Money lent to students that needs to be paid back with interest.
What is a loan?
100
A degree granted after completing two years of study.
What is an Associates Degree?
100
The year of high school you apply to Colleges.
What is senior year?
100
Besides the SAT students can take this test to be admitted into colleges.
What is the ACT?
200
Money given to students that does not have to be paid back.
What is a grant?
200
A degree granted after completing 3 to 5 years of study.
What is Bachelor's Degree?
200
Year of high school a student should start thinking about college.
What is freshman year?
200
These are the three categories of testing on the SAT.
What are Reading, Writing, and Math?
300
Financial aid given on the basis of merit, not financial need.
What is merit aid?
300
A set of required courses that give undergraduates a background in all major academic disciplines: natural sciences, social sciences, mathematics, literature and language, and fine arts.
What is general education requirements?
300
When a student in high school should start the application process.
What is the Summer or Early Fall before Senior year?
300
The cost of taking the SAT without a fee waiver.
What is $52.50?
400
Based on meeting certain requirements, the SAT, ACT, and some colleges will not make you pay for the fee.
What is a fee-waiver?
400
A school that awards advanced academic degrees (i.e. master's and doctoral degrees) with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate (bachelor's) degree with a high grade point average.
What is graduate school?
400
Besides grades, Colleges will look to see if the student applying is involved in these.
What are Extra-curricular activities?
400
The FAFSA stands for this.
What is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid?
500
Money that is given to a student because of a reason: the student has qualified for or won it by academic or athletic ability, or by agreeing to follow a particular career, or has some special ethnic or other characteristic.
What is a scholarship?
500
The test you have to take to be admitted into law school.