This is another name for a nonresidential junior college offering courses to people living in a particular area.
What is a community college?
100
Money awarded to students to help pay for college.
What is Financial Aid?
100
Students who live on campus often live in these.
What are residence halls or dorms?
100
This is what you receive to prove that you have received education and training in a specific subject (don't think too hard about this one!).
What is a degree?
100
This is the name for your primary area of study in college.
What is a major?
200
This is the name of our closest community college.
What is Solano Community College?
200
These are awarded based on academics or extra curricular activities. You have to apply for them and often write an essay.
What are scholarships?
200
This is the term used to describe when students will complete part of their education in a foreign country.
What is "study abroad?"
200
This is what students graduating from a four-year college receive.
What is a bachelor's degree?
200
This is the name for an area of study that is paired with a major, though it usually isn't as big.
What is a minor?
300
This type of school trains students for a specific career field.
What is technical, vocational, or trade school?
300
You must fill out this form every year while you're in college in order to qualify for government grants and loans.
What is the FAFSA?
300
An official copy of a student's educational record.
What is a transcript?
300
This is what students graduating from a two-year college receive.
What is an associate's degree?
300
This person advises you about what classes you can take and helps you sign up for them.
What is an academic advisor?
400
This is the number of CSU campuses.
What is 23 campuses?
400
These are offered by the government and by banks. But be careful- you have to pay them back, sometimes with interest!
What are student loans?
400
This is a group of students that are interested in something and come together to participate in it. Some examples include: Habitat for Humanity, the Dance Team, Volunteer Groups, and Student Government.
What is a student organization or club?
400
This degree comes after your four-year degree, usually in a more specific area of study.
What is a master's degree?
400
If you pursue two areas of study, you've got your work cut out for you. Doing this is double the amount of work most college students do.
What is a double major?
500
This is the number of Community Colleges there are in California.
What is 113?! (any guess within 5 is acceptable)
500
This is free money from the government that you never have to pay back.
What is a grant?
500
This division of college sports is the most competitive and offers some of the largest athletic scholarships.
What is Division 1?
500
This is the highest degree you can possibly receive. Though it sounds like it, you don't even have to study medicine!
What is a doctorate degree?
500
Over 50% of college students do this at least once during their college career when they decide they want to do something different.