College Potpourri
In 1990 Dr. Anita Perry of Fort Worth ISD received her bachelor’s degree in curriculum & instruction from what University?
Texas A&M
J.P. Elder and Kirkpatrick middle schools feed into this Fort Worth ISD high school?
North Side
The application to apply for federal financial aid.
FAFSA
Known as the Sea Aggies, Texas A&M students operate dozens of small boats and ships in this Texas city.
Galveston
Students can try to improve their SAT scores through free testing and tutorials through this company. They partnered with CollegeBoard to create this free service.
Khan Academy
In 2006 Matt Burckhalter of TCU received his bachelor’s degree in journalism and broadcasting from what University?
Oklahoma State
What Fort Worth high school identifies with the colors black and orange, and is recognized by its parrot mascot.
Polytechnic
This type of aid measures a family’s ability to pay, not willingness to pay.
What is Need-based aid?
Since 1980, hundreds of students at this University have gathered to watch “bed races” consisting of four pushers and a rider race against each other the length of a football field.
UT Arlington
Through the Counselor Suite, you can see which students have completed college application through this portal.
What is Apply Texas?
In 2014 Walton Development donated 80 acres along the Chisholm Trail Parkway to build the Fort Worth campus of this University?
Tarleton State
The Bobcats of this Fort Worth ISD high school graduated their first class in 2018?
Benbrook
Many private colleges and universities will require this profile, created by Collegeboard, to be completed in addition to the FAFSA.
CSS Profile
Since 1964, a schooner pulled by two white ponies following touchdowns has become the official mascot of what University?
Oklahoma
This athletic association is similar to the NCAA, however, the clearinghouse is called the eligibility center and has different requirements.
NAIA
This popular American singer, rapper and songwriter studied classical music focusing on flute at the University of Houston.
Lizzo
This Fort Worth high school opened in 1998 and is located in the previous site of the Trinity Valley School?
South Hills
The form used by undocumented students to apply for financial aid in the state of Texas.
What is TASFA
This East Texas HBCU’s debate team was made famous by the 2007 movie, “the Great Debaters,” which depicts schools defeating Harvard in the 1930s.
Wiley College
This form is ordered through the IRS and is defined as a summary of the tax return that a person filed. It also includes items from any accompanying forms and schedules that they filed.
What is a Tax Transcript
John F. Kennedy famously characterized space as a new frontier and announced: “we choose to go to the moon” within this decade at this Texas University in 1962?
Rice University
It is the only high school represented by a flag on the moon, planted there by alumnus astronaut Alan Bean, class of 1950, on the Apollo 12 mission in 1969.
Paschal
This this something you will pay your entire adult life from sales, property, to income...
What is TAX/TAXES
This University's annual “Hex Rally” began in 1941 when a local fortune-teller told students to burn red candles in the hopes of defeating their in-state rival.
UT Austin
This Act requires all local educational agencies to designate a liason to identify students who are homeless.
What is the McKinney-Vento Act