Financial Aid
Admissions
Testing
Colleges and Universities
College Grab Bag
100
Financial awards for college that do not have to be repaid
What are grants and scholarships
100
Standardized application used by many colleges
What is the Common Application
100
A test that measures a student's ability in math, critical reading, writing and science. 36 is the highest score.
What is the ACT
100
A degree-granting institution where the academic focus is on developing the intellect and instruction in the humanities and sciences, rather than on training for a particular vocational, technical, or professional pursuit.
What is a Liberal Arts School
100
This College’s Art Museum rents out original paintings from the greats, such as Renoir, Picasso and Pollock, to its students for $5 a semester.
What is Oberlin College
200
Need based financial aid is calculated based on this form
What is the FAFSA
200
Admissions decision is postponed to a later dated
What is deferred acceptance
200
f you have taken the SAT/ACT multiple times, this policy allows you to submit only your single best test score to prospective colleges.
What is Score Choice
200
Name a college consortium
What is Bryn Mawr/Haverford/Swarthmore (Tri-coll) What is 5 Colleges (UMass/Amherst/Mt. Holyoke/Smith/Hampshire). What is Claremont Colleges (Pomona, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, Scripps and Claremont McKenna) and many more!
200
This DIII collegiate athletic conference comprises sports teams from eleven schools, which are ten small liberal arts colleges and one medium-sized research university.
What is the New England Small College Athletic Conference
300
This is the difference between the cost of attending a college and your expected family contribution.
What is Demonstrated Need
300
There is no Admissions deadline; however, the sooner materials are submitted, the better an applicants chances are of their spot being secured
What is Rolling Admission
300
What AP scores does Brearley put on your transcript?
What is scores of 4 and 5.
300
A "post-secondary institution” that consists of undergraduate and graduate programs
What is a University or Research University
300
This school boasts an annual campus-wide scavenger hunt. Most famously, one team successfully built a nuclear reactor from scratch.
What is the University of Chicago
400
Full consideration of an applicant and his or her application without regard to the individual’s need for financial aid.
What is Need Blind Admission
400
This admission program incorporates some features of both EA and ED. The result is a policy that is less restrictive than early decision, but more restrictive than early action.
What is Single-Choice Early Action
400
How do your test scores (ACT and SAT) get to colleges?
What is you send them officially (though some schools now don't require this) and you self-report on the Common App. The college office can help and provide advice!
400
The second area of study a student selects to study with somewhat of a concentration
What is a minor or certificate
400
Name the college associated with any one or more of these mascots: Anteaters Spiders Banana Slugs Camels
UC Irvine U Richmond UC SC Conn College
500
A form of gift aid (does not require repayment) based upon your grade point average, academic excellence and extracurricular involvement with some attention to your financial need.
What is Merit-Based Aid
500
The candidate's reply date, the date by which applicants who are accepted for admission are expected to notify the institutions of their intent to enroll and make enrollment deposits. That date is often on...
What is May 1
500
Is the essay on the SAT and ACT optional?
What is YES, but not for you!
500
The payment of deposits, tuition, fees, and other charges to enroll in a program of studies at an educational institution.
What is Matriculation
500
This school founded the first collegiate Quidditch team in 2005. It's now a recognized collegiate sport (though not yet sanctioned by the NCAA).
What is Middlebury College
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