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Admission Testing 101
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A form of procrastination that requires ditching sleep to cram for a test, exam, or essay

What is an all-nighter?

100

Money given to a student based on academic performance. This award does not have to be paid back.

What is a scholarship or merit aid?

100

The college where Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen enrolled.

What is New York University (NYU)?

100
A form of admission that students use for their top pick school that allows them to find out early if they were accepted or not. Be careful! This form of admissions is binding!
What is Early Decision?
100

The maximum possible points in one section of the SAT

What is 800?

200
A social organization for female undergraduate students
What is a sorority?
200

Money offered to a student based on financial need. This award must be paid back.

What are loans?

200

Actor, writer, and director Greta Gerwig graduated from this women's college in 2006 before going on to produce the #1 summer hit movie "Barbie" in 2023

What is Barnard College?

200

Some colleges and universities track students' "touch points" through their campus visits and social media engagement to determine their levels of this. 

What is "demonstrated interest"?

200

The section of the ACT that is becoming optional as of April 2025

What is the Science Section?

300
A student who lives at home and drives to college everyday
What is a commuter?
300

A form of need-based federal financial aid awarded by the U.S. Department of Education to help eligible low-income students pay for college costs

What is a Pell Grant?

300

Mark Zuckerberg attended this institution for two years before dropping out in 2004 to focus on building Facebook

What is Harvard University?

300

The application process where a college reviews applications as they are received and offers decisions to students in 2-4 weeks

What is Rolling Admission?

300

The percentage of colleges and universities in the U.S. that remain test-optional in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic (as of the 2024-25 admission cycle)

What is over 80%?

400
Time when you can meet with your professor to discuss questions from class, homework, or an exam
What are office hours?
400

A part-time job for students on-campus that allows them to earn wages

What is work-study?

400

The college in LA where President Obama studied for two years before transferring to Columbia in NYC

What is Occidental College?

400

The date you need to commit to a single college by sending in your enrollment deposit (a.k.a. National College Decision Day)

What is May 1?

400

In May of 2020 the University of California's Board of Regents unanimously approved this change to standardized testing requirement for undergraduates.

What is test-blind admission?

500
A trained peer leader that supervises freshman in a dorm
What is a resident assistant (RA)?
500

The name of the College Board's form used to determine student financial aid by roughly 400 colleges, universities, and scholarship programs in the United States

What is the CSS Profile, short for the College Scholarship Service Profile.

500

Steve Jobs attended this college in 1972 as an English major but dropped out and continued living on campus and auditing classes before starting Apple Computer in 1976.

What is Reed College?

500

The number one factor that colleges consider in making admission decisions

What are high school grades in college prep courses?

500

The most recent Ivy League university to return to requiring standardized testing for all undergraduate admission applicants beginning with 2025-26 cycle

What is the University of Pennsylvania?