Getting into College
The standardized test that colleges use to help with the admission process
What is the SAT or ACT?
This is known as a four year degree
What is a Bachelor's degree?
The type of financial aid that you can get for having good grades or a specific skill or talent
What is a scholarship?
True or False: Colleges only look at junior year grades to determine if you are admitted into a college
What is False?
The acronym HBCUs stands for
What is Historically Black Colleges and University?
Voluntary, non-academic activities that students participate in outside of their regular classroom hours
What are extracurricular activities?
Nurses, doctors, medical assistants are apart of what professional field
What is healthcare?
The kind of financial aid that you have to pay back
What is a loan?
This is an absolute necessity in order to attend college
What is a high school diploma?
This is the name for a college building where students live, sleep, and hang out with roommates
What is a dorm (or residence hall)?
Instead of a college degree a certificate is earned to master a specific skill
What is trade school?
These are the three main costs that contribute to the cost of college
What are tuition, housing and food?
The term for someone who is the first person in their family to go to college
What is a first-generation college student?
This is a smaller, secondary subject area you choose to study alongside your main degree focus
What is a minor?
This tool uses a series of questions about what you like and dislike to suggest potential career matches
What is a career interest assessment (or personality quiz)?
The type of financial aid you receive if you have financial need
What is a grant?
This is a short, one-page document you create to show potential employers your education, skills, and volunteer history
What is a resume?
Which Ivy Leagues requires you to pass a swimming test
What are Columbia University and Cornell University?
Name two things that you should consider when you are trying to decide if you want to go to a certain college
What are distance from home, size, majors offered, cost of tuition, extracurricular activities available, etc.
Two of the six branches of the military are
What are the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Forces, Space Force, and Coast Guard?
A postgraduate degree that requires a bachelor's
What is a master's degree?
These are the physical boundaries of a university's property, which often include classrooms, libraries, dining halls, and green spaces
What is a campus?