Applying for College
College Knowledge
A-G
Financial Aid
Program Expectations
100

This is the cumulative average of the final grades in all of your courses.

What is a grade point average (GPA)?

100

The first degree you’ll earn when you graduate from a 4 year University.

What is a Bachelor's Degree.

100

What grade do you need for the A-G Courses?

What is at at least a C

100

A grant or payment made to support a student's education, awarded on the basis of academic or other achievement

What is a Scholarship
100

what does UB stand for?

What is Upward Bound

200

These are Activities/Enrichment pursued outside of your academic courses that colleges like to see.

What are extracurricular activities?

200

The name for the subject area you chose to study in college.

What is a Major

200

How many year do you need for History/Social Science courses?

What is 2 years

200

Money borrowed by students or parents to pay for college expenses that the student will eventually need to repay

What is a loan

200

How many times do students have to meet with their advisor?

What is at least twice a month
300

For which universities do you need to write a personal insight essays?

What is a UC's

300

A student who lives at home and drives to college everyday

What is a commuter?

300
What type of of university requires A-G?

What is CSU/ UC

300

The acronym FAFSA stands for this

What is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid

300

What happens once a month on a weekend?

What is a Saturday Session

400

These are the two standardized tests that students can take for college admission.

What are the SAT and/or ACT exams?

400

Money to help pay for college is called.

What is Financial Aid.

400

Instead of taking a foreign language course what other way does it count for A-G?

What is taking an LOTE Exam

400

The fees charged by education institutions for instruction per year or per semester.

What is tuition?

400

What does UB offer during the summer for UB students

What is Summer Academy

500

The name of the series of classes you must take in order to be admitted to a CSU or a UC.

What is A-G requirements.  

500

Where do most freshman typically live in?

What is the Dorms

500

True or False? You can take 2 physical science classes to meet the Science (D) requirement.

False One year must be physical science and one year of a biological science.

500

The difference between total college costs and the family's ability to pay. It is the amount of money the family needs for the student to be able to enroll at the college.

What is demonstrated financial need?

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