Acronyms
High School
Career Clusters
College
Paying for College
100

IGP

What is Individual Graduation Plan?

100

Number of credits to graduate in SC

What is 24?

100

Number of SC Career Clusters

What is 16?

100

4-year Degree

What is a Bachelor's Degree?

100

Money based on need you don't have to pay back

What is a grant?

200

GPA

What is Grade Point Average?

200

List of a student's courses and final grades

What is a transcript?

200

Engineering cluster

What is STEM?

200

2-year Degree

What is an Associate Degree?

200

Money based on achievement you don't have to pay back

What is a scholarship?

300

EOC

What is End of Course?

300

Number of Math classes needed to graduate

What is 4?

300

Physical Therapist Cluster

What is health science?

300

Students need two of the same of these for college

What is world language?
300

Money you borrow and have to pay back

What is a loan?

400

FAFSA

What is Free Application for Federal Student Aid

400

What students earn at graduation

What is a diploma?

400

Electrician cluster

What is Architecture and Construction?

400

Where college students live

What is a dorm?

400

The cost of college classes

What is Tuition?

500

CTE

What is Career and Technical Education?

500

Classes that count as high school and college credit

What are dual credit classes?

500

Accountant cluster

What is finance?

500

A student's area of study in college

What is a major?

500

The cost to live at college

What is room and board or housing?