Higher Education in NYC
Financial Aid
Landing a Job
College Student Vocab
Universities of the USA
100
Columbia University is a private Ivy League research university located in this borough.
What is Manhattan?
100
Aside from scholarships, this is the other form of free money that students can receive for financial aid.
What is a grant?
100
This resume section provides a statement that tells the hiring manager why the job applicant is seeking employment.
What is the Objective?
100
This is a secondary concentration of courses that often compliments a college student's major.
What is a minor?
100
Stanford University. (Name the state)
What is California?
200
With 18 community and senior colleges located throughout the 5 boroughs, CUNY is home to this many 2-year and 4-year colleges in Queens.
What are 4 colleges?
200
This is the month that the FAFSA becomes available for students to apply for financial aid for the following academic year.
What is October?
200
Prepare to answer _____-ended questions at a job interview which will require you to give extended responses.
What is "open"?
200
This term refers to the cost of lodging and food that a university may charge a student for a given semester.
What is room and board?
200
Princeton University. (Name the state)
What is New Jersey?
300
Situated on the Throggs Neck peninsula, this school is the only SUNY college located in the Bronx.
What is Maritime College?
300
This term is used to determine a student's eligibility for need-based financial aid. It's abbreviation is EFC.
What is Expected Family Contribution?
300
The closing paragraph of a cover letter should always request for this from the hiring manager/employer.
What is an interview?
300
This terms refers to a student at a college or university that has not yet earned a bachelor’s or equivalent degree.
What is an undergraduate?
300
United States Naval Academy. (Name the state)
What is Maryland?
400
Established in 2011, this CUNY college near Bryant Park is the newest of CUNY’s seven community colleges.
What is Guttman Community College?
400
To be eligible to receive the Excelsior Scholarship next fall, students must report a household income that is less than this amount.
What is $100,000?
400
This resume format includes employment history with the most recent job history experience first.
What is reverse chronological?
400
This term refers to a course a student must pass in order to enroll in a more advanced course.
What is a prerequisite?
400
Vanderbilt University. (Name the state)
What is Tennessee?
500
This is the only CUNY college to offer NCAA Division II athletic teams.
What is Queens College?
500
The federal government pays the interest on this type of loan while you are still in school.
What is a subsidized loan?
500
According to a popular study, the average professional recruiter spent this amount of time reading an individual resume.
What is six seconds?
500
This is the office at a college or university that is responsible for all official academic records.
What is the registrar?
500
Rice University. (Name the state)
What is Texas?
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