College Testing
Tests taken in May following year long classes. Passing scores can earn college credit.
What are Advanced Placement (AP) tests?
The most important component colleges look at in college admissions.
What are grades or GPA?
The primary application for federal, state, and institutional aid.
What is the FAFSA?
Application platform that lets you apply to over 1000 colleges.
What is the Common App?
This school’s Anteater mascot was inspired by the B.C. comic strip.
What is UC Irvine?
Two college entrance exams.
What are SAT, ACT, or CLT(accepted by many Christian schools)?
Great ways to research colleges. (name 3)
What are SCOIR, College visits (in person or virtual), College websites, College Rep Visits, College Fairs?
Free money that does not have to be paid back. (there are 2)
What are grants and scholarships?
California State College Application platforms.
What are the UC Application and Cal State Apply?
The amount of weight Freshman are said to gain their first year.
What is 15 pounds?
National Merit Scholarship qualifying test.
What is the junior year PSAT?
Components of a balanced college list. (there are 3)
What are safety, target, and reach schools?
Tax free savings plan for qualified college expenses.
What is a 529 plan?
The most important essay to write for college applications.
What is the personal statement essay?
College diet when parents went to school.
What is black coffee, ramen noodles, peanut butter & jelly.
Policy whereby students can choose to submit test scores to colleges
What is test optional?
Selective schools consider these application components for a holistic review. (name 3)
What are: Essays, Extracurricular activities, Recommendations, Interviews
A student’s greatest source of merit money.
What is the college you attend (institutional aid)
The pros and cons of Early Decision.
What is, PRO: higher rate of acceptance and early notification; CON: binding commitment and can only apply to 1 school.
Current college student’s diet.
What is Starbucks, sushi, and avocado toast?
Differences between new digital SAT and old paper SAT (name 3).
What is: 1. taken on laptop/tablet, 2. shorter test, 3. shorter reading passages, 4. calculator use on entire math section, 5. multistage adaptive testing
Factors students should consider when creating a college list. (name 5)
What are: Size, Weather, Location, Programs (majors), Finances, Co-Curricular Activities, Academic Atmosphere, Social Structure/Campus lifestyle, Position in incoming class (big fish or little fish), Goals & values, School Spirit
Tool that estimates the expected price of college based on a family’s financial information. Every college website has one.
What is the Net Price Calculator?
Five components of a college application used for evaluation.
What are the transcript (grades), essays, activities, recommendations, and test scores?
Weirdest college mascot.
Stanford Tree, UC Santa Cruz Banana Slug, Ohio St Brutus Buckeye, Delta St Fighting Okra, and many more!