Avid
Entering High School
Smart With Money
College
Random Facts
100

The phrase TRF stands for

What is Tutorial Request Form

100

The average of your grades on a 4.0 scale 

What is GPA

100

A kind of bank account where you can store your money safely and earn a little extra over time.

What is a Savings Account

100

This is included in every college application along with ones grades and test scores. 

What is an Essay

100

Axolotls are not reptiles because they are this

What are amphibians 

200

The phrase AVID stands for 

What is Advancement Via Individual Determination

200

These classes provide you with college credit After taking a special test

What is an AP class

200

Money given to you for college you need to pay back.

What is a Student Loan

200

Examples include the ACT and SAT

What are standardized tests 

200

While they may look like a big cat, this animal is not a member of that family because they cannot roar. 

What is a cheetah 

300

The main goal of the AVID program

What is to prepare students for college and career success


300

A class you can take and get college credit for without an AP test, but not all schools will accept it. 

What is Dual Credit 

300

Money people pay to the government to help pay for things like schools and roads


What are Taxes

300

You are rewarded with this after completing a 4-year college program (be specific).

What is a bachelor‘s degree 

300

A very weird animal indeed, this creature is venomous, covered in hair, and glows green under black light!

What is a platypus

400

What is the name of the note-taking system used in AVID?


What is the Cornell Note-Taking System?


400

The class all students will take all four years of high school. 

What is English Language Arts 

400

Minimum Wage in Texas 

What is $7.25 an hour 

400

The subject a student chooses to focus on for their degree

What is a major 

400

This person/ document is famously associated with the saying “an eye for an eye”

what is hammurabi‘s code 

500

The creator of the AVID program in 1980

Who was Mary Catherine Swanson

500

This is the year of High school where most students begin applying for college

What is Junior year (11th grade)

500

Extra money the bank gives you for keeping your money in the account


What is Interest 
500

Also known as a commencement ceremony 

What is graduation
500

The richest person to ever exist (if they existed at all) is this individual.

Who is Mansa Musa