College Lingo
Your main course of study
What is a Major?
The fees associated with college/university classes.
What is Tuition (fees/costs)?
Application platform for schools in the US used by more than 1000 member universities.
What is the Common Application (Common App)?
Community college offering A-levels and a range of Associate Degrees.
What is Antigua State College (ASC)?
A failing grade at IA is below _______ %
What is 60?
A secondary course of study that often complements a students major.
What is a Minor?
Money students get from a university that does not need to be paid back.
What is a Scholarship / Grant?
Processes online applications for admission to the 21 universities in Ontario.
What is the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC)?
The school offering a specialized pre-med program that results in an Associate of Science in Health Sciences degree.
What is the American International College of Arts and Sciences (AICASA)?
2 IA graduates currently attend this prestigious Ivy League university.
What is Columbia University?
A degree which undergraduate students take 3 or 4 years to obtain.
What is a Bachelor's (degree).
The place where a university/college can be found.
What is Location?
This platform must be used by students wishing to apply to nearly 400 universities in the UK
What is the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS?)
Located in Jabberwok, institution has a school of business, a school of art & design as well as engineering & technology.
What is Antigua and Barbuda International Institute of Technology (ABIIT)
The year the IB program was first introduced to IA to help students get accepted to universities of choice.
What is 2009?
A two year program offered especially by community colleges.
What is an Associates (degree)?
The range of students' countries of origin, cultural and ethnic identities, religious beliefs, income levels, physical ability etc
What is diversity?
An all-in-one university matching and information sharing and careers guidance platform that IA students do not take full advantage of?
What is a BridgeU?
This school is the only school in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States offering the highly prestigious IB Diploma Program.
What is Island Academy?
The Caribbean medical school at least 1 IB student has matriculated to since 2021
What St. George's University (SGU)?
A required document produced by a college counsellor about a student's academic history, achievements and extra-curricular and general college readiness.
What is a Recommendation Letter
The range of activities available to students outside of class time.
What are Extra-curriculars / extra-curricular activities?
US college bound-students will need to pair their Common App account with this platform for Ms. Charles to send all required documents to universities.
What is BridgeU?
This institution attracts international students wishing to pursue a 4 year MD postgraduate degree for careers in medicine.
What is American University of Antigua (AUA)?
The school in Florida that has received the most applications from IA students since 2021
What is Florida Institute of Technology / Florida Tech?
A requirement that has to be satisfied before you can enroll in a specific course.
What is a pre-requisite?
3 categories of universities based on a student's academic profile and the school's entrance requirements and acceptance rate.
What is Reach, Match and Safety?
What is a BridgeU?
The newest campus of the Caribbean's most prestigious global university.
What is University of the West Indies, Five Islands Campus - UWI FIC?
Largest IBDP class size number ever at IA.
What is 17?