Financial Aid
This federal application is required to determine eligibility for most types of financial aid in the United States.
What is the FAFSA?
This RCC resource provides free access to books, computers, and quiet study spaces for students.
What is the library?
This tool, often digital or physical, is commonly used by students to track assignments, exams, and deadlines.
What is a planner or calendar?
This classic note-taking method divides the page into three sections: a narrow left-hand column, a wider right-hand column, and a summary section at the bottom.
What is the Cornell Method?
This document lists all the classes a student needs to take to complete their major and graduate.
What is a degree plan?
This type of financial aid does not need to be repaid is often awarded based on need.
What is a grant?
This RCC office helps students apply for financial aid, manage scholarships, and understand tuition payment options.
What is the Financial Aid department?
This time management technique involves assignment specific blocks of time to different tasks, ensuring you allocate enough time for studying, classes, and relaxation.
What is time blocking?
This reading strategy involves quickly scanning the text for main ideas, headings, and keywords before diving into a deeper read.
What is skimming?
This campus resource helps students choose the right courses, plan their schedules, and stay on track for graduation.
What is academic advising?
This federal program allows students to earn money for college through part-time employment on campus or at approved organizations.
What is federal work study?
RCC students struggling with coursework can visit this resource for free tutoring and academic support.
What is the tutoring center?
This popular time management technique involves working for 25 minutes followed by a 5-minute break with longer breaks after four sessions.
What is the Pomodoro Technique?
This note-taking technique uses bullet points or short phrases to organize information in a structured and logical format.
What is outlining?
This structured program allows students to explore their academic interests by taking introductory courses in different fields before focusing on a specific field of study.
What is general education?
The interest on these types of federal student loans is paid by the government while the student is in school ta least half-time.
What are subsidized loans?
This program at RCC offers career counseling, resume assistance, and job placement services for students exploring career paths.
What is student employment services?
Prioritizing tasks using this framework involves assigning tasks to one of four quadrants based on urgency and importance.
What is the Eisenhower matrix?
This active reading strategy encourages students to engage with the text by highlighting key points, writing notes in the margins, and asking questions as they go.
What is annotating?
This process involves setting career goals and identifying the skills, experiences, and steps needed to achieve them.
What is career planning?
This formula, used to calculate how much financial aid a student is eligible for, subtracts the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) from the school's Cost of Attendance (COA).
What is financial need?
This RCC resource assists first-generation and low-income students in navigating college life and achieving academic success as well as assisting with FAFSA, scholarships, and university transfer.
What is TRiO?
This term describes the phenomenon where work expands to fill the time available for its completion, often leading to inefficiency.
What is Parkinson's Law?
This five-step reading strategy includes Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review to enhance comprehension and retention.
What is SQ3R?
This process involves building professional relationships and connections to learn about career opportunities and potentially gain mentorship or job leads.
What is networking?