The name of the test that helps colleges decide whether or not to admit you.
What is the SAT or ACT
100
Generally speaking, if you go to college, you will make more money in your job over the course of your life. True or false?
True
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
Working hard in school is one way you can prepare for college even if you are still in middle school. True or false?
True
100
FAFSA
What is Free Application for Federal Student Aid?
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
Four years to Bachelor’s as two years to____?
What is Associate’s?
300
A document written on your behalf that demonstrates academic strength and personal qualities
What is a letter of recommendation?
300
In all a Masters’ degree takes about how long?
What is usually 6 years?
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
S.U.N.Y
What is State University of New York?
400
The number that represents the average of all of your grades in high school
What is a GPA?
400
An occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress.
What is a career?
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 very important when considering a university. It could greatly affect the range of majors offered, extracurricular activities and the amount of personal attention you will receive from instructors.
What is campus size?
400
Any options after high school
What are Post-Secondary Options?
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