This is the type of money that you can borrow to pay for your education but that you need to pay off with interest
What is a student loan
100
This is a career cluster that includes doctors, nurses and paramedics
What is Health Sciences
100
This is the big difference between colleges and universities
What is only undergraduate vs undergraduate + graduate school offered
100
This is the university ranked #1 in the US
What is Princeton University
100
This is a test that students have to take to get into most colleges and universities in the United States
What is the SAT
200
This is a type of award that you get for your athletic or academic ability
What is a merit scholarship
200
This is a career cluster that includes people who design advertisements, communicate with media companies and research trends in markets
What is Marketing
200
This is a type of college or university that is a lot cheaper for people that live in the state where the school is located
What is a state school
200
This is the college ranked #1 in the country
What is Williams College
200
This is a test that less people take but that you can take instead of the SAT
What is the ACT
300
This is a type of financial aid that you don't need to pay back and is usually just need based
What is a grant
300
This is a career cluster that includes police officers, lawyers and judges
What is Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security
300
This is a type of college that accepts anyone with a high school diploma and a 400 on their SAT and doesn't offer 4 year degrees
What is a community college
300
This is the university ranked #2 in the US
What is Harvard University
300
This is a type of class that is offered at Cross usually during your junior and senior year and that shows colleges that you are a very strong applicant
What are AP classes
400
This is a kind of college or university that usually does not give scholarships but meet the full need of students who apply
What are highly selective colleges that meet full demonstrated need
400
These are three jobs that can be found in the career cluster called: Government and Public Administration
What is
- mayor/president/politician
- diplomat
- IRS (tax) collector
- CIA officer
400
This is a type of college that is usually small and only offers majors in the arts, sciences, math and humanities
What is a liberal arts college
400
This is the college ranked # 2 in the US
What is Amherst College
400
This is something that your teachers have to write for you when you apply to colleges
What is a reference
500
This is a form that you and your parents need to fill out so that colleges know how much you can afford to pay
What is the FAFSA
500
These are three jobs that fall under the career cluster called human services
What is
- counselor
- mental health specialist
- case worker
- alcohol counselor
- rehabilitation case worker
500
This is the first degree that most people get when they graduate from a 4-year college
What is a bachelor's degree
500
This is the percentage of students that were accepted to Harvard in 2012 (you need to get within 5% of the answer to win the full points, and within 10% to win half)
What is 6%
500
This is the highest score you can get on each section of the SAT