Admissions 101
When is the most common deadline for Early Action?
November 1
True or False, you have to reapply for FAFSA every year?
True
What is the document called that formally lists all of your involvements and activities that you often submit in a scholarship application?
Resume
Who is a better recommender, your cheer coach from Freshmen year, a team you quit after a year, or your science teacher from junior year, a class you always engaged in?
Science Teacher
Who would you go to at college for class registration?
Academic Advisor (counselor not accepted-not a term we use in college)
There are most commonly two application cycles: Early Action/Decision and ??
Regular Decision
What is the maximum amount of money a dependent student can receive in loans from FAFSA?
$5,500
Name three criteria a scholarship committee might consider when selecting an recipient for their scholarship.
Examples, GPA, volunteer experience, race, grade, rigorous classes, etc.
True or False. I only need to email a professor to ask for a letter of recommendation.
False. In person ask is respectful.
What is the term for the set of core classes all college students must take—regardless of their major—to build a broad foundation of knowledge before they can take major-specific classes?
General Education Requirements
Explain why schools sometimes offer test-optional admissions.
It allows them to make a decision on the rest of your application, disregarding testing and how bias that can be. Also in mind of COVID.
What does SAI stand for?
Student Aid Index
Name two scholarships we applied to as a class this semester.
Ron Brown, Burger King, Equitable Excellence, Coca-Cola, Elks Foundation, or Jack Kent Cooke
How many weeks should you give someone to write a letter of recommendation, minimum?
2
Explain: prerequisite class
a class you have to take before another. It's a requirement
What is the difference between Early Action and Early Decision?
Early Decision is binding
Explain student aid index.
a number calculated from student and parent incomes which indicates how much financial aid should be awarded
What is the type of scholarship called when you apply through a specific university and it only awards funds to go to that university?
Internal Scholarship
What is the form called you should give you should give to someone who is writing your letter of recommendation?
Brag Sheet
Arrange these in order of fewest years of commitment to most years of commitment (assuming a traditional trajectory): Associate degree, PhD, Bachelor degree, Master's degree.
AA, BA, MS, PhD
What does Rolling Admissions mean?
They review applications as they receive them or year-round
Identify the following in order by most desirable funding to least desire-able: Personal Loan, Grant, Federal Loan, Work-Study, Scholarship.
Grant, Scholarship, Work-Study, Federal Loan, Personal Loan.
Name one of the four scholarship search engines listed on the syllabus.
Appily, CollegeBoard, UNCF, or College Express
What does checking the FERPA box on Common app allow?
Recommenders to submit letters without student being able to view
What does FAFSA stand for?
Free Application for Federal Student Aid