A college without residential facilities (dorms) that is often funded by the government.
What is a community college?
100
A course that must be taken before enrolling in another course.
What is a prerequisite?
100
A degree granted after a successful completion of 4 years of study.
What is a bachelor's degree?
100
A form of financial aid that requires repayment.
What is a student loan?
100
College entrance exam that has 4 parts, English, Social Studies, Math and Science with 36 points possible in each section.
What is the ACT?
200
A state-assisted college or university.
What is a public university?
200
A course that can be taken at the same time as another course.
What is a co-requisite?
200
A degree beyond a bachelor's, also called a graduate degree.
What is a master's degree?
200
A federal form of financial aid that allows a student to work on campus.
What is work study program?
200
A standardized exam used to measure one's aptitude for abstract thinking in the areas of analytical writing, mathematics and vocabulary. It is commonly used by many graduate schools to determine an applicant's eligibility for the program.
What is the GRE?
300
Fort Worth and the horned frogs belong to this university.
What is Texas Christian University (TCU)?
300
Courses regulated by The College Board. Some colleges will use these for college admissions or placement purposes.
What is an advanced placement course?
300
The subject of study in which a student chooses to specialize. A series of course related to the major are typically taken in the junior, senior years of college.
What is a major?
300
A form of financial aid that does not require re-payment.
What is a grant or a scholarship?
300
College entrance exam given by the College Board. It is divided into Critical Reading, Math and Writing. The exam is scored out of 2400 points. Each section is worth 800 points.
What is the SAT?
400
A non-state assisted college or university that relies on private funding, tuition and fees.
What is a private university?
400
Official record of high school or college courses taken and grades. Includes all course attempted and passed or failed.
What is transcript?
400
A degree granted after a successful completion of 2 years of study.
What is an associates degree?
400
A law passed in 1944 that provided educational and other benefits for people who had served in the armed forces in World War II. Benefits are still available to persons honorably discharged from the armed forces.
What is the G.I. Bill?
400
Administered by the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) for prospective law school candidates, this test is designed to assess reading comprehension, logical, and verbal reasoning proficiencies.
What is the LSAT?
500
Texas and this team play in the Red River Shootout.
What is Oklahoma University?
500
Written description of course content distributed to students by the professors.
What is a syllabus?
500
A faculty member at a college who assists students with developing their degree plan.
Who is an academic advisor?
500
The cost for courses, including lab fees, activity fees, parking fees, etc. Textbooks and dorm costs are not included in the cost.
What is tuition?
500
A standardized test designed to evaluate qualification for admission to medical schools.