Degrees and Dreams
In college, this is your primary academic focus. A secondary area of study that usually requires fewer courses is called this.
What are a major and a minor?
Completing this federal form is the first step to finding out how much financial aid you can get.
What is the FAFSA? (Who ever got this right can not go again) Not Sorry
This document outlines your class rules, schedule, and grading system. (Award double if correct) (subtract 50 if incorrect)
What is a syllabus?
I am the program director for ALL Trio Programs
Who is Michelle Thomas
I put the word park in Buena Park California
What is Knott's Berry Farm
This is a key difference between schools offering associate degrees and those offering graduate programs.
What is the difference between a community college and a university?
Unlike loans, this type of aid does not require repayment and is often need-based. (The answer is FASFA)
What is a grant?
This unit measures how much time you spend in a course each week.
What is a credit hour?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: These experiential learning Experiences* give students firsthand exposure to college environments.
What are college tours?
This is my mentors favorite color
If the mentors favorite color is purple add an additional 20 points
This type of student is enrolled in a college program but has not yet earned a degree.
What is an undergraduate?
Many believe you need a perfect GPA to earn these, but in reality they come in many forms.
What are scholarships?
These are the scheduled times professors meet with students outside of class.
What are office hours?
This program serves 240 students annually (Easy)
What is Keys (did I trick you?)
This student leader lives in the dorms, helps build community, enforces rules, and is probably the one who keeps telling you to go to the floor meeting. (No one at Cibola got this correct)
What is a Residential Assistant? (If the student who is from Cibola answered this question half their points :)
These two degrees are different in length and depth of study, often influencing transfer or career options. (The answer is not Major and Minor ;))
What is the difference between an associate’s and a bachelor’s degree? (Give the team who got this right 50 extra point)
This type of loan offered by the government may cover interest while you’re in school.
What is a Direct Subsidized Loan?
This is a class you must take before enrolling in a more advanced one. (If they spell the answer award 500 points) (If they fail they split the points with another team of your choosing)
What is a prerequisite?
Students in Talent Search often create these postsecondary documents, which are required for many college and scholarship applications.
What are personal statements or resumes?
You thought “office hours” were when your professor did paperwork, Talent Search tells you they’re for this.
What is meeting with your professor for help?
When a college puts your application on hold but might accept you later, you are this.
What is waitlisted?
This is the term for the total amount a student must pay out-of-pocket after grants, scholarships, and aid are applied to the cost of attendance. (If any one gets this award all teams 50 extra points)
What is the net price?
It’s the second day of class. You realize your math professor speaks only in equations, and your other class overlaps with lunch every day. You have until the end of this period to switch things up without it appearing on your transcript.
What is the drop/add period?
This role often held by Talent Search staff involves providing individualized planning, encouragement, and resource connections.
What is an academic advisor or college mentor? (Give the team in last place 100 points)
Name all the four big universities in Arizona
The Team/Person who got this correct has to create a song about their dream job or they do not get the points. Other players will decide if they get the points