Advanced Placement
Loans
Financial Aid
FAFSA
Deadlines
100

Advanced Placement definition

What is offers undergraduate credit to students who earn a passing score?

100

Subsidized loan

What are loans made to eligible undergraduate students who demonstrate financial need?

100

Federal Student Aid Estimator

What is a tool used to estimate how much financial aid a student will receive?

100

Student Aid Index

What is the amount of federal grant money the student will receive?

100

November 1

What is the early action deadline?

200

The AP Scholar award

What is granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP exams?

200

Unsubsidized loan

What are loans made to undergraduate students where eligibility is not based on financial need?

200

Work Study

What is a job on campus that provides part-time jobs for students in need?

200

Direct Data Exchange

What is the system that allows the IRS to share income data with the Federal Student Aid department?

200

November 30

What is the Cal State and UC application deadline?

300

The AP Scholar with Honor Award

What is granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on four or more exams?

300

Parent Plus loan

What are loans made to parents of dependent undergraduate students to help pay for education expenses not covered by other financial aid?

300

Web Grants 4 Students

What is the portal that the California Student Aid Commission has set up to manage a student's state financial aid?

300

Federal Student Aid Estimator

What is the tool that parents and students can use to estimate how much grant money is likely to be received?

300

December 31

What is the date that FAFSA will open this year?
400

The AP Scholar With Distinction Award

What is granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams?

400

Consolidation loan

What is combining all your student loans into a single loan?

400

Cost of Attendance

What is the amount it will cost a student to go to school?

400

Contributor

What is anyone who is asked to provide information on an applicant's FAFSA?

400

April 2

What is the deadline date to apply for a Cal grant?

500

The AP score range

What is a score of 2 to 5?

500

Bank loan

What is a loan that is not the best option to borrow money for college?

500

Cal grant amounts

What is $5,742 for CSU students and up to $12,570 for UC and private colleges?

500

Maximum Pell

What is $7,395?

500

May 1

What is college commitment day when the application and housing deposit must be paid?