The new end-of-course exams that have replaced the TAKS test.
What are the STAAR tests?
100
True or false - your family has to make a certain amout of money to be able to pay for you to go to college.
What is false?
100
A place where students live on a college campus.
What is a dorm/residence hall?
100
The name for a degree that someone can receive after completing 2 years of community college.
What is an associate's degree?
200
Standardized exams that determine a student's academic readiness for college - also known as the American College Test and the Scholastic Aptitude Test.
What are the ACT and SAT?
200
What students use to receive financial assistance for college - also known as the Free Application for Federal Student Aid?
What is the FAFSA?
200
The main career field that a student chooses to study.
What is a major?
200
The official document that shows which courses a student has taken and what grades were earned in each course.
What is a transcript?
300
The procedure all students must go through to get into college - all colleges have an office dedicated to this procedure.
What is admission?
300
A financial award for college given to students based on their academic, athletic, or extra-curricular performance.
What is a scholarship?
For 50 extra points - what is the name of a financial award given based on your family's household income?
300
A summary of course requirements and scheduled assignments provided by a professor.
What is a syllabus?
300
A diploma received after completing all required coursework for a field of study at a college.
What is a degree? (bachelor's/associate's)
400
The 4 core subjects that you must be doing well in to make good scores on college entrance exams.
What is: English, reading, math, and science?
400
The term used to define what the cost is for taking courses at a college.
What is tuition?
400
A unit of academic credit that measures the weekly time spent in a course.
What is a credit hour?
Side note: Most college courses are worth 3 credit hours. For 100 extra points, what is the average number of credit hours that a full-time college student takes?
400
The name for an institution where certificate programs, such as cosmetology or culinary arts, may be completed.
What is a trade school?
500
The minimum number of college or institutions that you should apply to when you are preparing to decide where you will attend.
What is 3?
500
The percentage of extra funds you will owe that lenders will add on to your student loans.
What is interest/an interest rate?
500
The college staff person who you need to visit every semester you are enrolled in college, to advise you on your academic progress and to show you what classes you need to take to complete your degree.
What is an academic advisor?
500
Most bachelor degrees require a minimum of this many credit hours.