College Lingo
Something that you study, besides your major, where you focus on this subject but take fewer classes.
What is Minor/Concentration?
What the college/university charges you for your classes
What is Tuition?
Your main course of study?
What is Major?
Who can you speak to get advice on colleges?
What is your counselor?
Colleges require you to purchase these or rent them for most classes.
Books
A degree you get after 4 years of college
What is Bachelor's?
Is in-state or out-of-state tuition cheaper?
What is In-state tuition?
This field of study is all about designing and building things like bridges, machines, and even robots!
An event you can attend to ask questions directly to college representatives.
What is College fair?
If the student’s cumulative GPA falls below the minimum of _____, the student will be placed on academic probation,
What is 2.0?
Someone who helps you plan your classes and connect you with resources on campus as needed?
What is Advisor?
Money you don't have to repay and is awarded because of skills you have athletically or academically.
What is Scholarship?
A field where you learn about people, behavior, decision making, and emotions
Colleges require you to purchase these or rent them for most classes.
What are books.
How long it takes to complete an Associate's Degree
What is 2 years?
Something your professor will give you to explain assignments, expectations, grading systems, textbooks, and class policies?
What is Syllabus?
A way to earn money for school by having a job at your college or university.
What is Work-study?
This field focuses on keeping entire neighborhoods and groups of people healthy by solving problems like access to clean water, healthy food, and medical care—especially in places where not everyone gets the same help.
What is Community health?
Name two college entrance exams
What is ACT & SAT
Smith College, Wellesley College, Barnard College, Scripps College, Mount Holyoke College, and Bryn Mawr College are all examples of this type of school.
What is women's college?
A "record" of a student's academic progress, including all courses taken, grades, completion for each course, and GPA.
What is a transcript?
A person at Breakthrough who will meet with you 1-on-1 and helps you figure out how to pay for college
What is College success coach/advisor?
A ____________is a requirement that has to be satisfied before you can enter a class
What is a Pre-requisite?
Where can you go to look for scholarship opportunities?
What is Online searches, school counselor, university website, local businesses?
The oldest university in the US
What is Harvard University?
A college student who helps other students in dorms, plans fun activities, and makes sure everyone follows the rules.
What is Residential Assistant (RA)?
Something students fill out to receive financial aid for college
What is FAFSA?
The most popular major in the US
Business
Name two important things you need to have ready for the admission process?
College applications, entrance exam scores, test scores, FAFSA (optional)and transcripts
Where Alice goes to college
Denison