Financial Aid
This is the office you go to if you need help with things such as Scholarships or Work Study.
What is the Financial Aid Office?
This person is the current World Champion of Chess.
Who is Ding Liren?
Chess in the Schools was founded in this year.
When was 1986?
This is Will's favorite channel.
What is Appropriate Memes (or what is the Appropriate Memes channel)?
This piece of paper or document details all of the info you need to know about your class, such as grade breakdown, weekly assignments, and learning goals.
What is a Syllabus?
This is the meaning of the acronym FAFSA.
What is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid?
This (in)famous Chess player visited Chess in the Parks this year.
Bonus Prompt: This person acted as the Chess player's bodyguard.
Who is Hans Niemann?
Who is Marcus (Sutton)?
These two staff members are the College Bound Program Manager and Program Director.
Who are Will and Chano?
This person is the most active Peer Coach in the Discord. (pronunciation matters)
Who is Marcus?
This document contains all of your grades and credits attempted through your college career.
What is a Transcript?
After you graduate college, this period of time is how long you have until you must start making loan payments.
What is 6 months? (or How long is 6 months?)
This opening was played by both Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen at the Magnus Carlsen Invitational, that resulted in a draw in under 5 moves.
What is the Bongcloud?
Debbie Eastburn was the President and CEO of CIS for 7 years before she stepped down. She has since been replaced by this person. (First + Last Name)
Who is Jenny Ingber?
The pictures sent in this channel are usually not pictures taken at college/during the semester.
What is Alumni Pics (or what is the Alumni Pics Channel)?
These are things you can attend between or after classes in order to learn/play games, make friends and destress.
What are clubs or extracurricular activities or student organizations?
These are the three types of Aid given by the FAFSA. (Must state all three.)
What are Grants, Work Study and Loans?
This CIS Team won the Top Under 1500 Plaque at USATE in 2019.
What is Team Salami?
This current member of staff has served CIS the longest.
Who is Carmen Morales?
These are the names of the winners of the Dorm Room Picture Contest.
Who are Xiang, Vionnie and Elian?
It's course registration season and you're having trouble figuring out which courses you should take next. This person at your university can help.
What is an Academic Advisor?
True or False: Can you write off student-loan interest on your federal tax return?
The World Chess Championship in this year featured Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin going head to head right here in New York City!
What is 2016? (or What year was 2016?)
Chess in the Schools offers a plethora of programs to the students it serves. This answer is the number of programs offered.
What is 5?
(Fun Fact: they are the School Program, College Bound/College Success, Teacher Training Institute, Tournaments, and the Digital Program.)
What is the Alumni Monthly?
It's past midterm season and you're really struggling in one of your classes. Your Peer Coach suggests you try one of these resources to help.
What is Tutoring? | What are Office Hours? | What is Consulting/Meeting with your Professor?