Features
Admission
Testing
Memory
Money
100
This general term is used for dorms and residences.
What is On-Campus Housing?
100
With this type of non-binding admission option, applicants apply early and find out early.
What is Early Action?
100
An option which allows one to choose which SAT scores he/she sends to schools, by individual test dates, but not by test sections.
What is Score Choice?
100
What is a SpotLight?
100
This includes tuition, fees, room, board, books and supplies, transportation and personal expenses.
What is Cost of Attendance?
200
This learning environment is usually fairly large and consists of different departments often called 'colleges'.
What is a University or a Research University?
200
Students apply early to their first-choice college, and, if accepted, they must attend.
What is Early Decision?
200
A standardized test which is often required of non-native language speakers to show their proficiency in English.
What is TOEFL or IELTS?
200
What is Paperwork
Hard work
Sweet Center?
200
A policy by which a college or university does not look at ability to pay when determining admissibility.
What is Need-Blind?
300
This type of curriculum has a set plan of study that includes mandatory courses in different subjects that all students must take in order to graduate.
What is Core Curriculum?
300
You show a college that you sincerely want to come to their school.
What is Demonstrated Interest?
300
One-hour-long exams measure how well a student knows a particular subject area and his/her ability to apply that knowledge.
English, Math, Sciences, Foreign Language
What are SAT Subject Tests?
300
The most important quality to remember in writing a rec or an essay.
Show the story? (or Evidence)
300
The Expected Family Contribution (EFC)
What is the amount of money a family is expected to contribute to their student's education?
400
In this type of curriculum, students do not have to meet course requirements - either in the form of specific, mandatory courses or distribution requirements - in order to graduate.
What is Open Curriculum?
400
An applicant who has one or more immediate family members attending or graduated from the college or university to which he or she is applying.
What is a Legacy?
400
The best month to take a first SAT.
What is May?
400
am, is, are, was, were, been ... for starters
What are Weak Verbs?
400
A policy by which a college or university looks at the financial paperwork of an applicant when determining admissibility
What is Need Aware/Need Sensitive?
500
An Educational Institution which emphasizes undergraduate education.
What is a Liberal Arts College?
500
A student is initially denied, but later is given an option with an 'assured' admissions as a transfer student, if he/she meets certain requirements.
What is a Transfer Option?
500
An SAT test-disclosure service that includes a copy of the test you took with a guide that gives correct answers and scoring information.
What is the Question-and-Answer Service from SAT?
500
A super effective recommendation will contain a lot of _________.
What is EVIDENCE?
500
Funds/aid that is available to all student applicants where eligibility is based on factors other than financial need.
What is Merit-Based Aid?