Types of Colleges
Example of a 4-Year College and a 2-Year College in North Carolina
52 4-Year Colleges
59 2-Year Colleges
111 Total Colleges in NC
What is a good number of colleges to apply too?
What are the 2 required and 3 optional thing you must complete to apply to a 4-Year College
Application and RDS
Essays, FAFSA, and Reference Letters
What is a reference letter and how many do you need?
A letter in which the author accesses your qualities and skills positively deeming you as an ideal candidate for the school or scholarship you apply to.
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What is a scholarship?
A payment made to support a student's education that you do not have to repay, awarded on the basis of merit, need, or athletics.
What is the difference between a 2-Year and a 4-Year College?
2-Year is cheaper, typically close to home, a minimum of 2 years, and you can transfer to a 4-year but there is less career mobility and lower graduation rates.
4-Year is more prestigious, career mobility, more opportunities (majors, internships, research, jobs), and higher paying jobs but is more expensive and most require 2 classes of foreign language
What are some factors that help you decide which college to go too?
Resources available, Cost of Attendance, Academic Match, Location, and Student Body Composition
How many essays do you have to write to apply to a 2-Year college?
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What is RDS and what does it stand for
Residency Determination Service is required to apply to any school in North Carolina and determines if you are an in-state or out-of-state
What is a grant?
Sometimes referred to as 'gift-aid', grants are types of financial aid that you do not have to repay. They are provided by the federal government, state government, colleges, and private organizations.
Example of a Public College and a Private College
74 Public Colleges with 58 as 2-Year and 16 as 4-Year
37 Private Colleges with 1 as a 2-Year and 36 as 4-Years
What are the three places you can submit a college application?
CFNC, Common App, and schools website
How many essays do you have to write to apply to a 4-Year college and how long?
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1 to 2: 500 to 650-word essays, 1 to 3: 100 to 250-word essays
What is the FAFSA and what does it stand for?
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid is a form completed by current and prospective college students in the United States to determine their eligibility for student financial aid in the forms of federal grants, work-study, and loans
What is work-study
Need-based programs which allow you to earn a portion of your financial aid through employment on campus or in community service agencies. Students awarded work-study may apply to a variety of jobs that meet their interests and skills.
What is the difference between a Public and a Private College?
Public Universities have cheaper tuition, higher acceptance rates, better research facilities, and more Work-Study opportunities but larger student bodies (making it difficult for one-on-one time with professors), lower graduation rates, less "reputable" than some private colleges, and less financial aid available.
Private Universities have more financial aid, a better reputation and stronger faculty, higher graduation rates, and better opportunities for networking but they have more expensive tuition and fees, less variety for extracurriculars, lower acceptance rates, and less demographically diverse student population
What are the 5 things that are a part of the college application process?
Application, Essays, FAFSA, RDS, and Reference Letters
What is a college application essay about?
Describing your academic achievements, strengths, and other personal aspects that can help admissions officers see you as a unique individual
What must you have first before you start the FAFSA and who needs one?
An FSA ID
You and a parent/guardian
What are the 2 types of federal loans you receive by completing the FAFSA?
Subsidized and Unsubsidized
What is a safety, target, and reach school
After determining the schools that you are interested in, you can categorize them into three groups that determine the possibility of your admissions to any university that you want. Reach, Target, and Safety schools are terms used to identify the universities that you have a higher or lower chance of gaining admissions to. The categories for schools can be labeled as such (this is an estimate based on a student with average grades
What are the 2 required and 1 optional thing you must complete to apply to a 2-Year College
Application, RDS, and FAFSA
How many people should edit your essay before you submit it?
5-6
What are the 4 types of aid you can receive by completing the FAFSA
Scholarships, Grants, Loans, and Work-Study
What is the pell grant and how much money does the pell grant award?
The most popular grant among federal grants is the Pell Grant, which is based on household income. The Pell Grant is only for undergraduates who do not have a professional degree. The maximum amount for the award changes yearly. The government funds and determines the amount of money that is available to colleges.
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