Financial Aid
These 2 categories of fin aid refer to "free $" & $$ that must be paid back
What are grants & loans?
This term is what makes Early Decision different from Early Action
What is "binding" ?
This is the ideal number of colleges to have on your list
What is any number, it depends?
You can receive this type of degree from a 2yr college
What is an Associates Degree?
True or false: students w/ undocumented parents cannot submit FAFSA
What is False?
students w/legal status qualify for federal aid regardless of parent status
You can apply to this set of colleges on the Common App, as well as their own application
What are SUNY colleges?
Rachel has a 92 GPA. Fordham's mid 50 range is 86-93 Fordham goes in this category of Rachel's list
What is Target?
(Safety, Target, Reach)
This is a Women's college in NYC
Where is Barnard College?
This type of aid can be used by NY residents who attend college in NYS
What is the TAP grant (tuition assistance program)?
Eligibility for NYS Opportunity Programs (EOP) is based on these 2 criteria
What are financial & academic eligibility?
Private out-of state colleges are preferable to public out-of state for this reason
What is the same tuition rate for all applicants?
*also more likely to give better fin aid
Chano is from this great city
Where is Chicago?
Or the Chi, or the Windy City
FAFSA is an acronym for...
What is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid?
When applying to college in fall 2026, these 4 Ivies will require SAT or ACT scores
What are Princeton, Harvard, Cornell, UPenn?
*or Dartmouth, Brown
Alex is a Brooklyn resident with mostly private Boston & Philadelphia colleges in his list. Alex gives up these resources by leaving NY
What are NYS based grants (TAP, etc), HEOP, in state tuition for CUNY/SUNY?
We spoke with staff from these 2 Ivy League Universities
What are Columbia & Cornell?
This fin aid application is required by many private colleges in addition to FAFSA
What is the CSS Profile?
This is the most popular college essay prompt selected on the Common App
What is "Topic of your choice" ?
Chosen by 24% of applicants
This type of college is typically shady & probably should not be on your list
What are for-profit, or proprietary colleges?
*MCNY, ASA, Berkeley college, Pacific College of Health & Science
The following are 3 movies about chess
What are Searching for Bobby Fischer? Critical thinking? Queen of Chess? Queen of Katwe? Brooklyn Castle? Knights of the South Bronx?
*Mystery of chess boxing, Fresh