College Lingo
At most 4-year schools, you need 120 or more of these to graduate
What are college credits?
The amount the college/university is charging you for your classes
What is Tuition?
The document that lists a student’s academic record
What is a transcript?
A numeric value that is determined by your overall average grades
What is gpa (grade point average)?
Colleges require you to purchase these or rent them for most classes
What are textbooks?
Your main course of study while in college
What is Major?
The form that you need to fill out to get any financial aid from the federal government and is used by colleges to determine financial aid offers
What is the FAFSA?
A letter written by a teacher or adult that shares your strengths for a college or scholarship application
What is a letter of reccomendation?
Name one of two college entrance exams
What are the ACT & SAT?
Typically, it takes this long to earn a Bachelors degree
What is four years?
Someone who helps you plan your classes and connect you with resources on campus as needed?
What is an Advisor?
Money you can apply for that does not need to be paid back
What is a scholarship or grant?
The person at a high school who offers help through the college application process
What is a guidance counselor?
An event you can attend to ask questions directly to college representatives
What is a College Fair?
When a student takes college classes in a different country
What is study abroad?
A document your professor will give you to explain assignments, expectations, grading systems, textbooks, and class policies
What is a Syllabus?
The cost of dorms or other living arrangements
What is room and board?
The main type of essay that you typically write when applying to colleges or scholarship programs
What is a personal statement?
Activities performed by students that falls outside the realm of the normal school curriculum
What are extracurricular activities?
A secondary course of study (usually 15 - 18 credits) that often complements a students major
What is a Minor or Concentration?
A required class or course that has to be taken before you can enter a certain class
What is a Pre-requisite?
Name one of the main types of college financial aid for students?
What are Grants, scholarship, work study, student loans?
A single online college application form that is used by most colleges and universities in the US
What is the Common Application (or Common App)?
The rate at which a given college admits applicants
What is acceptance rate?
A program that allows students to earn money to help pay educational expenses.
What is Work-study?