College Lingo
Your main course of study
What is major?
Typically, its take this long to earn a Bachelors degree
What is 4 years?
The amount college/university is charging you for your classes
What is tuition?
Two college entrance exams.
What is ACT & SAT?
At most 4 year colleges, you need 120 ___ to graduate.
What is credits?
Something professors will give you that outlines assignments, expectations, grading systems, textbooks, and class policies?
What is syllabus?
It takes 2 years to complete this degree.
What is associate degree?
Something students fill out to receive financial aid for college.
What is FAFSA?
An event you can attend to ask questions directly to college representatives.
What is college fair?
A student enrolled in course but has not yet declared a major.
What is undeclared/undecided?
What is minor/concentration?
Minimum number of credits a full time student can take.
What is 12 credits?
Money you can earn for school that does not need to be paid back.
What is scholarship/grant?
Classes you take in High School that can potentially earn you college credits.
What is college now?
The acronym for grade point average.
What is GPA?
Someone who helps you plan your schedule and connects you with resources on campus as needed
What is advisor?
The amount of times you can change your major.
What is no limit?
A program that allows students to earn money to help pay for educational expenses.
What is work-study?
You go here to look for scholarship opportunities.
What is online searches, school counselor, university website, local businesses?
A student leaves a course after the add/drop period is over.
What is withdrawing?
The office you go to if you want to change your schedule.
Where you go to buy textbooks and materials for your classes.
What is campus bookstore?
The two types of federal student loans.
What is unsubsidized & subsidized?
A college designed for students to earn associate degrees that are much cheaper than attending a university.
What is community college?
What is resident assistant?