What are Colleges Looking For?
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Wild Card
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The two standardized test required by most colleges and universities for admittance.
What are the SAT and/or ACT exams?
100
What you earn when you complete a program of undergraduate study after high school.
What is a DEGREE?
100
A "gift aid" or financial aid that doesn’t have to be repaid and is based on need and merit
What is a SCHOLARSHIP or GRANT?
100
The grounds (all of the buildings) of a college or university; usually includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls, etc.
What is a CAMPUS?
100
The approximate cost of attendance for UMASS - Boston.
For a Massachusetts residents: $14,960.00 for tuition and fees (12 credits/semester)
200
Any club, team, or organized activity that a student participates in outside of class.
What is an EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITY?
200
The difference between a public college and a private college.
What is public colleges are financially supported by the State and private colleges are supported by tuition and donations from alumni and community partners. The also vary by the size of campus and cost of tuition.
200
The average annual income of a person with less than a high school diploma. The average amount a person with a master's degree makes more each year than a person with just a high school diploma.
What is $23,900? What is $35,700? ($59,600) *National Center for Educational Statistics (2000- 2013)
200
A building for housing students at a college or university.
What is a DORMITORY or RESIDENT HALL?
200
GetMoneyMike@gmail.com and SexyLexi4U@yahoo.com are examples of this.
What are inappropriate e-mail addresses used to communicate with colleges?
300
These high school classes are required to attend a college or university in Massachusetts.
What is English (4 years), Mathematics (4 years (beginning in Fall 2016), Social Science (2 years), Foreign Language (2 years) and Electives (2 years)?
300
A degree that requires you to get a BACHELOR'S DEGREE before you can earn it.
What is a MASTER'S DEGREE or DOCTORAL DEGREE?
300
This is the FREE application used to apply for federal student aid, such as federal grants, loans, and work-study. Bonus: This is the deadline.
What is FAFSA? Bonus: When is the deadline? Massachusetts deadline is May 1, 2016. This is different than the application submission deadline which is March 1, 2016 for UMASS-Boston.
300
The subject of study in which the student chooses to specialize; a series of related courses, taken primarily in the junior and senior years of college
What is a MAJOR?
300
Colleges can search and access these to find out personal information about applicants.
What is social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, blogs, etc...).
400
As part of the application process, you need to request one of these from the counselor, which documents your classes and grades from high school. It is the official permanent record of a student's academic career.
What is a TRANSCRIPT?
400
The two types of Bachelor's Degrees that you can earn at a college or university.
What is a BACHELOR OF ARTS (B.A.) and a BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.S.)?
400
The term that refers to the amount of money it costs to attend a college or university.
What is TUITION?
400
TRUE OR FALSE: Private colleges are always more expensive than public colleges.
False. Depending on scholarships and financial aid, private colleges may be less expensive. Also, public out-of-state tuition may be comparable to that of a local private college.
400
It is important to cultivate positive relationships with your teachers because you will need them to support your application with two of these.
What are letters of recommendation?
500
The four factors that Admissions Officers consider when deciding who to accept to a college or university.
What are Grades, SAT/ACT Scores, Extracurricular Activities, and Recommendations?
500
The most advanced degree that you can earn and the amount of time it usually takes to earn it.
What is a DOCTORAL DEGREE and 3-7 YEARS?
500
Name two types of financial aid.
Grants/Scholarships—"gift aid", financial aid that doesn’t have to be repaid (unless, for example, you withdraw from school and owe a refund), based on need and merit Loans— borrowed money for college; you must repay your loans, with interest Work-Study—a work program through which you earn money to help you pay for tuition and fees
500
TRUE OR FALSE: If you are not satisfied with your performance up until today, you still have time to turn it around.
What is TRUE?
500
Failler 2 due this with your aplicatoin and personality statement is a shure fire way to move your application to the denyed pile.
What is proofread?