General Info
This type of institution of higher education serves both undergraduate and graduate students.
What is a university?
The sum amount of money required for enrollment to a college or university that includes tuition, housing, and meals, among other fees.
What is "cost of attendance"?
A type of college with an emphasis on undergraduate study in the liberal arts and sciences, which aims to impart broad general knowledge and develop general intellectual capacities, in contrast to a professional, vocational, or technical curriculum.
What is a liberal arts college?
Most colleges in the U.S. are flexible and allow students to wait to declare their major until the end of their 2nd year. In the meantime, they are expected to gain exposure to a variety of disciplines by completing academic requirements that are referred to as this.
What is General Education or Core?
This is the oldest college/university in the US.
What is Harvard?
These types of institutions are generally cheaper than their counterparts, private colleges, unless you are applying from out of state.
What are public universities?
In your financial aid package you could receive these, which could come from the government or the school and do not need to be paid back after graduation.
What are grants?
Focused and independent academic inquiry that can be pursued in collaboration with a faculty member and, contrary to popular belief, is abundantly available at small liberal arts colleges.
What is research?
Informal terms for students that typically refer to a track or advising program leading to a professional school in healthcare or the legal field. These terms are often mistaken as "majors" even though students can actually major in anything and still attend professional schools in these areas.
What are Pre-med and Pre-law?
This state has the largest number of colleges/universities.
What is California? (NY is a close second)
A college application policy that requires students to sign a binding agreement stating that if admitted, they will definitely enroll.
What is Early Decision?
A type of funding that is awarded to students for their talent in academics, music, art, debate, or any other program or institutional priority. Some colleges may require a separate application or priority application date to be considered for this funding.
What are merit scholarships?
You will need an artist statement, a portfolio and/or an audition to apply to college for these types of majors. Name at least 3.
What are art, dance, theater, architecture, film or music?
The undergraduate degree that is necessary for graduates to pursue a career in finance, investment banking, consulting, and other similar fields.
Trick question! What is any undergraduate major?
This is the most common collegiate mascot (across all divisions).
What are Eagles?
The number of campuses in the University of California system that offer an undergraduate education. (Double points if you can name all campuses.)
What is nine? Berkeley, LA, SB, SC, Irvine, Merced, Riverside, SD, Davis.
30 of the most expensive colleges in the country have a total cost of attendance within $5k of this amount per year! Double points if you can name two of them!
What is $70,000 per year? https://bestlifeonline.com/most-expensive-colleges/
As of Feb 2019
Harvey Mudd, Columbia, UChicago, Johns Hopkins, Vassar, Franklin & Marshall, Olin, Duke, Georgetown, Tufts, Fordham, Brandeis, Pitzer, Amherst, Penn, Haverford, Sarah Lawrence, Northwestern, Barnard, CMC, Scripps, NYU, USC, Dartmouth, SMU, Trinity (CT), Oberlin
A Liberal Arts education challenges students to become free thinkers and persuasive communicators - key ingredients to professional success and meaningful lives as leaders, engaged citizens and lifelong learners. Accordingly, students are encouraged to pursue more than one area of study, often referred to as this.
What is a double major or minor?
Programs/Majors like Engineering, Architecture, Communication and Business are most often available at this type of institution.
What is a (research/comprehensive) university? Some smaller colleges with specialized programs will also offer these programs.
These five colleges are all a part of the Big Ten Athletic Conference.
What are: (any five of the following) Urbana-Champaign, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oregon, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, UCLA, USC, UW Seattle, Wisconsin?
Studying two to three years beyond a Bachelor's degree will earn you this.
What is a Master's degree?
DAILY DOUBLE!! This is the government application required to apply for financial aid. (You must state its abbreviation AND what the abbreviation stands for!)
What is the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)?
This group of 44 liberal arts colleges values diversity, equity and access and encourages all students to apply to any school that matches their personal & lifelong goals.
What are the Colleges that Change Lives? Check them out!
Though many schools find ways to work around it, your choice of major may affect your ability to participate in this off campus/international opportunity.
What is Study Abroad? Engineering majors in particular have the most difficult time fitting this in.
This college/university offers the most undergraduate majors (280+).
What is the Univ. of Washington?