School Types
School Characteristics
Admissions 101
Financial Aid
PA Schools 101
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An institution of higher education not supported by taxes.
What is a private school?
100
An academic period of a period of about 16 weeks. Two of these make up an academic year.
What is a semester?
100
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?
100
Money that needs to be repaid with interest.
What is a loan?
100
This Ivy League University (there are only 8 Ivy League Schools) is located in Pennsylvania.
What is the University of Pennsylvania?
200
An academic program that includes the sciences, social sciences, languages, arts, and mathematics, as distinguished from professional or vocational programs that focus on training for specific careers such as engineering, business, and nursing.
What is the liberal arts?
200
A set of required courses that give undergraduates a background in all major academic disciplines: natural sciences, social sciences, mathematics, literature and language, and fine arts.
What is general education requirements?
200
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?
200
A financial aid award that does not need to be repaid or earned through work. It is given to students based on financial need.
What is a grant?
200
Lincoln University Temple University The Pennsylvania State University University of Pittsburgh comprise this special category of colleges in Pennsylvania
What are State-Related Universities
300
These institutions offer two-year associate degrees that prepare you to transfer to a four-year college to earn a bachelor's degree. They also offer other associate degrees and certificates that focus on preparing you for a certain career. These institutions are often an affordable option with relatively low tuition.
What is a Community College?
300
Courses taken in college are measured this way. To earn this, a student must attend a class for one classroom hour (usually 50 minutes) per week for the whole semester (usually 16 weeks).
What is a credit hour?
300
The policy of some colleges of admitting certain students who have not completed high school—usually students of exceptional ability who have completed their junior year. These students are enrolled full-time in college.
What is early admissions?
300
Financial aid given on the basis of merit, not financial need.
What is merit aid or Scholarship?
300
The University of Scranton is one of 28 Jesuit Colleges/Universities in the United States. This college is the other Jesuit College/University in Pennsylvania.
What is St. Joseph's University?
400
enroll students who have made clear decisions about what they want to study and emphasize preparation for specific careers, for example in music or fine arts, engineering or technical sciences. You will want to be quite sure of your future direction before selecting one of these options.
What is a Technical Institute and Professional School?
400
A student’s chosen field of study. It usually requires the successful completion of a specified number of credit hours.
What is a major?
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?
400
This is the website where you submit your FAFSA
What is fafsa.edu.gov?
400
Bloomsburg University California University Cheyney University Clarian University East Stroudsburg University Edinboro University Indiana University Kutztown University Lockhaven University Mansfield University Millersville University Shippensburg University Slippery Rock University West Chester University all comprise this consortium of colleges
What is the Pennsylvania System of Higher Education?
500
These institutions are often larger and offer more majors and degree options—bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees—than colleges. Most contain several smaller colleges, such as colleges of liberal arts, engineering or health sciences. These colleges can prepare you for a variety of careers or for graduate study.
What is a University?
500
Grades at most colleges are figured using the following method: As are worth 4 points Bs are worth 3 points Cs are worth 2 points Ds are worth 1 point Fs are worth 0 points Then simply multiply the number of hours a course is worth by the number of points for the letter grade, then add up the totals for each course and divide by the number of credit hours. The result is the ?
What is GPA or Grade Point Average?
500
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?
500
A component of need-based financial aid in which the student works part-time; a campus or other job that is supported by government or institutional funding.
What is work-study?
500
This PA school has a strong Scottish heritage. Some examples of this heritage are the school color - Tartan Plaid, team name "Tartans", school mascot "Scottish Terrier", the Bag-Piping Performance Major, and the kilt wearing marching band known as the "Band Without Pants"
What is Carnegie Mellon University?
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