Types of Colleges
Cost of College
Admissions
Financial Aid
College Sports
100
The number of years it typically takes to complete a bachelor's degree
What is four years
100

Student loans most often begin to accumulate interest at this time.

College graduation
100
This essay allows you to share your story with colleges?
What is the personal statement?
100
This is free money is given based on your excellent performance in a particular area (sports, academics, ect.)
What are scholarships?
100

Division 1, 2, and 3 athletics are regulated by this association

NCAA

200
The degree you receive from a community college or junior college
What is an associate's degree?
200

The current interest rate for federal, direct undergraduate student loans

What is 4.99%?

200
These are organizations, teams, etc that you are involved in outside of the classroom that colleges like to see!
What are Extra-Curricular Activities?
200
This money is given to you but you are obligated to start paying it back once you graduate at varying interest rates.
What are loans?
200

Every student interested in playing college sports should create an NCAA or NAIA profile by this time

What is junior year?

300
The type of college that is typically more expensive than a public college
What is a private college or university?
300

The standard repayment time frame for a federal student loan

What is 10 years?

300
These types of classes are weighted more heavily in your GPA and colleges look at them to understand the difficulty of your courseload.
What are AP and Honors courses?
300
The financial aid that allows you to work on campus and earn wages
What is Work-study?
300

The number of core courses required for NCAA Eligibility

What is 16? 

English, Math, Science, Social Studies, World Language

400

What are the two primary costs associated with attending college?

What are tuition and room and board?

400

The average amount of time it takes someone to repay the balance of their student loans

What is 20 years?

400
These are the 3 most important factors on your college application.
What are your cumulative GPA, your SAT scores, and Personal Statement?
400
Free money given to you based on your family's income. Comes from either the school or from the Federal government, examples are Pell and TAP?
What are grants?
400

This is the GPA that the NCAA uses for eligibility purposes. It is NOT the GPA listed on your transcript.

What is your core course GPA?

Your core-course GPA is based solely on the grades you received in NCAA-approved core courses.

500

The number of years it typically takes to complete an Associate's Degree

What is 2 Years?

500

The application required to qualify for state or federal financial aid

What is the FAFSA?

500
This is the national average for the SAT, which we are aiming for all of our students to exceed.
What is 500 in each section or 1500 total?
500
Money given to you based on your family's income. Comes from either the school or from the Federal government
What is financial aid?
500

The minimum core GPA required for NCAA Eligibility

What is 2.3?


You can qualify early with 14 core courses and a minimum 3.0 core course GPA.

You can be an academic red shirt with a minimum 2.0 core course GPA.