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Miscellaneous
100
A degree awarded to undergraduates, usually after four years of college classes
What is a Bachelor's Degree?
100
Work on your grades! B's or Better! Your grades will be the greatest factor to help you get into college and receive financial aid to pay for your education.
What is the main thing you can do in high school to help you prepare for college?
100
Money you receive for you college tuition or expenses that you may or may not have to pay back. (“Grant,” “Loan,” and “Scholarship”)
What is Financial Aid?
100
A building located within the college or university where students can live during the academic year?
What is a Dormitory?
100
What time must Freshmen report to the auditorium on Tuesday morning?
All Freshmen students must report to the Auditorium by 8:15 AM.
200
A type of degree awarded to students at a US community college, usually after two years of classes
What is an Associate’s degree?
200
The SAT is standardized test used for college admission. You will us your scores from the SAT to apply to college.
What is the SAT?
200
A form of financial aid that you do not have to pay back.
What is a Scholarship?
200
An Admission Counselor recruits students for their college or university, and can decide if a student is admitted into the school.
What is an Admission Counselor?
200
The decision to allow a student to enter a college or university.
What is Admission?
300
Your main area of study. The area or field you plan to get a job in after you graduate from college (for example: nursing, business, engineering, art, etc.).
What is a Major?
300
Cumulative average of all of your grades in high school. You will use your GPA to apply to college.
What is a GPA?
300
A form of financial aid f that you do not have to pay back.
What is a Grant?
300
A program of study which is located in a different country than the one you live in.
What is Study Abroad?
300
A Credit Hour is the number of hours assigned to a specific class. You need a specific number of Credit Hours to graduate from a college or university.
What is a Credit Hour?
400
It is your second area of study. Requires fewer classes than a Major.
What is a Minor?
400
There are so many people who are supporting you right now and will continue to help you! They can be your family, friends, teachers, GEAR UP staff, school counselor, attendance office, security personnel, the lunch staff, and every other staff member at your school. You never know how many people are working behind the scenes to help you!
Name three different people that can help you prepare for college?
400
Money you borrow to pay for your education, that you must pay back.
What is a Student Loan?
400
Money you earn/make through a part time job at your college or university.
What is Work Study?
400
Loyola University, Elmhurst College, Roosevelt University, and IIT.
What are the four colleges and universities Farragut Freshmen will visit on Tuesday?
500
A college or university employee who can help choose your classes and make sure you are taking the right courses to graduate
What is an Academic Advisor?
500
Groups you belong to outside of class, such as sporting teams, clubs and organizations.
What are Extracurricular Activities?
500
A form required by the government used to determine the amount of Federal Student Aid that will help pay for a student's college education?
What is FAFSA?
500
Post-Secondary Program, is the opportunity available to you after you graduate from high school, such as college, work, military, or alternative program.
What is Post-Secondary Program?
500
An Undergraduate is a student who is pursuing either a 2 or 4 year degree.
What is an Undergraduate?
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