An institution of higher education that does not receive funding from the state government.
What is a private college?
100
GPA
What is grade point average?
100
Three components to a typical college application.
What are high school transcript, essay, SAT/ACT scores, interview, and recommendations.
100
Money awarded based on academics, athletics, talents, interests, etc., that does not need to be repaid.
What are scholarships?
100
Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this is the country's oldest university.
What is Harvard University?
200
An academic program that includes the sciences, social sciences, languages, arts, and mathematics.
What are the liberal arts?
200
B.A.
What is bachelor of arts or bachelor's degree?
200
Standardized application used by many colleges.
What is the Common Application?
200
The two main expenses in attending college.
What are tuition and room and board?
200
The largest college in the Boston area.
What is Boston University?
300
An institution of higher education where 2-year (Associate's) degrees are most often earned.
What is a community college?
300
PhD
What is a Doctor of Philosophy or doctorate?
300
An application process that typically allows a student to apply by November 1 or November 15 and receive a decision by December 15 that commits the student to attend if admitted.
What is Early Decision?
300
Money that needs to be repaid with interest
What is a loan?
300
The state with the greatest number of all women's colleges.
What is Massachusetts? (There are 8!)
400
It typically takes four years to earn this type of degree.
What is an undergraduate or bachelor's degree?
400
FAFSA
What is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid?
400
An application process that typically allows a student to apply by November 1 or November 15 and receive a decision by December 15 that does NOT bind the student to attend if admitted.
What is Early Action?
400
A component of need-based financial aid in which the student works part-time; a campus or other job that is supported by government or institutional funding.
What is work study?
400
The United States' first degree-granting historically black university.
What is Lincoln University?
500
An educational program or school where work experience (which are paid and set up as sequential, ongoing experiences) is worked into the academic curriculum.
What is cooperative (co-op) education?
500
SAT
What is the Scholastic Aptitude Test?
500
A process by which colleges review and make decisions about applications as they are received. The application cycle usually opens in the early fall and may extend into the spring or until the freshman class is filled.
What is rolling admissions?
500
The average cost of tuition and fees, rounded to the nearest thousand, of attending a private college in the US for the 2012-2013 school year.
What is $29,000?
500
This California school has more international students than any other.
What is University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)?