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These courses offer college-level coursework in high schools.
Advanced Placement (AP)
College costs not included in tuition. May be charged to cover the cost of materials and equipment needed in certain courses.
Fees
This place offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees.
University
Classes you can add to your schedule; they are not required.
Electives
It is physically impossible for what animal to look up at the sky?
Pig
An institution of higher education that awards degrees and certificates.
College
The amount you and your family are expected to pay towards college costs.
Expected Family Contribution
A student pursuing their first, two-, or four year degree
Undergraduate
This term refers to a policy that says almost anyone with a high school diploma or GED can be admitted to college.
What is the only state with a one-syllable name?
Maine
Two-year institutions of higher education. Courses and credits can generally transfer to a four-year college. These also offer work-related and technical programs to prepare students for the world of work.
Community or technical college
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FASFA)
The amount colleges charge for each hour of class time.
Tuition
A master of a skilled trade, like carpentry, masonry, plumbing, etc; one who has studied and worked in a skilled trade for many years.
Trade Professional
What is the only word in the English language that ends in "mt"
Dreamt
These are what you earn when you complete a program of study. The most commonly earned types of these are: associate's, bachelor's, and master's.
Degrees
The difference between what your family is expected to contribute and the total cost of attendance for one year of college.
Financial Need
This program can help students pay for their education. In return for scholarship money, students agree to serve in the military.
Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC)
Includes grants, scholarships, loans, and part time employment from federal, state, institutional and private sources. Types of this are combined to create an "award package."
Finacial Aid
What animal has the largest eyes in the world?
Giant Squid
A group of classes needed to complete a program, degree, or certificate.
Curriculum
This person will help you choose high school courses, review the requirements for your chosen career, and help with any problems.
Guidance Counselor/Academic Advisor
These are sometimes called trade schools. They offer apprentice and journeyman programs for skilled tradesmen like plumbers, electricians, or carpenters.
Private Vocational Colleges
These schools can offer bachelor's and master's degrees, but most offer associate degrees or certificates in office manadement, medical assistance, cosmetology, dental hygiene, computer systems engineering, and more.
Proprietary or For-Profit Schools
What is the only human organ that can fully regenerate itself?
The liver