college terminology
a college student who is the first in their family to go to college
what is first-generation?
what is a scholarship?
what is the syllbus?
undergraduate degree that generally requires six years of full-time study
what is a master’s degree?
the process a school uses to determine if a student is meeting all of his or her educational requirements and is on target to graduate on time with a degree
what is satisfactory academic performance?
used by specific, selective colleges to determine a student's eligibility for institutional aid and is used to give out grants, scholarships, and loans directly
what is the css profile?
the ideal timeframe to email a professor
9-17:00 (18:00 max)
name of the website used to review academic faculty out of a 5.0 skill; made by students, for students
what is rate my professor?
processes registration requests and manages academic records for students, such as grades and class schedules, and keeps a permanent record of grades for each student
what is the registrar’s office?
a loan that offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional students a low, fixed interest rate and flexible repayment terms
what is an unsubsidized loan?
part of an email that describes the main purpose and summarizes the goal of the content
what is the email’s subject?
name of the program offered to low income college students as a support network that provides special things like accommodations or peer tutoring (we had a presentation on it)
what is TRIO?
programs that help college students with financial need get part-time jobs to help pay for day-to-day expenses and tuition payments
what is work-study?
the max amount you can receive from a federal Pell grant (to the nearest thousand)
what is $7,395?
proper outline of an email
what is greeting, introduction, body, closing?
chegg, z-library, vital source, and library genesis
what are websites to look for textbooks?
measure of a class’s time based on how many hours students spend in class, but specific numbers largely depend on the institution
what are credit hours?
examples of local scholarships (minimum 3)
cesar chavez, kiwanis, heart of cg… etc
tool you can use to double check any grammatical errors or sentence structure issues. will also generate email responses back if premium
grammarly
an institution with 25% or more of its student body identifying as hispanic/latino descent
what is an HSI?