Degrees
Money
College
College/Career
Career
100

About how many years does it take to get a bachelor degree? 

What is four years?

100

What application can you file to receive financial aid to help pay for college?  

What is FASFA?

100

What is a major? 

What is the focus that someone studies? 

100

What is an institution of higher education? 

What is college? 

100

Describe a trade

Any job whose duties require advanced training and skills gained through means other than a bachelor's degree. For example, many jobs in the construction industry, such as plumber or electrician

200

About how many years does it take to earn an associate's degree? 

What is two years?


200

What is money awarded to students based on academic or other achievements that you do not have to pay back?

What is a scholarship? 

200

If you are an undergraduate student, you are working towards what degree? 

What is an associate's/bachelor's degree? 

200

According to a recent Forbes article, the highest ranking jobs for Gen Zers and Millennials were:

marketing manager and social media manager

200

Name a job that requires a Masters Degree

Answers will vary... Professor, Principal, Nurse Practitioner...

300

About how many years does it take to earn a master's degree? 

What is six years? 

300

What application opens in October of every year? (Opened late this year)

What is the FASFA application? 

300
Name three four-year universities in Maine

Bowdoin College; University of Maine (Orono, Presque Isle, Augusta, Fort Kent, Machias, Farmington); University of New England; Colby College; Bates College; Husson University; College of the Atlantic; Maine Maritime Academy; Saint Josephs College; University of Southern Maine; Unity College; Thomas College

300
My job is to review writing before you read it in a book 

What is an editor?

300

What is an example of a vocational school? 

What is culinary school, paramedic academy, mechanic school, police academy, cosmetology, dental assisting? 

400

How many different types of degrees can someone earn? 

What is four? 

400

What is money that is borrowed and has to be paid back?

What is a loan? 

400

Name one Ivy League school

Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University.

400

How many times can a student change their major 

No limit; just takes longer in college to complete

400

What is a year's worth of pay you earn in a career?

What is a salary?

500

What degree takes the longest to achieve? 

What is a doctoral degree? 

500

What is the type of loan that does not accrue interest until after you graduate? 

Subsidized Loan

500

What is a class that has to be taken before you can take another class?

What is a prerequisite? 

500

What is an official report given by schools that contains what classes a student has taken and what grades they received? It also contains their GPA.

What is a transcript?

500

What are three things you should consider when choosing a career? 

What is salary, hobbies, interests, work environment, (etc)?