GEAR UP 1
I'm Going!
Higher Ed in Idaho
Show me the Money!
Requirements
100
Highland GEAR UP site coordinator
Who is Suzi Eaton?
100
You must take at least eight credits of this subject to meet the minimum requirement for college entrance in Idaho.
What is English?
100
This University's Mascot is the Vandal.
What is the University of Idaho?
100
Form you and your parents fill out to determine your eligibility for federal financial aid.
What is the FAFSA?
100
Some college applications have you write one of these.
What is an essay?
200
Letters in the acronym GEAR UP stand for this.
What is Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness (for) Undergraduate Programs?
200
A form you fill out when you want to apply for college.
What is an application?
200
The largest university in Idaho, with 19,664 students.
What is Boise State University?
200
These help you pay for college, and do not have to be paid back. They are awarded on the basis of merit or need, or both.
What are scholarships?
200
For most Idaho public higher-ed institutions, your high school GPA must not be lower than this to be accepted.
What is a 2.0, or C Average?
300
Website students use to build career portfolios; has lots of information on college, careers and scholarships.
What is eCIS/Idaho Career Information System?
300
Making one of these helps you "map out" the classes you need to take to graduate and to get into college.
What is a "four-year plan"?
300
College of Western Idaho, College of Southern Idaho and North Idaho College are all this type of college.
What is a community college?
300
You apply for one of these to help you pay for going to school. You do have to pay it back, but it is at a very low interest rate.
What is a student loan?
300
In the fall, this may be waived if you choose early action or early decision.
What is an application fee?
400
A person's natural abilities, skills and talents. Part of the identification process is to recall "good experiences" and then identify what skills were used when the good experiences took place.
What are dependable strengths?
400
As part of the application process, you need to request one of these from the counselor, which documents your classes and grades from high school.
What is a transcript?
400
Benny the Bengal is the mascot at this university, which offers more than 280 certificates and degree programs across seven different colleges.
What is Idaho State University?
400
Tuition and fees for one semester at an Idaho school for a resident of Idaho.
What is between $6500 and $8000?
400
The maximum amount charged in Idaho for an application fee.
What is $50?
500
Kevin,Ashley and Kimberlee attended this event in Boise during the summer of 2011.
What is the College Access Summit?
500
Highland students already are required to prepare and present one of these during their senior year. In 2013, this project will become a graduation requirement for all Idaho students.
What is a senior project?
500
"Connecting Learning to Life" is the motto at this Idaho school.
What is LCSC/ Lewis Clark State College?
500
This year's maximum award for one of these is $5500.
What is a Pell Grant?
500
A process where a student applies early and finds out early (in the fall or early winter) in their senior year whether or not they have been accepted at a certain institution.
What is early action?
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