Acronyms
GPA
What is Grade Point Average
This office will assist you in pursuing your college studies in a foreign country.
What is Study Abroad Office
The feeling students get when they begin to miss their home life.
What is Homesickness
A students main course of study
What is Major
Elle Woods trades in her title of sorority sister for Ivy League-er, determined to win her boyfriend back by studying at Harvard Law School.
What is Legally Blonde
RA
What is Resident Advisor
A great resource to find information regarding career opportunities (internships, part and full-time jobs), and assist with resume and cover letter writing, as well as mock interviews and other services.
What is Career Center
____ in 10 college students report high levels of stress.
What is 8
A student who takes 12 or more credit hours per semester
What is a Full-Time Student
This movie sees the toys' beloved Andy heading off to college.
What is Toy Story 3
TA
What is Teaching Assistant
An assigned faculty or staff member who helps students navigate confusing requirements and procedures for completing their degree, registering for classes, choosing a major, and choosing appropriate courses
What is an Academic Advisor
_______ and _______ are the most commonly diagnosed mental health conditions in college students.
What is Anxiety and Depression
Time set aside by professors for students to visit their teachers to discuss the course
What is Office Hours
Sidney Prescott and Ghostface return to the screen, as college students begin showing up dead and a sorority house party that Prescott attends turns into a crime scene.
What is Scream 2
FAFSA
What is Free Application for Federal Student Aid
A comprehensive one-stop-shop for student support services on campus (may include: career coaching, academic advising, tutoring, subject labs)
What is Student Success Center
Permission for something to happen or agreement to do something
What is Consent
The time during which students may make changes to their schedule without any academic or financial consequences
What is Add/Drop Period
This prequel tells the story of how two mismatched individuals become lifelong friends and get kicked out of college.
What is Monsters University
FERPA
What is Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
The person or office responsible for maintaining the permanent academic record for each student, as well as being responsible for the scheduling of classes, registering students in classes, maintaining class lists, and recording student grades.
What is the Registrar
This word is a complete sentence and should be taken at face value
What is No
Courses that students are required to take before registering for an upper level course
What is a Pre-Requisite
This critically acclaimed drama tells the story of a janitor whose mathematical genius is discovered by a professor at MIT. Famous Line: "How do you like them apples?"
What is Good Will Hunting