Terms
Represents the average of a student’s final grades in all their courses. It’s calculated by adding the final grades divided by the number of credit hours, though some classes may be weighted or measured on a different scale.
GPA
located in small cities, large towns or residential areas near cities that often combine some of the best features of the urban city and rural areas and cultivate a strong sense of community.
Suburban Campuses
This is a large class held in a hall, a theater-like room that may seat hundreds of students. The professor talks for the entire class while students take notes.
Lecture
Many colleges offer these free centers where you can get help with an essay or a paper. The center is staffed by students who are trained to guide you, whether you need broad tips or help with a specific problem.
Writing Center
Specific subject area that students specialize in as they complete courses and meet requirements to earn a degree.
Major
Official record of courses taken and grades earned at a given institution.
Transcript
Funded by local and state governments and usually offer lower tuition rates, especially for students who are residents of the state where a college is located.
Public Colleges
smaller groups of students led by a graduate student, sometimes called sections, where you might do additional work, talk about the lecture and have a chance to ask questions.
Discussions
Advisors here can help explain your options to pay for school. They can also help with finding scholarships or programs that offer some students the chance to have additional funding.
Financial Aid Office
two-year degree in "Art or Science", typically offered by community colleges and completed prior to transferring to a four-year program.
Associates
Standardized test that measures a student’s readiness for college coursework. Entrance exams required for many colleges’ and universities’ applications for admissions.
SAT or ACT
Relies on private sources of funding, higher tuition rates, but typically offers generous scholarship and financial packages.
Private Colleges
A measure of a class’s time based on how many hours students spend in class, but specific numbers largely depend on the institution.
Credits
devoted to student activities, clubs, and spaces that cultivate connection to the University by providing an array of cultural, educational, social, and recreational programs, services, and facilities all dedicating its time and resources to give the whole student community of the university, opportunities and a voice.
Student Union or Student Center
This degree requires completing typically a four year college program and prepares students for entry in a career field or graduate program. Most students earn an Arts or Science degree.
Bachelor's
Money that comes from federal, state, school, and private sources to help you pay for college or career school. Grants, work-study, loans, and scholarships help make college or career school affordable.
Financial Aid
Affordable option that provides many programs to earn certificates or a two-year associate degree that prepare you to transfer to a four-year college or for a certain career.
Community College
Review your options in this multi-page document that lists the courses taught at a school by discipline, complete with a brief description of each course.
Course Catalog
Help you match your interests to programs and provide information about the types of jobs available to graduates in your field. The centers offer guidance on writing résumés and practicing for job interviews and often aid students seeking their first job after graduation.
Career Center
Art or Science degree earned after two additional years of study in a Graduate Program after completing a bachelor’s degree,
Master's
the movement from one institution to another with some level of coursework completed/credits earned
Transfer
Colleges that offer programs, services and activities targeted to the minority or underrepresented students they serve.
Specialized Mission Colleges:
Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs)
Session to provide you help with planning and selecting your courses each semester. Some specialize in specific fields of study, such as biology. Others work with certain groups of students, such as athletes.
Academic Advising Or Academic Advisers
If you're having a tough time coping with stress, anxiety, depression, loss, relationships, or any other emotions and other personal issues, Colleges generally offer free support here for a set number of sessions or semesters.
Counseling Center
And advanced graduate degree (for example, a Ph.D.) that requires an additional four or more years of study.
Doctorates