College Lingo
Your main course of study
What is Major?
The amount of money a 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?
Many colleges offer this kind of program that allows you to take classes in a foreign country for a semester.
What is study abroad?
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?
Dedicated time when professors meet with students outside of class
What is office hours?
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?
Financial assistance offered directly by the specific college or university rather than the government or private sponsors
What is Institutional Aid?
A required class or course that has to be taken before you can enter a certain class
What is a Pre-requisite?
A letter written by a teacher or counselor highlighting your strengths
What is a Letter of Recommendation?
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?
Taking time off before starting college or during college (before a degree is earned)
What is a "Gap Year"
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?
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?
Financial aid awarded based on academic, athletic, or artistic achievement, not financial need
What is a Merit Scholarship?
The highest academic degree awarded by a university, often taking 4–8 years past a Bachelor's degree
What is a Doctorate / Ph.D.?
A fee charged by colleges to submit an application, which can often be waived based on financial need
Colleges require you to purchase these or rent them for most classes
What are textbooks?