Key Terms
RD Stands for?
What is Regular Decision?
Minimum GPA needed.
What is 3.0?
The maximum word count allowed for the main Common App essay.
What is 650 words?
Education path that focuses on hands-on skills like plumbing or automotive repair.
What is Trade School?
True or False: Applying for FAFSA is free.
What is True?
Early Decision and Early Action deadlines are typically in this month.
What is November?
The amount of PIQs you need to write for the application.
What is 4?
True or False: All Common App Colleges are test required.
What is False?
Trade schools usually take this long to complete.
What is 1-2 years?
For Non-Residents & Citizens
What is California Dream Act Application (CADAA)?
An undergraduate typically pursues this in college.
What is a Bachelor's/Associate's Degree?
The UC you cannot go to after high school
What is UCSF?
Many colleges in the common app often ask you to get these from your Counsellors, Teachers, Advisors etc
What are Letters of Recommendation?
The approximate hours you complete in an apprenticeship.
What is 8000 hours?
Name one advantage that Scholarships have over Grants.
What are Go Beyond Academics, Local Opportunities, Reduced competition, Can be renewable?
Describe Major.
What is a primary field of study or specialization in an undergraduate degree program, determines what type of degree you get?
Name 5 Undergraduate UCs
What is UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, UC Santa Cruz, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, UC Merced, UC Irvine?
Besides the main essay, colleges often require these school-specific essays.
What is Supplemental Essays?
This title is earned after completing an apprenticeship, allowing for independent work.
What is Journeyman?
This number calculated from FAFSA helps determine your financial aid eligibility.
What is Student Aid Indext?
The difference between Test Required and Test Optional.
What is schools that require SAT/ACT/CLT Scores to be sent, and schools that consider your test scores if you send them?
Name 2 things that must/must not be on the PIQs.
What is Be about you, Showcase things that make you stand out, Something that happened in the past four years, Must not use AI?
The due dates for Common App ED, EA, RD.
What is 11/1 for ED, 11/15 for EA, 1/15 RD?
Name two requirements for applying to trade school.
What is Highschool Diploma, School Application+Interview, Placement Test?
FAFSA stands for?
What is Free Application for Federal Student Aid?