Financial Aid
This is the typical number of units a student must complete per semester to maintain full-time status at most colleges or universities.
What is 12 units?
This person will help you select the correct courses, review course requirements and help you with any academic problems.
What is an Academic Advisor?
This degree requires at least two but less than four years of college work.
What is an Associate's Degree?
Myth or Fact: You must know exactly what you want to major in before applying to college.
What is a myth?
This annual college basketball tournament, known for its exciting upsets, takes place every March.
What is March Madness?
This is a form of financial aid that provides funds to help pay for college, career school, or trade school and generally do not need to be repaid.
What is a grant?
All colleges require students to maintain a minimum cumulative G.P.A or they will be placed on this.
What is Academic Probation?
A flexible plan that lets students eat meals at dining halls.
What is a meal plan?
Myth or Fact: You can get scholarships even if you’re not a straight “A” student.
What is a fact?
This is the number one university in the United States.
What is Princeton University?
This program allows students to pay part of their tuition and school expenses by working part time on campus.
What is work study?
This is the undergraduate degree offered by four year colleges and universities.
What is a bachelor's degree?
These are the living quarters for all incoming freshmen students.
What are dorms?
Myth or Fact: You have to take out student loans to pay for college.
What is a myth?
This university had the most applicants in 2025.
What is UCLA?
True/False: When you apply to college you automatically apply for financial aid?
What is false?
This is a student's chosen field of study.
What is a major?
Many students join these social or service-based organizations, often named with Greek letters.
What are sororities and fraternities?
Myth or Fact: Colleges look at more than just your grades when deciding who to admit.
What is a fact?
This type of student is enrolled full-time at a college but doesn't live on campus, typically traveling from home or another location.
What is a commuter student?
This is the typical maximum number of years a student can receive Cal Grant funding, assuming they meet all eligibility requirements.
What is four years?
When a student moves from one college to another they become what kind of a student?
What is a transfer student?
This degree is typically completed after your bachelor's degree in 1-3 years.
What is a master's degree?
Myth or Fact: You can’t change your major once you pick it.
What is a myth?
GEAR UP stands for
What is Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs?