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The amount the college/university is charging you specifically for your classes
What is tuition?
The degree you earn after 2 years in a college or technical program.
What is an Associate's degree?
Our Holyoke Teen Center is located close to what local community college?
What is Holyoke Community College?
Our summer program this year follows what model ?
What is a college credit model?
Name two college entrance exams
SAT and ACT
The online form students fill out for financial aid from schools/universities.
What is the FAFSA? (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
Your main course of study in college.
What is a Major?
Although called Mount Holyoke, this campus is actually located in...
What is South Hadley?
We at Girls Inc. are partnered with mainly with these two colleges.
What are Bay Path University and University of Massachusetts Amherst?
Name a difference between public and private universities?
Cost, how they are funded, often the size
The money you receive for school that does NOT have to be paid back.
What are grants and/or scholarships?
A student who starts a program at one school and decides to move to another.
What is a Transfer student?
The UMass school mascot.
What is a MinuteMan?
Our Eureka! Director's (Meghan Bone) Alma Mater (former school)
What is University of Massachusetts Amherst?
A secondary set of courses that often complements your major
What is a minor?
The two types of loans you can get to pay for school.
What are private loans and federal loans?
Something your professor will give you to explain assignments, expectations, grading systems, textbooks, and class policies
What is a syllabus?
A private religiously affiliated college located in Chicopee MA, named for a tree.
What is Elms College or What is College of Our Lady of the Elms?
The school where our Board Member Dr. Yady teaches, and what she teaches
What is Bay Path University and Biology?
Difference between a full-time and part-time student
Full-time student takes 12+ credits, while part-time students take less than 12 credits
The difference between subsidized and unsubsidized loans.
Subsidized loans do not accrue interest while in school, and unsubsidized loans accrue interest as soon as you're enrolled.
Someone who helps you plan your classes and connects you with resources on campus
What is an advisor?
Name each college in the Five College Consortium
What is University of Massachusetts Amherst, Hampshire College, Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College ?
Where can you go to look for scholarship opportunities?
The Big List of Scholarships - Girls CAN!
An abbreviation known as HBCU's, these institutions emphasize Black empowerment and community, and are often based in the south, with a majority Black student population.
What are Historically Black Colleges and Universities?