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The education level taken in order to get one's first tertiary degree; the post-secondary education up to the level of a bachelor's degree.
What is undergraduate education?
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This public research university has a student body of 57,000 students (over 33,300 undergrads) representing over 151 countries located in the Pacific Northwest.
What is UBC?
100
This famous athletics conference is made up of Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University.
What is the Ivy League?
100
A school supported by taxes or other public funds.
What is a Public School?
100
An application process that involves applying by a late fall or early winter deadline in exchange for an admissions decision the following spring. Decisions are made after all applications have been pooled together.
What is Regular Admissions?
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Most colleges require students to take a specified number of courses in a broad range of disciplines (depending on the the institution's educational goals) in order to graduate. Most students take these courses in their first and second years, getting the chance to sample a wide range of courses before selecting a major.
What are general education requirements?
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This small liberal arts college has a student body of 2,300, of which 73% of first year students were in the top 20% of their class. About 42% of students study abroad, and many students eat, shop and relax on the nearby San Antonio River Walk.
What is Trinity University?
200
Students at this school get excited about their annual football game against Oregon State University, which they call "the Civil War."
What is the University of Oregon?
200
A school that has three connected missions: research, public service, and teaching undergraduate and graduate students; usually has a large (>15,000) student population.
What is a Research University?
200
A process by which colleges review and make decisions about applications as they are received. The application cycle usually opens in the early fall and may extend into the spring or until the freshman class is filled.
What is rolling admissions?
300
Northeastern in Boston is known for this program, where work experience is integrated into the academic curriculum. The work experience is always paid. Under this program, students can graduate in 4 years with 12 months paid work experience or 5 years with 18 months of paid work experience.
What is Co-operative Education?
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Students at this small liberal arts college of just over 2,500 undergraduates participate in 23 varsity sports teams and 100 student organizations on a beautiful campus with Spanish-Mediterranean architecture; and counts among its alumni Mr. Fred Rogers ’51 (creator of the children's TV program Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood) and Allen R. Weiss ’81 (President Worldwide Operations for Walt Disney Company Parks & Resorts, which happens to have a few parks nearby).
What is Rollins College?
300
The highest level of athletics competition in university, where the athletes represent their school in competing against other schools (intercollegiate competition).
What is varsity athletics?
300
A school where undergraduate education is the primary focus, and most degrees are awarded in the liberal arts disciplines (social sciences, sciences, humanities, and arts); usually has a smaller (<5,000) student population.
What is a Liberal Arts College?
300
An application process that typically allows a student to apply by November 1 or November 15 and receive a decision by December 15 that commits the student to attend if admitted.
What is Early Decision?
400
Columbia University in NYC is known for this curriculum, a group of specially designed courses in the humanities, arts, social sciences, and sciences - that every student takes, regardless of major - designed to give students a strong foundation in general education. These courses require students to read from original texts instead of textbooks, and then discuss the ideas in small classes.
What is the Core Curriculum?
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The number of students who graduate within 6 years of enrolling at a particular school.
What is the 6-year graduation rate?
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This university has its own ice cream shop, called the Dairy Bar. Perhaps their most famous of flavor is Jonathan Supreme ice cream, named for the school's mascot, Jonathan the Husky Dog (vanilla ice cream swirled with peanut butter and chocolate covered peanuts).
What is U Conn?
400
An institution of higher education not supported by taxes. The school or other public funds may be independent or church-related.
What is a Private School?
400
An application process that typically allows a student to apply by November 1 or November 15 and receive a decision by December 15 that does not bind the student to attend if admitted.
What is Early Action?
500
A program of study that normally requires the first 3 years of undergraduate study at one institution and the last 2 years of study at another institution in order to attain a bachelor's degree.
What is a 3-2 Dual Degree Program?
500
The percentage of first-year students who return for their second year.
What is the retention rate?
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At this medium-sized public university, they face off with their competitor, the University of Cincinnati, each fall in the game of football. The winning team gets to traveling trophy of a bell. One side of the bell is painted red and black and shows Cincinnati's victories, while the other side is red and white and shows this school's victories.
What is the University of Miami in Ohio?
500
The schools Pomona, Scripps, Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Harvey Mudd joined to form this group so that students could experience the personal values of the small college while having access to the facilities of the great university (e.g. libraries, athletic facilities, cultural events, etc.)
What is the Claremont College Consortium?
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The practice of reviewing an applicant’s file and making an admissions decision without regard to the student’s ability to pay.
What is Need-Blind Admissions?
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