College Lingo
Your main course of study
What is Major?
The amount the college/university is charging you for your classes
What is Tuition?
Typically, it takes this number of years to complete an Associates Degree
What is 2 years?
The person you speak to get advice on colleges
What is you high school counselor / advisor?
A year or so taken after high school, before entering college, to explore opportunities and determine what to do next?
What is a GAP year
A secondary course of study (usually 15 - 18 credits) that often complements a students major and is commonly listed on your resume
What is a Minor or Concentration?
Something students fill out to receive federal financial aid for college
What is FAFSA?
Typically, it takes this long to earn a Bachelors degree
What is four years?
An event you can attend to ask questions directly to college representatives
What is a College Fair?
GPA is an abbreviation for ...
What is your grade point average?
A student who takes 12 or more credits per semester
What is a full-time student?
(extra points .. define part-time student)
Free Money you can apply for school that does not need to be paid back
What is a Scholarship or grant?
Once you finish your Bachelors degree, it typically takes how long to complete a Master's Degree?
What is 2-3 years?
Name one of two college entrance exams
What are the ACT & SAT?
Where can you go to earn a 2 year degree
What is Community College?
What is something your professor will give you to explain assignments, expectations, grading systems, textbooks, and class policies?
What is a Syllabus?
Which is cheaper - in-state or out-of-state tuition?
What is In-state tuition?
A required class or course that has to be taken before you can enter a certain class
What is a Pre-requisite?
Where you go to look for scholarship opportunities
What are Online searches? Like fastweb.com or scholarships.com
(Other acceptable answers are: high school counselor, university website, local businesses, community organizations, religious organizations?)
Where you go to get hands-on training to prepare students for a specific job / skill
What are trade / technical schools, apprenticeship, or on-the-job training?
Someone who helps you plan your classes and connect you with resources on campus as needed?
What is an Advisor?
Name one of the main types of college financial aid for students?
What are Grants, scholarship, work study, student loans?
What is the next degree you can earn after completing your Bachelor's degree (typically in 2 years)?
What is a Master's /graduate degree?
Name an important thing you need to have ready for the admission process?
What are college applications, entrance exam scores, test scores, FAFSA, letters of recommendation and transcripts?
At most 4-year schools, you need 120 or more of these to graduate
What are college credits?
A "record" of a student's academic progress, including all courses taken, grades, completion for each course, and GPA.
What is a transcript?
A program that allows students to earn money to help pay educational expenses.
What is Work-study?
Money you don't have to repay and is awarded because of skills you have athletically or academically.
What is a scholarship?
A FREE Oklahoma program that offers qualified students an opportunity to earn a scholarship for college tuition.
What is OKLAHOMA'S PROMISE?
Colleges require you to purchase these or rent them for most classes
What are books?