Financial Aid
This is a financial aid application required of all colleges in the United States
What is FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)?
Job practice you can get in high school AND earn credits
What is an internship?
A person who lives at home while going to college (goes to and from the college each day instead of living there)
What is a commuter?
You apply for college in the fall of your senior year.
TRUE: College applications are usually due in the fall/winter of your senior year so students work on applications in the fall of senior year
One of these things is NOT required for college applications: SAT scores, a personal essay, MCAS scores, a list of extracurricular activities, classes and grades. Which is it?
MCAS Scores: you need these to graduate but colleges will not ask for your MCAS scores
False: while many students graduate with debt, there are many ways to go to college AND avoid debt!
The name of at least one of HHS's work-based learning staff
Ms. Gillis, Ms. Barreto and Mr. Quinones (their offices are in the library)
The office that receives and reviews applications from students
What is admissions?
Volunteer work and sports are the most important things to help you get into college.
FALSE: The classes you take and the grades you get in those classes are the most important things to help you get into college
Money borrowed to help pay for college that you must pay back
When should you start researching about college financial aid?
What is NOW?
What is an Associate's Degree (this is a degree from a Community College, such as HCC).
A term used to refer to a student whose parents do not have a college degree
First generation
Dual enrollment credits (from HCC, Westfield, UMASS, etc) are transferrable to ANY college
FALSE: Some colleges will give you credit for college classes taken in high school, others will not.
BUT...taking colleges classes in high school IS something that can increase your chances of being accepted into college (as long as you do well in those classes)
STCC (pronounced stick) is a community college in Springfield. What does it stand for?
Springfield Technical Community College
If I want to find out more about a college's cost and how to apply for financial aid, I go to this part of their website
What is the financial aid section of the website?
In the building trades someone starts off learning the trade from a more experienced person. The person who is learning the trade is called this.
What is an apprentice?
A test required by some colleges for admission
What is the SAT (or ACT)?
If I start my education at HCC and transfer to UMASS for a Bachelor's Degree, it will probably take me a total of 4 years.
TRUE: Typically, students who start at Community College (HCC) and transfer to a 4 year college (like UMASS), will graduate in 4 years with their Bachelor's Degree.
a test you might take before college to determine which math and English classes you are eligible to take
What is a placement test?
The name of a tool on ALL college websites that you can use to estimate how much financial aid you will get.
What is Net Price Calculator?
The name an organization in Holyoke that provides youth with summer jobs AND helps students get jobs after high school?
What is MassHire (previously called Career Point)?
The name of the degree that you get when you graduate from a 4 year college or university (such as UMASS or Smith College).
What is a Bachelor's Degree?
Nursing is the most difficult major to be accepted into at a college.
TRUE: You usually need to have very good grades to be accepted into a nursing program.
If you don't, don't worry! You can start colleges classes and THEN apply into nursing programs afterward. It just might take a bit longer.
What you study in college is called a...
MAJOR