This is usually earned for an undergraduate course of study that normally requires three to five years of study at a college or university.
What is a Bachelor's Degree?
100
This is the grade point average that includes a higher point value for more rigorous courses.
What is a Weighted GPA?
100
A form that can be prepared annually by current and prospective college students (undergraduate and graduate) in the United States to determine their eligibility for federal student financial aid.
What is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)?
100
A student's primary field of study during an undergraduate degree.
What is a major?
200
A degree granted after a two-year course of study, especially by a community or junior college.
What is an associate's degree?
200
This is an official document that verifies an applicant's course work at a school or college and must be requested from their previous school.
What is a transcript?
200
Any grant or scholarship, loan, or paid employment offered to help a student meet his/her college expense.
What is financial aid?
200
A student's secondary field of study during an undergraduate degree.
What is a minor?
300
An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree.
What is a master's degree
300
You want to apply for colleges by this day in order to receive the strongest consideration for acceptance and scholarships.
What is the Priority Deadline or Date?
300
This type of financial aid accrues interest and is required to be paid back once you drop below a certain amount of credit hours or after you leave college.
What is a loan?
300
A student that enrolls in college after having attended another college.
What is a Transfer Student?
400
The highest level of academic degree
What is a doctoral degree or Phd.?
400
If you score well on your Advanced Placement (A.P.) exam you could save lots of money and earn these from your college which means you won't have to take that course when you enroll.
What are College Credits/Hours or Credits?
400
This is what colleges consider the difference between what your family is expected to contribute towards you college costs and the total cost of attendance.
What is Financial Need?
400
A form of financial aid that students earn by working on campus.
What is a Work Study?
500
A term for someone who is pursuing their associates or bachelor's degree.
What is an undergraduate?
500
You want to make sure your community college has one of these with another 4-year college or university so you are able to transfer credits. All credits may not be transferable.
What is an Articulation Agreement?
500
The calculated amount the federal government expects students and their families to pay towards college costs based on household income and assets.
What is Expected Family Contribution (EFC)?
500
This is where students go on campus to request their transcripts, schedule/change classes, make tuition payments, etc.