Requirements for entry
Benefits and Concerns
College Life
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Acronyms and Vocabulary
100

A class you need to pass before you move on to the next level.  

What is a prerequisite?

100

The number one concern for most people attending a post-secondary education.

What is debt?

100

An affordable 2-year college opportunity with smaller classes and within residential areas.

What is community college?

100

The least amount of college credits you can take per semester to maintain your status to receive financial aid. 

What is 12 credits?

100

The meaning for SAT.

What is Scholastic Assessment Test?

200

Physical fitness is a requirement for entry of this post-secondary option.  You can join different branches. 

What is military?

200

A type of housing that you may live in on campus.  You may need to share a kitchen and bathroom with up to 50 other people. 

What is dormitory?

200

A student at a college or university who has not yet earned a bachelor's or equivalent degree.

What is an undergraduate?

200

A degree granted after a two-year course of study, especially by a community or junior college.

What is an associate's degree?

200
The meaning for ACT.
What is American College Testing?
300

An alternative to a high school diploma that you can study and then take a test you must pass.

What is a GED and General Educational Development?

300

You can learn how to be an electrician, carpenter, plumber or cosmetologist at this type of school. 

What is trade/vocational school?

300

Two types of bachelor's degree.

What is bachelor's of arts and bachelor's of science?

300

These tests are not required to attend trade/vocational school in most cases.

What is the SAT and ACT?

300

The position of a student or trainee who works in an organization, sometimes without pay, in order to gain work experience or satisfy requirements for a qualification.

What is internship?

400

The only post-secondary option that requires you to be a US citizen.

What is military?

400

The average cost for online schooling for trade/vocational school.

What is $12,000?

400

An award of financial aid for a student to further their education.

What is a scholarship?

400

The branches of the military.


What is air force, marine corps, army, navy, space force coast guard and national guard?

400

The meaning for ASVAB.

What is Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery?

500

An optional degree you can earn after graduating with your bachelor's degree.

What is Master's or PHD?

500

A mental illnesses military personnel are likely to suffer from.

What is Speech Affected Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?

500

The difference between college and university.

Universities are typically larger institutions that offer a variety of both undergraduate and graduate degree programs.  Colleges are usually smaller.

500

The names of community colleges and universities on the big island in the Pacific Ocean that was admitted as the 50th state in the union. 

What is Hawaii Community College, University of Hawaii at Hilo, and Palamanui.

500

Academic subjects such as literature, philosophy, mathematics, and social and physical sciences as distinct from professional and technical subjects.

What is liberal arts?


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