FAFSA
The acronym FAFSA stands for this
What is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid?
This type of scholarship is based on your grades, test scores, or talents rather than financial need.
What is a Merit-Based scholarship?
Most students take the SAT or ACT for the first time during this season of their junior year.
What is Spring?
This one-page document summarizes your work history, education, and skills to impress recruiters.
What is a Resume?
This application platform allows you to apply to over 1,000 different colleges using one single form.
What is the Common App?
To sign your FAFSA, both you and your parents need to create this unique username and password
What is an FSA ID?
This federal grant is usually awarded to undergraduate students with exceptional financial need and does not have to be repaid.
What is the Pell Grant?
You should ask two of these individuals for letters of recommendation before you leave for summer break.
Who are teachers?
It’s the professional term for building relationships with others in your industry to find new opportunities.
What is Networking?
This term refers to an admission policy where the school makes a decision within weeks of receiving your application, rather than waiting for a specific deadline.
What is Rolling Admissions?
This three-letter acronym formerly known as EFC (Expected Family Contribution) is now used to determine your aid eligibility.
What is the SAI or Student Aid Index?
This is the most common document requested by scholarships to prove your grades and the classes you’ve taken.
What is a High School Transcript?
This is the term for visiting a college campus to get a feel for the culture and facilities.
What is a Campus Tour or College Visit?
In a corporate hierarchy, this "C-level" title refers to the highest-ranking person in a company.
Who is the CEO (Chief Executive Officer)?
If you apply through this "Decision" process, you are legally committed to attend that school if accepted.
What is Early Decision?
You should wait until you are accepted to a college before filing your FAFSA. (True or False)
What is False? You should file as soon as it opens in the fall of your senior year.
This term refers to the "total price tag" of a college (tuition, room, board, and books) which limits the total amount of scholarship money you can receive.
What is the Cost of Attendance (COA)?
11th grade is the time to narrow down your "College List" to include these three types: Safety, Match, and this.
What is a Reach school?
It’s the two-word term for the "soft skills" and "hard skills" that can be moved from one job or industry to another.
What are Transferable Skills?
This is the term for a "backup" school where your academic stats (GPA/SAT) are well above the school’s average, making acceptance very likely.
What is a Safety School?
This is the specific type of federal aid that is "earned" through a part-time job on campus.
What is Work-Study?
This "National" scholarship program begins with a high score on the PSAT/NMSQT during your junior year.
What is the National Merit Scholarship?
his 650-word document is your chance to tell your personal story to admissions officers.
What is the College Essay or Personal Statement?
In 1946, this 4-letter personality test was first published, eventually becoming a standard tool for career coaching based on 16 distinct types.
What is the MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator)?
This is the term for a college that does not require SAT or ACT scores for admission.
What is Test-Optional?