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Standardized Tests
GPA
College Admissions
Ivy Leagues and HBCUs
High School Courses
100
This is the number of times a student can take the SAT and or ACT
What is an unlimited amount of times?
100
This is what GPA stands for
What is Grade Point Average?
100
A student can apply to this many colleges under the Early Decision program
What is "one"?
100
These colleges make up the Ivy League
What are Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, and Yale
100
These are what AP and IB courses are
What are Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate?
200
The SAT is owned, published, and developed by this organization
What is the College Board?
200
This is your GPA plus any additional points from honors, AP/IB, or other advanced classes
What is a weighted GPA?
200
A majority of the colleges and universities accept these two standardized tests or one of the two as part of the admission process
What are the SAT and ACT
200
This is what HBCU stands for
What are Historically Black Colleges and Universities
200
These 4 types of high school courses will best prepare you for success on the Reading and Writing portions of the SAT
What are English, language arts, history, and philosophy courses?
300
The SAT takes this many hours to complete
What is three hours and forty-five minutes?
300
This letter grade is equivalent to a 4.0 on a GPA scale
What is a letter grade of "A"?
300
A student whose parents graduated from the college's undergraduate program is considered this type of student
Who is a legacy student
300
This is the amount of colleges & universities that make up the HBCU community
What is 103?
300
This type of high school course focuses on the study of plants and animals
What is Zoology?
400
True or False (Being a top academic achiever and having high SAT/ACT scores guarantee that you will be accepted into the college of your choice)
What is False?
400
This letter grade is equivalent to a 3.0 GPA scale
What is a letter grade of "B"?
400
The FAFSA stands for
What is the "Free Application for Federal Student Aid"
400
A majority of African American students attend this type of school
What are HBCUs?
400
These type of high school courses qualify students to receive college credit
What are AP courses?
500
The ACT is more widely used in these regions of the United States
What are the Midwestern, Rocky Mountain, and Southern parts of the United States?
500
This letter grade is equivalent to a 1.0 on a GPA scale
What is a letter grade of "D"?
500
This academic skill is most important when colleges are deciding whether to admit a college applicant
What are communication skills?
500
These are the top 5 nationally ranked HBCUs in the United States
What are Spelman, Howard, Morehouse, Hampton, and Fisk?
500
This type of high school course focuses on physical fitness and health
What is Physical Education?