Admissions Terms
Acronym for the number that averages your grades
What is GPA? (Grade Point Average)
A perfect total score on the SAT
What is 1600?
FAFSA stands for this
What is Free Application for Federal Student Aid?
The Common App’s main personal essay has a maximum of this many words.
What is 650?
Where was Ms. McKenzie born?
What is Chicago?
A binding plan: if admitted, you must attend and withdraw other applications
What is early decision?
The highest composite score on the ACT
What is 36?
Scholarships and grants share this big advantage: you don’t have to do this.
What is pay it back?
A record of every course and grade from high school.
What is a transcript?
What is one of the colleges Ms. McKenzie attended?
What is the University of San Francisco or Columbia University?
Reviewing grades, essays, activities, and context together is called this type of review.
What is a holistic review?
Since 2024, the SAT is given in this format
What is digital?
Money you borrow and must repay, usually with interest.
What are loans?
A teacher or counselor writes this about you.
What is a letter of recommendation?
What country is Ms. McKenzie's family from?
What is Belize?
This single online application is accepted by hundreds of colleges.
What is the Common App?
This policy lets students choose whether to send test scores
What is test optional?
A federal program that lets students earn money by working part-time on or near campus.
What is work study?
The Common App activities list has room for this many entries.
What is 10?
Where was Ms. McKenzie raised?
What is Inglewood, California?
A school where your credentials are above the typical admit range is called this.
What is a safety (likely) school?
The SAT’s two sections are Math and this
What is Reading and Writing?
The cost of attendance minus grants and scholarships.
What is the net price?
Extra essays written for each specific college
What is a supplemental essay?
Ms. McKenzie's favorite color
What is brown?