Vocabulary
What does GPA stand for?
What is Grade Point Average?
While you are in college, are you allowed to change your major, or area of study? Yes or No.
What is yes?
The money you pay to attend college?
What is tuition?
T or F- You cannot have a career without a degree from a 4 year college/university.
What is False?
T or F-A male high school graduate with a D average is 14x times more likely to become incarcerated than a graduate with an A average
What is True
The college program you take to earn your degree and start your career.
What is Major?
Instead of degrees, (Blank) schools frequently offer certificates or diplomas indicating that students have completed a specific course of study. Fields include electrician, dental hygienist, plumber, welder, auto mechanic, etc.
What is Trade Schools?
Financial aid is money you may receive from the government to help you pay for college. There are several different types of FA. For example,
_________ need to be paid back (with interest) and _________ do not need to be paid back at all.
What is loans and grants/scholarships
Many students have expressed career interest in becoming an entrepreneur of illegal substances. Unfortunately, that career path is often short lived. Recent research shows that _______% of drug trafficking offenders were sentenced to prison for an average of 76 months (over 6 years).
What is 96.6%
Whose job details include: Removing barriers to academic achievement, supporting social/emotional development, and guiding college and career readiness
Who is School Counselor
A multiple choice test, administered by the US Military Entrance Processing Command, used to determine qualifications for enlistment in the United States Armed Forces.
What is the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB)
When you finish your Bachelor's Degree in college, that means you studied for how many years? 2, 4, or 6?
What is 4 years
T or F- There is a program in WV that allows students to earn a certificate or associate degree for FREE!
What is TRUE
The WV Invest Grant will pick up the full cost of tuition and fees at a participating public institution in high demand fields such as healthcare, engineering, information technology, and many others!
This career includes duties such as operating and maintaining military equipment, guarding and protecting people and properties under threat, and helping in diester relief and emergency management efforts.
What is a Solider?
Recent research has shown, teens that belong to a _________ _________ are more likely to earn higher grades, receive their high school diploma, & enter higher education after graduation.
What is sports team
Name 1 of 2 college entrance exams, usually taken during your junior and/or senior year of high school
What is the ACT and SAT?
Which degree is usually earned at a Community College and can take 2 years or less?
What is an Associate's Degree?
A government form that must be completed in order to be eligible for grants, loans, and scholarships.
What is the FASFA?
Professional athletes are some of the highest paid people in the world. For some sports, you do not have to attend college before going pro. The pay is high, unfortunately, the chances of getting there are not. Roughly 1 in every (blank) high school football players will be drafted.
What is 1 in every 1,282
What is the biggest risk factor for dropping out of high school?
What is 9th grade retention (aka failing your 9th grade year)
What is what you earn in your high school classes by earning a D or above. In WV, depending on what county you are in, you will need 22-28 to graduate.
What are credits
How many years of college and study do you need to become a doctor (aka earn an MD degree?)
What is to become a doctor you need to study anywhere between 11-16 years, including 4 years of college, and 4 years in medical school, intern year, residency, etc.
What kind of financial aid is when a student earns money to pay for college by working a part-time job on campus?
What is Work Study?
Name one of the Top 7 highest paying jobs without a college degree
What is:
Research has found that the happiest adults get an average of this much uninterrupted, quality sleep each night.
What is 6 hours and 15 minutes