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This is usually earned for an undergraduate course of study that normally requires three to five years of study.
What is a Bachelor's Degree?
100

A number representing the average value of the accumulated final grades earned in courses over time.

What is GPA?

100

A form that can be prepared annually by current and prospective college students (undergraduate and graduate) in the United States to determine their eligibility for student financial aid

What is the FAFSA?

100
a building, as at a college, containing a number of private or semiprivate rooms for residents
What is a dorm?
100
a 2-year government-supported college that offers an associate degree
What is community college?
200
A degree granted after a two-year course of study, especially by a community or junior college
What is an associate's degree?
200

an undergraduate college admission application that applicants may use to apply to any of more than 700 member colleges and universities in 49 states and the District of Columbia, as well as in Canada, China, and many European countries.

What is a Common Application?

200
Any grant or scholarship, loan, or paid employment offered to help a student meet his/her college expenses
What is financial aid?
200
A unit of measuring education, usually based on the number of classroom hours per week throughout a term.
What is credit hours or unit?
200

can be anything that must be accomplished or acquired before something else can be done

What is a prerequisite?

300

An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree.

What is a master's degree

300

A national college admissions examination that consists of subject area tests in English, Mathematics, Reading, and Science.

What is the A.C.T.?

300
Money for college that does not have to be repaid, usually awarded based on your or your family’s financial situation.
What is a grant?
300
a subject or field of study chosen by a student to represent his or her principal interest and upon which a large share of his or her efforts are concentrated:
What is a major?
300

 half-year term in a school or college, typically lasting fifteen to eighteen weeks

What is a semester?

400

The highest level of academic degree awarded by a graduate school

What is a doctoral degree?

400

A college admissions tests sponsored by the College Entrance Examination Board: it measures mathematical and verbal reasoning skills

What is the S.A.T.?

400
A sum of money that is expected to be paid back with interest.
What is a loan?
400
a college or university student's declared secondary field of study or specialization during their undergraduate studies
What is a minor?
400
an independent school that sets its own policies and goals, and is privately funded.
What is a private college?
500

A group of people who have graduated from a school or university.

What is an alumni?

500

a document in which the writer assesses the qualities, characteristics, and capabilities of the person being recommended in terms of that individual's ability to perform a particular task

What is a Recommendation Letter?

500
A college program that enables students to work part-time while attending school
What is work-study?
500

A student carrying 12 or more credit hours in a fall or spring semester is considered

What is a full - time student?

500

an educational institution designed for instruction, examination, or both, of students in many branches of advanced learning, conferring degrees in various faculties, and often embodying colleges and similar institutions.

What is a university?

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