SAT Math
It takes Alex 10 minutes to mow a 4-acre section of a lawn. How much time in minutes will it take Alex to mow 16 acres?
What is 40 minutes
The 650 word essay that responds to a specific prompt or can be about anything.
What is the personal statement/common app essay?
Many college use this as the basic document to submit personal information.
What is the common app?
The three categories of types of schools that should be on your college list.
What is safety, target, and reach?
The form you must fill out in order to qualify for federal and/or state aid. Can also be required for loan applications and scholarships.
What is the FAFSA?
An essay that a specific school asks you to write. A typical question is “why this school”?
What is supplemental essays?
These are activities/enrichment pursued outside of your academic courses that colleges like to see.
What are extracurricular activities?
Dennis buys two forks and two spoons for $3.00. Marie buys four forks and six spoons for $6.00. If fork costs x dollars each and spoons cost y dollars each, what is the cost of one fork?
equation 1: 2x + 2y = 3 --> 2y = 3 - 2x --> y = 1.5 - x
equation 2: 4x + 6y = 6
4x + 6(1.5-x) = 6
4x + 9 - 6x = 6
-2x = -3
x = 1.5 Answer $1.50
A tool you can use to calculate your family’s estimated cost to attend a school.
What is the net price calculator?
A type of financial aid that is granted by a college or university.
What is institutional aid?
Students with a strong GPA and test scores are usually encouraged to apply for this because they will be competing with a smaller applicant pool. If accepted, it is binding.
What is early decision?
If x^2 - y^2 = 21, then 2(x+y)(x-y) is?
x^2 - y^2 = (x+y)(x-y) --> 2(x+y)(x-y) = 2(x^2 - y^2) = 2(21) = 42
You should ask for this at least a month in advance from your teachers, coaches, or mentors. It gives colleges another perspective of who you are and what you’re about.
What is a recommendation letter?
When you apply before the regular decision deadline. It is not binding, so if you get accepted, you are not obligated to go, however, you can only apply to one school.
What is restrictive early action?
Costs that might not come to mind when you think of college expenses, such as transportation, books, clubs, trips, etc.
What are indirect costs?
A vending machine accepts dollar bills and quarters. At the end of a day, the machine has $80. There are 76 times as many quarters as there are dollar bills. What's the amount of quarters in the vending machine?
There are 4 quarters in one dollar. An equation that describes the situation is d + (1/4)q = 80.
There are 76 times as many quarters as dollar bills: q = 76d --> (1/76)q = d
Combine these two equation and solve for q.
d + (1/4)q = 80
(1/76)q + (1/4)q = 80
(1/76)q + (19/76)q = 80
(20/76)q = 80
304 quarters
An application used by colleges and universities to gauge how much non-federal aid you need.
What is the CSS profile?
A program sponsored by the college during the summer or fall of your senior year in which they pay for your transportation to the school, let you stay on campus for a couple days, and plan activities for you to get to know the school better.
What is diversity fly-in/program?
A type of loan where the Dept. of Education helps you pay the interest on your principal for the duration that you are in school.
What is direct subsidized loan?