In Britain this word describes the younger of two brothers; in college it's a mini-major.
What is a minor?
First step to become a National Merit Scholarβtake this four-letter college prep test.
What is the PSAT?
In 2015β16 the U. of Maryland University College got rid of theseβcourse materials are now online & free.
What are textbooks?
A type of surgery, or a college course not in your major.
What is an elective?
Students short on cash for college can apply for one of these grants named for a Rhode Island senator.
What is a Pell Grant?
Two-year college.
What is community?
Literature, history, and philosophy are included in this type of modern college curriculum.
What is liberal arts?
For more than 70 years, nearly a half million students have been helped by the UNCF, this college fund
What is the United Negro College Fund?
Two basic types of college courses are the seminar & this, basically the professor speaking to a large group.
What is a lecture?
This four-letter college military group can be spelled out or sounded out rhyming with "Yahtzee."
What is ROTC?
Here it's a school building for athletic activities; in Germany, it's a school for students getting ready for college.
What is a gymnasium?
It may be Greek to you, but this type of organization for female college students gets its name from the Latin for "sister."
What is a sorority?
This test was developed in 1926 by Carl Campbell Brigham for the College Entrance Examination Board.
What is the SAT?
A college applicant whose mom or dad graduated from that same school, possibly giving junior a "leg" up.
What is a legacy?
"The Coddling of the American Mind" is dubious about these "spaces" that make college students feel sheltered.
What are safe spaces?
This eight-team college football league has Lions & Tigers & Bears, oh my! (& Quakers, too).
What is the Ivy League?
Representing more than 6,000 schools, this organization had "Entrance Examination" in its name when it started in 1900.
What is the College Board?
This college degree is total B.S.
What is a bachelor's of sciences?
Percentages of 2012 graduates carrying loans were 66 for public colleges and 88 for this type of private college.
What are for-profit colleges?
To provide a permanent fund to a college.
What is to endow?
This head of a college division has a "list" you want to be on.
What is a dean?
Freshman rush at college doesn't refer to football but recruitment into these.
What are fraternities and sororities?
It was founded in Massachusetts in 1636 and if you didn't get in, your college options were very limited.
What is Harvard?
A 36 is a perfect score on this college admissions test.
What is the ACT?
From the Latin for "mother" comes this word meaning to enroll in college for a degree.
What is to matriculate?