Student Life
This is the area of study that you focus on in college.
What is a major?
This online application platform is used by over 900 colleges and universities.
What is The Common Application?
Name 3 Florida public colleges or universities.
Florida Atlantic, FAMU, FGCU, FIU, Florida Polytechnic, Florida State, New College, UCF, UF, UNF, USF, UWF
Perfect scores on the SAT and ACT
What are 1600(SAT) and 36 (ACT)?
This is money that does not need to be paid back.
What is a scholarship or grant?
These fun and philanthropic groups have words like alpha and zeta in them.
What are fraternities and sororities? (Greek Life)
These are non-binding application pathways (200 points for each correct answer).
What are Early Action, Regular Decision, Rolling and Priority?
Name 2 Florida private colleges or universities.
Barry University, Eckerd College, Embry-Riddle, Flagler, Florida Institute of Technology, Florida Southern, Jacksonville, Lynn, Nova Southeastern, Ringling College, Rollins, Saint Leo, Southeastern, Stetson, University of Miami, University of Tampa, Warner
This test is used for qualification for the National Merit Scholarship program.
What is the junior year PSAT?
This is money that needs to be paid back with interest.
What is a loan?
This is typically the type of housing found on college campuses.
What are dorms/residence halls?
This is a binding application pathway that means "if you accept me, I will go."
What is Early Decision?
This program provides scholarships to Florida students who meet the requirements and matriculate to a college or university in Florida.
What is Florida Bright Futures?
These scores are considered "passing" or "qualifying" scores on the AP exams.
What are scores of 3, 4, or 5?
This is the free application to apply for federal tuition aid.
What is the FAFSA?
Name a college that has one of these unique mascots:
Anteaters, Banana Slugs, Rainbow Warriors, Stormy Petrels
UC Irvine (Anteaters), UC Santa Cruz (Banana Slugs), University of Hawaii (Rainbow Warriors), Oglethorpe University (Stormy Petrels)
True or False: You can only apply Early Action to one school.
False. Early Action is non-binding and does not limit how many other schools you can apply to in the Early Action round. Restrictive Early Action, only found at a small number of highly selective schools, does limit how many and what kind of schools you can apply to in the early round.
Your parents may have elected to participate in this program when you were younger. It helps participants pay for college tuition.
What is Florida Prepaid?
This is an application pathway that does not require an SAT or ACT score but may have stricter requirements in other areas.
What is test optional?
This type of aid is based upon your family's financial situation.
What is Need-Based Aid?
This is the place that you go if you want to practice your interview skills.
What is the Career Center?
This is the national reply deadline-when all colleges and universities require students to decide on their matriculating school.
What is May 1st?
This is a no-need grant for Florida residents attending a private college or university full-time in Florida.
What is the Florida EASE grant?
What are AP Exams?
This type of aid typically does not take into account your family's financial situation and is based on your academic record.
What is Merit-Based Aid?