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Academics and Testing
Admissions
The Degree
Types of Colleges
100

A fee that is paid for instruction in college

What is tuition?

100

A copy of your official record of grades for your entire high school career.

What is a transcript?

100

A plan that allows students to begin college courses during junior and/or senior years in high school.

What is Early College or Move On When Ready?

100

Earned when a college student completes requirements

What is a degree?

100

Institutions of higher learning that are supported by state and local taxes

What are public colleges and universities?

200
Money awarded for achievement, skills, talents, or financial need
What is a scholarship?
200

You may be able to earn college credit from taking these courses and scoring a 4 or 5 on the exam.

What are Advanced Placement (AP) classes?

200

When colleges notify applicants of acceptance or rejection during the first semester of senior year

What is early decision/early action?

200

You are considered this if you are working towards two degrees at the same time.

What is a double major?

200

Institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 with the intention of primarily serving the African-American community.

What are Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU's)?

300
Money borrowed from a bank or institution for the purpose of attending college
What is a loan?
300

Standardized tests widely used for college admissions and merit scholarshps in the United States.

What is the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the Amercian College Testing (ACT)?

300

An admission decision in which a college makes a decision immediately upon receiving an application

What is rolling admission?

300
Your main area of study in college
What is a major?
300

Institutions of higher learning in which Whites account for 50% or greater of the student enrollment.

What is a Predominantly White Institution (PWI)?

400

The form used to file for financial aid for college (Hint:  Can be completed right now through June 30, 2020).

What is FAFSA (Free application for federal student aid)?

400

This area of testing is on the ACT and not the SAT?

What is Science Reasoning?

400

This should be reviewed and edited by someone else such as a teacher or parent.

What is a college admissions essay?

400
A 4-year college degree
What is a bachelor's degree (Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science)
400

A group of eight old, distinguished colleges and universities in the East, known for their ivy-covered brick buildings.

What are ivy league colleges?

500

Money given to students based solely on financial need.

What is a grant?

500

The number of credits needed to earn a high school diploma in Mount Vernon?

What is 22?

500

In addition to grades and test scores colleges look for participation in these two areas.

What are extra-curricular activities and community service?

500

A college student who has not yet received a bachelor's degree

What is an undergraduate?

500

The public university system of New York City, and the largest urban university system in the United States.

What is the City University of New York (CUNY) system? 

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