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A program that provides part-time jobs for undergraduate and graduate students with financial need, allowing the them money to help pay education expenses.

What is the Federal Work Study Program?

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Money given to a student based on academic performance. This award does not have to be paid back.
What is a scholarship?
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A secondary school teaching a  skilled trade.

What is a Vocational/Trade School?

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A form of admission that students use for their top pick school that allows them to find out early if they were accepted or not. Be careful! This form of admissions is binding!
What is Early Decision?
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If you do not graduate from college you do not have to pay back your student loans.  True/False

False

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What form do students need to fill out before college to obtain federal student aid?

What is the FAFSA?

200

Money given to a student based on financial need. This award must be paid back.

What are loans?

200

An official report given by a college/school which contains official records of an individual student. It will list time attended, subjects studied, grades received, and special awards/recognition.

What is a transcript?

200
The recommended date that you should have all of your applications, transcripts, and letters of recommendation turned in to colleges
What is Thanksgiving?
200

A federal grant for undergraduate students with financial need.

Federal Pell Grant

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A subject or field of study chosen by a college student?

What is a Major

300

 The documentation sent from a college or university to the student that details how much financial support and costs the student is receiving.

What is an Award Letter.

300

This office or on campus center may run a list service to connect potential employers with students who need part time jobs. I may also assist students in finding work study jobs, on campus jobs, and may help students with a resume.

What is the Student Employment Center?

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The application process where a college reviews applications as they are received and offers decisions to students in about two weeks
What is Rolling Admission?
300

A federal student loan, made by the recipient's school, for undergraduate and graduate students who demonstrate financial need.

What is the Federal Perkins Loan?

400

Time when you can meet with your professor to discuss questions from class, homework, or an exam

What are office hours?

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A part-time job for students on-campus that allows them to earn wages.
What is work-study?
400

To sign up for specific college courses for a specific college term

What is register?

400
The date you need to commit to a college by sending in your deposit. (Also the week of Decision Day!)
What is May 1?
400

Money awarded to students based on academic or other achievements to help pay for education expenses.

What is a scholarship?

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Something required as a prior condition for something else to happen. (A lower level class must be taken to take higher class...example Biology 1 before Biology 2.

What is a Prerequisite?

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The name of the financial aid form that students must fill out to receive financial aid.
What is the FAFSA?
500

This office or center have psychologists and advisors available to students struggling with any emotional or mental health issues like str management, anxiety, depression, Seasonal Affective disorder or an other problem a student needs support on.

What is the Counseling Center.

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The number one thing that colleges will look at for admissions
What is course rigor?
500

A scholarship that only students in 7/8 grade can apply for. It is not received until after graduation.

What is the College Bounds Scholarship?

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