College Lingo
The degree students receive after completing coursework at a four-year college or university.
What is a bachelor's degree?
Money given to a student that does not have to be paid back.
What is a scholarship or grant?
The names of the two CSU campuses located in San Diego County.
What is CSUSM & SDSU?
A binding college application process where students commit to attending a specific institution if accepted
What is Early Decision?
1 of the 6 branches of the military.
What is the Navy, Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard or Space Force?
The name of a supervised short-term job/experience in a real-world setting closely related to a student’s field of study.
What is an internship?
A type of financial aid borrowed from the government or private lenders to pay for higher education costs and must be repaid with interest, typically after the student graduates or leaves school.
What are student loans?
The minimum GPA requirement needed to be eligible to apply to a Cal State University.
What is a 2.5?
An online platform for California students to plan for college and career. It provides tools to explore careers, select colleges, apply for financial aid, and track eligibility for California State University (CSU) and University of California (UC) systems.
What is CaliforniaColleges.edu?
Program that offers reduced out of state tuition for certain schools and majors in the western region of the United States.
What is the WUE (Western Undergraduate Exchange)?
The name of a student's focus of study while in college? They have to complete a certain number of credits in this area and usually relates to their career interests.
What is a major?
An independent institution of higher education that is not operated, owned, or primarily funded by federal or state governments. Instead, they are typically funded through tuition, private donations, and endowments, often operating as non-profit organizations.
What is a private college/university?
The minimum GPA requirement needed to be eligible to apply to a UC campus.
What is a 3.0?
The number of personal insight questions required to submit the UC application.
What is 4 personal insight questions?
The name of the application typically used to apply to private colleges/universities.
What is the Common Application?
The name of a student's sub-type of focus of study while in college that isn't their major? They have to complete a certain number of credits in this area and may or may not relate to their career interests.
What is a minor?
A part-time job for students on campus that allows them to earn wages.
What is work-study?
2 years of Social Studies, 4 years of English, 3 years of Math, 2 years of Science, 2 years of the same Language Other Than English, 1 year of Visual Performing Art, 1 year of College Prep Elective
What are the A-G requirements?
The name of what indication of a student’s academic achievement in school, calculated as the total number or grade points received in a given period. HINT: The scale is typically 0 to 4.0.
What is grade point average (GPA)?
A letter a teacher and or counselor submits on behalf of a student often for private colleges/universities, specific programs or scholarships.
What is a letter of recommendation?
The name for a time period when a student takes courses in another country.
What is study abroad?
The name of the financial aid form that students must fill out to receive financial aid. 100 bonus points if you know what the acronym stands for!
What is the FAFSA? (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
The number of CSU campuses and UC campuses (undergraduate only).
What are 23 and 9?
The term used to describe a school that receives more eligible applicants for admission than the institution can accommodate.
What is an impacted campus?
A program used by the CHS counselors to communicate important information to students about counseling curriculum, upcoming events, deadlines, scholarships etc.
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