College Lingo
Financial Aid 101
Mascots
Are you Ready?
Resident Lingo
100
The degree students receive after completing course work at a 4 year college or university.
What is a bachelor's degree?
100
Money given to a student based on academic performance, and does not have to pay back.
What is a scholarship?
100
CSU, Chico
What is a Wildcat?
100
You must complete these certain courses to enter a 4-year college right out of high school.
What are the A-G Requirements?
100
A trained peer leader that supervises students in a dorm.
What is a Resident Advisor (RA)
200
The two year degree you can earn at a community college.
What is an Associate's Degree, A.A.?
200
Money given to a student bases on financial need, and must be paid back.
What is a loan?
200
Oregon State University (OSU)
What is the Beaver?
200

These are the requirements to qualify for free tuition at a community college. 

What is complete a FAFSA and apply to community college?

200
The name of the cafeteria is typically called this on a college campus. It has a lot of food options!
What is a Dining Hall?
300
The name of the supervised short-term job in a real-world setting related to a students field of study.
What is an internship?
300
A part-time job for students on-campus that allows them to earn wages.
What is a work study?
300

UNR (University of Nevada, Reno)

What are the Wolves?

300
From community college you can transfer to what institution?
What is any 4 year university?
300
The name of the room students live in on college campus.
What is a dorm room?
400
The name of the student's focus of study while in college.
What is a major?
400
The name of the financial aid form that students must fill out to receive financial aid.
What is FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
400
UC Davis
What are the Aggies?
400
There are this many CSUs in California.
What is 23?
400
The name of the system you can use to pay for your meals at a college. You can swipe a card to use it.
What is a meal plan?
500
The name of the time period when a student takes courses in another country.
What is study aboard?
500
Institutions that tend to be higher in price, but have no fear! They tend to have different funds to defray the cost.
What are private colleges/universities?
500
UC Santa Cruz
What are the Banana Slugs?
500
This is the minimum GPA for a CSU.
What is 2.0?
500
The names of social organizations for females and males in college.
What is a sorority and fraternity?
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