SAT 101
College Admissions
That's where the famous people go
College Lingo
Financial Aid: all about the Benjamins
100
Total possible points you can earn on the SAT?
1600
100
What do colleges look for on your transcript and college applications?
GPA, Rank, course selection, SAT/ACT scores, recommendations
100
Samuel L. Jackson graduated from this College in Atlanta. The same college Martin Luther King attended.
What is Morehouse College?
100
The place where college students live
What is a dorm?
100
Money given to a student based on academic performance that doesn't have to be paid back?
Scholarship
200
The recommended number of times to take the SAT?
What is twice
200
This West Coast college received the most college applications for the last two years in a row? College received 137,000 applications last year.
UCLA
200
Internationally renowned counselor Clarence Cross graduated from this "upstate" university.
What is Syracuse University
200
What kind of organizations does the picture represent:
What are sororities and fraternities
200
Money given to a student that must be paid back?
Loans
300
Who makes the SAT and AP exams?
College Board
300
These type of colleges are usually higher in price. HAVE NO FEAR...these types of colleges have difference funds to defray the cost of attendance?
Private colleges or universities
300
The New York University where Barack Obama earned his undergraduate degree.
What is Columbia University?
300
What's the difference between a college and university?
Universities are usually larger institutions that focus on research and offer Master and Doctoral degrees. Colleges are smaller with a focus on liberal arts and not graduate degrees offers.
300
Name of financial form that students must fill out to get financial aid?
FAFSA
400
She is the SAT prep teacher at Chavez.
Who is Ms. Leonard?
400
One of the top two things a college will look at for admissions?
Course rigor
400
This local college is where the famous counselor Ms. Savage is completing her graduate degree.
What is Bowie State University?
400
Time you can meet with your professor to discuss questions from class, homework or an exam.
What is office hours?
400
What does EFC on the financial aid and student aid report stand for?
What is expected family contribution
500
This section of the SAT is 30% of one third of the SAT
What is the essay?
500
On average, how much time do college admission officers spend on one college application?
11 minutes.
Make them count!
500
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson graduated from this university.
What is the University of Miami
500
A student who lives at home and drives to college everyday.
Who is a commuter?
500
This program gives DC students up to $10,000 to cover the difference between in-state and out of state tuition at public colleges/universities?
DC TAG