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Study Guide
A College of Sorts
100
Provide classroom lessons about college, financial aid and community service.
What is GEAR UP?
100
A type of degree awarded after six years of study
What is a Master's Degree?
100
This type of scholarship is based on your family finances.
What is a Need-based Scholarship?
100
An area of study you pursue but is not your primary focus.
What is a Minor?
100
Type of Higher Education Institution that offers a wide variety of majors and degrees.
What is a College or University?
200
Putting money aside for future use, such as a college education.
What is a savings account?
200
You receive this degree after two years of study.
What is an Associate's Degree?
200
A way to earn awarded money to cover part of your college expenses, usually by working 10-15 hours per week on campus or for an off-campus nonprofit agency.
What is Work-Study?
200
The primary subject area you choose to study in college.
What is a Major?
200
Colleges that offer employment courses and programs which teach specific knowledge and skills leading to a particular career.
What is a Technical/Vocational College?
300
Money earned on an account at a bank or credit union.
What is interest?
300
After 8+ years of college you receive this degree.
What is a Doctoral degree?
300
Money awarded to you based on outstanding academic achievement, demonstrated talent, or athletic ability or involvement such as membership in an organization or ethnic group, or employment in a company that you do not have to pay back.
What are Merit-based Scholarships?
300
Major, Minor, Trade, and Apprenticeship
What are Areas of Study?
300
A two-year college that leads to either an associate's degree or transfer credits to a four year college. Typically have low tuition, local setting, and easy entrance requirements.
What is a Community College?
400
When the money you save earns interest and then that interest earns interest, making your money grow faster.
What is compound interest?
400
A degree granted after 4 years of study.
What is a Bachelor's Degree?
400
A type of financial assistance that involves you or your parents borrowing money to cover college costs.
What are Loans?
400
Learning a craft under a skilled worker, sometimes with paid training and educational courses.
What is an Apprenticeship?
400
A self-supporting institution of higher learning operated with private funds.
What is a Private College?
500
The more education you receive after high school, the higher this will be.
What is pay?
500
Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's, Doctoral
What are Types of Degrees?
500
Money awarded to you by colleges, federal and state governments, and private sources to pay for college costs that you do not have to pay back. In general, these funds are awarded based on financial need.
What are Grants?
500
A hands-on career that requires a high level of training and skills.
What is a Trade?
500
An institution of higher learning operated with state funds.
What is a Public College?
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