This is a list of applicants who may be considered for acceptance if there is still space after admitted students have decided whether or not they'll attend.
What is a wait list
100
These tests measure academic skills that are essential for student success in college.
What is a resident advisor (RA)
100
An organizational unit within a college or university, offering courses dealing with a particular field of knowledge;
What is a department
100
a student who registers for a course; but neither neither goes to class nor officially withdraws.
What is a no-show
100
The number of hours the student is permitted to schedule in a given semester or quarter.
What is a course load
200
One of the most common college entrance exams often required for admission to many colleges.
What is SAT or ACT
200
A provost is the senior academic administrator in a college.
What is a provost
200
Is a place you live on campus.
What is a dorm
200
Courses or instructional programs which do not require extensive homework or examinations and which do not offer college credit. Students frequently take these kind of courses for basic skills improvement, job training or
career enhancement, or personal enrichment.
What is non-credit
200
A student’s standing based on his or her academic record as compared with that of the other members of the class.
What is class rank
300
Colleges with this type of admission procedure consider each student's application as soon as all the required credentials have been received (e.g., high school record, test scores).
What is rolling admission
300
A student who has earned a Bachelor’s Degree and is continuing college to earn a “Graduate Degree” (Masters Degree or Doctorate).
What is a graduate student or doctoral student
300
A place where college students socialize.
What is a student union/commons/lounge
300
Students may this in a subject different from the one they major in. They take course work that is not as extensive as that in a major.
What is a minor
300
Students who apply under this make a commitment to enroll at the college if admitted and offered a satisfactory financial aid package.
What is early decision
400
These tests measure academic skills that are essential for student success in college.
What is a placement test
400
the college official responsible for handling billing and payments for tuition, fees, housing and other related expenses.
What is the bursar
400
The cost of having a place to sleep and food to eat while at school.
What is room & board
400
This program allows a student to earn credit through self-designed course work, which is usually planned and evaluated by a faculty member.
What is an independent study
400
This is the official record of a student's course work at a school or college. A high school transcript is generally required as part of the college application process.
What is a transcript
500
This type of admission allows a student who is accepted by a college to postpone enrolling for one year.
What is deferred admission
500
is someone traditionally in charge of a major area of a college
What is a dean
500
Professors are usually required to hold these on a regular basis throughout the semester, which is when students are able to drop in or make an appointment to meet with them.
What is office hours
500
To cancel registration in a course after enrolling into it. Students often do this courses before settling on a class schedule for a particular quarter or semester.
What is to drop
500
An agreement between colleges; designed to make it easier for a student at a two-year college to transfer to a four-year college.