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100
The name of the test that helps colleges decide whether or not to admit you.
What is the SAT or ACT
100

Nurses, doctors, and pharmacists fall under this health-related cluster.

What is Health Science?

100
The type of financial aid that you can get for having good grades or a specific skill or talent?
What is a scholarship
100

True or False: Colleges only look at junior year grades to determine if you are admitted into a college.

What is False?

100

Spending a day or a few hours following a professional around at their actual workplace to see what their job is like.

What is job shadowing?

200
Your ability to demonstrate your skills outside of the classroom
What are extracurricular activities?
200
This is known as a four year degree
What is a Bachelor's degree?
200
The kind of financial aid that you have to pay back
What is a loan
200
Two types of people who can help you prepare for college and a career.
Parents, High school counselor, College admissions counselor, Teachers, Friends, Older siblings, Mentors, etc.
200

This is the name for a college building where students live, sleep, and hang out with roommates.

What is a dorm (or residence hall)?

300
A document written on your behalf that demonstrates academic strength and personal qualities
What is a letter of recommendation?
300

This term describes the projected increase or decrease in the number of jobs available in a specific field over the next 10 years.

What is job outlook (or growth rate)?

300
The name of the grant that you can get from the New York government if you attend an approved school in NY
What is the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP)
300
The term for someone who is the first person in their family to go to college
What is a First-generation college student?
300

This is a smaller, secondary subject area you choose to study alongside your main degree focus.

What is a minor?

400
The number that represents the average of all of your grades in high school
What is a GPA?
400

This tool uses a series of questions about what you like and dislike to suggest potential career matches.

What is a career interest assessment (or personality quiz)?

400
The type of financial aid you receive if you have financial need (your parents do not make enough money to pay for your education)?
What is a Grant
400

This is a short, one-page document you create to show potential employers your education, skills, and volunteer history.

What is a resume?

400

Statistics show that the average worker will completely change their entire career path this many times over their lifetime.

What is 5 to 7 times?

500
Name two things that you should consider when you are trying to decide if you want to go to a certain college.
Distance from home, size, majors offered, cost of tuition, extracurricular activities available, etc.
500
They promise a college scholarship in exchange for four years of service.
What is the armed services, military?
500
Fees paid to an institution when you are from another state
What is out of state tuition?
500
A postgraduate degree that requires a Bachelor's
What is a Master's degree?
500

These are the physical boundaries of a university's property, which often include classrooms, libraries, dining halls, and green spaces.

What is a campus?