Admission
This is the cumulative average of grades in all of your completed high school courses.
What is a grade point average (GPA)?
The college admission and financial aid process begins on this day in high school.
What is Day 1?
Name two types of financial aid dollars that are considered "free money".
What are scholarships and grants?
This application is required in order for colleges to offer need based financial assistance.
What is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)?
You have over 4,000 college options in the United States.
True.
Over 1,000 colleges use this as the basic document to submit personal information.
What is the Common Application?
An organized event where college admissions representatives gather to advertise and recruit for their colleges/universities
What is a college fair?
What is a componet of a scholarship application? Letters of Recommendation. GPA. Essay. All of the Above.
What is all of above?
To start the FAFSA process the student and both parents will need this.
What is a FSA ID?
The most expensive college or university might be less costly.
TRUE
These are the two standardized entrance exams that students take for college admission and scholarship consideration.
What are the SAT and/or ACT exams?
Colleges / Universities strongly encourage this to better help in the college selection process.
What is a campus visit?
What is the best way for students to earn academic scholarship dollars?
What is get good grades and test scores.
These dates must be met in order to be considered for admission, financial aid and scholarships.
What are deadline dates?
Last year, Ohio students left over $108 million dollars on the table in Pell Grant aid by not completing the FAFSA.
TRUE
It is important to cultivate positive relationships with your teachers because you will need them to support your application with two of these.
What are letters of recommendation?
This is a tool that each college / univesity is required to offer that provides estimated financial aid packages.
What is a Net Price Calculator
Which of the following is a scholarship myth? Applying for scholarships is just like applying for college. Scholarships are fun. Scholarships are easy to fill out. Scholarships are da bomb.
What is applying for scholarships is just like applying for college?
Financial Aid fall into these three categories.
What is / are:
1) Non Repayable Aid (Grants & Scholarships)
2) Loans
3) Work Study
If you think your family makes too much money to qualify for financial aid, you should NOT complete the FAFSA.
FALSE
This is a component of your college application that provides admissions counselor a deeper insight into who you are.
What is the essay?
The percentage of students who change their academic major at least once in their college career.
What is 75%?
Mostly all scholarships require you to have this when sending in your application. High School Transcript. Essay. Letters of Recommendation. All of the above.
What is all of the above?
What is the typical debt that a student is left with after college? $15,000 - $20,000 - $25,000 - $30,000 or more?
What is $30,000 or more.
Average debt for a 4-year Bachelor's degree is $34,100
August 1st is the date that students need to make their final decision on which college they are attending.
FALSE - What is May 1st.
May 1st is commonly known as National Decision Day.