic support and financial assistance to students who show potential for success but don’t meet traditional admissions criteria.
What is CUNY SEEK/College Discovery Program?
This broad term covers scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study to help pay for college.
Financial Aid
These two financial aid applications are key to getting federal aid and New York State aid to help pay for college.
What is the Federal Application for Student Aid (FAFSA) and Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)?
This platform helps students track their college applications and learn about colleges/universities.
What is Overgrad?
This number represents your average grades, often on a 4.0 scale.
What is GPA?
This statewide public university system includes schools like Stony Brook and Albany.
What is the State University of New York (SUNY)?
This SUNY initiative waives application fees for a specific period each year.
What is SUNY Free Application Month?
This type of aid is free money that doesn’t need to be repaid.
Grant
This New York program offers free tuition to eligible students at public colleges.
NY Excelsior Scholarship Program
This binding application option requires you to attend if accepted, often with a November deadline.
What is early decision?
This version of your GPA gives extra points for honors or AP courses.
What is weighted gpa?
This CUNY program offers full-tuition scholarships and specialized advising.
What is CUNY Macaulay Honors?
This SUNY program guarantees admission to top students from certain high schools.
What is SUNY Top 10% Promise Program?
This is money awarded by the federal government that can be used to pay for college.
Federal Pell Grant
This act allows students who are undocumented and live in New York to access state financial aid.
What is the NY DREAM Act?
This non-binding option lets you apply early and hear back sooner without commitment.
What is early action?
This version of your GPA sticks to a standard scale, ignoring course difficulty.
What is unweighted gpa?
These programs (one for SUNY, one for private colleges, one for CUNY) provide additional support for students with financial need and academic promise to succeed in college.
What is EOP/HEOP/SEEK?
This form of aid is awarded based on merit or need and doesn’t require repayment.
Scholarship
These loan types include one that doesn’t accrue interest while you’re in school and one that does.
Unsubsidized and subsidized student loans. With subsidized student loans, the federal government pays your loans while you're in school.
This admission process evaluates applications as they arrive, offering flexibility in deadlines.
What is rolling admissions?
These CUNY programs offer financial aid, advising, and accelerated degree completion.
What is CUNY ASAP and ACE?
This program lets students earn money through part-time jobs to help cover college costs.
Work Study
The "sticker price" of a college.