A document showing completion of study and that the person has satisfactorily completed a course of study.
What is a diploma?
100
A college course which fulfills high school requirements and counts for college credit.
What is dual credit?
100
An academic institution's inventory of all the courses taken and grades earned of a student though out the course(s). These documents are in a sealed envelope with a seal or can be sent electronically from institution to institution.
What is a transcript?
100
Participation in the National School Lunch Program or receiving public assistance qualifies you to take the SAT for free.
What is a fee waiver?
100
This form of assistance is given to a student because of a reason: the student has qualified for it or won it by academic or athletic ability, or by agreeing to follow a particular career, or has some special ethnic or other characteristic. This form of assistance is not given for financial need alone. The student does not have pay back if they meet all of their obligations.
What is a scholarship?
200
An official in an academic institution (consisting of a college, university, or secondary school) who handles student records. (Example: Transcripts)
Who is a registrar?
200
College-level curricula offered by College Board which offers college credit to high school students by passing an exam with a qualifying score.
What is AP (Advanced Placement)?
200
Refers to the process of applying for entrance to institutions of higher education for undergraduate study at one of the nations schools.
What is college admissions?
200
Subsidized and unsubsidized loans are available to students to help cover the cost of higher education at a four year college or university.
What is a federal student loan?
200
A non-profit association which regulates athletes and athletic programs in the US and Canada. There are three divisions: Division 1, Division II, and Division III.
What is the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association)?
300
The 16 broad categories of occupations useful for connecting students with, high school graduation plans, courses of study (education) and careers.
What are the career clusters?
300
It is a course for students to help begin preparing for college and is designed to be a rigorous preparation for advanced placement courses. Students who enroll in these courses are expected to be hard workers and recognize the importance of a college education.
What is Pre AP (Pre-Advanced Placement)?
300
Students who graduate with a grade point average at the top of their high school graduating class in Texas may be eligible for certain privileges. The top 10% of a Texas high school's class may enter into a state/public university except for one by definition pending a few other requirements.
What is automatic admission?
300
A part of the U.S. Department of Education and is the largest provider of student financial aid in the nation. Provides more than $150 billion in federal aide to assist paying for college or career school in the form of grants, loans, and work study funds each year.
What is FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)?
300
This is an athletic association which organizes college and university level athletic programs among smaller institutions, primarily across the US. Each sport has an overall limit or amount of financial aid awarded as full or partial grants to students in that sport.
What is the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics)?
400
The average of grades obtained by dividing the total number of grade points earned by the total number of credits (courses) attempted.
What is a GPA (Grade Point Average)?
400
A GPA which takes the difficulty of your classes (Pre AP, AP, Dual Credit, etc) into account along with your grades. On the more difficult scale the GPA scale is a 5.0.
What is a weighted or advanced GPA (grade point average)?
400
An agreement between the school district and community college where by students have the opportunity to earn technical or community college credit for CTE (Career and Technical Education) courses taken during high school. Note: Some of these credits may transfer to a university.
What is an articulated credit?
400
Money the government provided for students who need it to pay for college. Unlike loans, eligible students who receive this assistance do not have to repay it.
What is a pell grant?
400
In the NCAA, this division may not offer any athletic scholarships.
What is Division III?
500
A mathematical summary of a student's academic record compared to those of other students in the class whereby the GPA's (grade point averages) are put in order.
What is class rank?
500
What is the unweighted or level GPA scale?
What is a 4.0?
500
A four year academic or undergraduate degree earned at a college or university.
What is a bachelor's degree?
500
Federal jobs, which help students earn money to pay for college or a career school. These undergraduate and graduate students with this type of job will work part-time on or off-campus while enrolled if they have applied for a FAFSA.
What is a work study?
500
Certifies whether prospective college athletes are eligible to play sports at NCAA Division I or II institutions. It does this by reviewing the student-athlete's academic record, SAT® or ACT scores, and amateur status to ensure conformity with NCAA rules.