Student Life
This is the area of study that you focus on in college.
What is a major or concentration?
This online application platform is used by over 900 colleges and universities.
What is the Common Application?
Perfect scores on the SAT and ACT
What are 1600 and 36?
This is the free application for federal tuition aid.
What is the FAFSA?
This is typically the type of housing found on college campuses.
What are dormitories or residence halls?
This is the national reply deadline-when all colleges and universities require students to decide on their matriculating school.
What is May 1st?
This is an admissions test policy that means you do not need to submit an SAT or ACT score, but it may have stricter requirements in other catergories.
What is Test-Optional?
This is money that needs to be paid back with interest.
What is a loan?
This is a type of program that allows students to take courses in other countries
What is a study-abroad program?
Name three materials you will need to fill out the Common App
1. A copy of your high school transcript
2. A list of your activities, work, and family responsibilities
3. Test scores and dates from your college entrance exams (SATs, ACTs, etc.)
4. Parent/Legal guardian information
5. Academic honors and achievements
This test is used for qualification for the National Merit Scholarship program.
What is the junior year PSAT?
This is money that does not need to be paid back.
What is a scholarship or grant?
These fun and philanthropic student groups have words like alpha and zeta in them.
What are sororities and fraternities, or "greek life"?
When are most regular decision college apps due?
What is January?
Scores from these tests go directly to the registrar at your college/university and may help you place in a higher level class or skip a course requirement.
What are Advanced Placement (AP) exams?
This is the date that the FASFA opens and the date it closes
What are December 1st and June 30th?
What is a bachelor's degree?
These are non-binding application pathways.
What are Early Action, Priority, and Regular Decision?
This is generally when you must submit your standardized test scores by for your college application
What is before the school application deadline?
(some schools might take scores after applications close - but always reach out to ask first!)
This first type of aid is based upon your family's financial situation. The second type of aid typically does not take into account your family's financial situation and is based on your academic record.
What is need-based aid and merit-based aid?