Financial Aid
Transitions
College Knowledge
Senior Year Timeline
What's that college?
100

A form of financial aid that allows you to work on campus between classes. 

What is Work Study?

100

Where students live on campus.

What are dormitories?

100

A two-year degree, typically earned at a community college or a vocational/technical school. 

What is an associate's degree?

100

Submitting this early in October ensures student the most financial aid. 

What is the FAFSA?

100

The only public university in California's state capital, this campus offers strong ties to state government and politics.

What is Sacramento State University?

200

This is the state grant that covers tuition at California colleges.

What is Cal Grant?

200

Bought online or on campus, these resources contain class content.

What are textbooks?

200

You must complete A-G requirements in order to apply to either of these California college systems.

What are the University of California and the California State University?

200

This is the day students need to let 4-year colleges know they intend to enroll. 

What is May 1?

200

This university operates a 1,011 university farm and is home to the first commercially bonded winery on a U.S. college  campus, where students produce award-winning commercial wines.

What is Fresno State University?

300

Offered in financial aid awards, these provide students money to cover any college expenses and don't need to be paid back until after graduation.

What are student loans?

300

This is required to reserve a dorm room. 

What is a deposit?

300

What a student is called until they earn a bachelor's degree.

What is an undergraduate?

300

A student in Siskiyou county needs to know their SAI before knowing if they are eligible to apply to these two scholarships.  

What is the McConnell Scholarship and the Ford Family Scholarship?

300

This is the second oldest campus in the CSU system and has the only concrete industry management major west of the Mississippi.

What is Chico State University?

400

Now worth $36,000 over four years, this foundation's scholarship helps students complete a degree at institutions in and out of California.

What is the McConnell Foundation?

400

Containing fixed and variable costs, this helps a student stay on track financially.

What is a budget?

400

Two types of college schedules.

What are semester and quarter systems?

400

This is the day the SAT will be offered at YHS for seniors.

What is Wednesday, October 7th?

400

This campus has the most Nobel Prize winners in the University of California system, including faculty, researchers, and alumni.

What is UC Berkeley?

500

This amount is different for each campus; along with your SAI, it is used to figure out a student's financial need. 

What is cost of attendance?

500

The term used to describe the weight students tend to gain during the first year of college. 

What is the "freshmen fifteen"?

500

Community college students must complete this number of transferable units before transferring to a 4-year college or university. 

What is 60?

500

Don't slack in the classroom during senior year.  The college you decide to attend will want to see this.

What is my second term transcript?

500

This campus not in California has the largest student enrollment of up to 76,000 students on one campus.

What is Texas A&M University?