College Lingo
A form of procrastination that requires ditching sleep to cram for a test, exam, or essay.
What is an all-nighter?
What form do students need to fill out before college to obtain federal student aid?
What is the FASFA?
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What is an Eagle?
These credits from prior courses (taken at another college) can be applied to the completion of a degree at your current college.
What are Transfer Credits?
ACT stands for ___.
American College Testing?
A social organization for female undergraduate students
What is a sorority?
A federal grant for undergraduate students with financial need.
What is the Federal Pell Grant?
A degree earned after successful completion of 2 years of study
What is an Associates Degree?
The recommended date that you should have all of your applications, transcripts, and letters of recommendation turned in to colleges
What is Thanksgiving?
SAT stands for___.
What is Scholastic Aptitude Test?
A graduate or a former student of a school, college, or university?
What is an alumni?
The earliest day of the year a student can apply for federal financial aid.
What is October 1st?
The NCAA stands for
What is the National Collegiate Athletic Association?
The number of college-level credits one must take to be considered a fulltime
student.
What is 12?
The graduate school entrance exam that is a broad assessment of your critical thinking, analytical writing, verbal reasoning, and quantitative reasoning skills
What is the GRE?
How many colleges make up the Ivy League?
What are 8?
A part-time job for students on-campus that allows them to earn wages.
What is work-study?
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What is Men and Women's Soccer, Basketball, or Volley Ball?
A form of admission that students use for the 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'?
The highest score you can score on the ACT.
What is 36?
A trained peer leader that supervises freshman in a dorm:
What is a resident assistant (RA)?
FAFSA stands for:
What is Free Application for Federal Student Aid?
An online tool that provides an early estimate of your federal student aid eligibility to help you financially plan for college.
What is FAFSA4caster?
Something required as a prior condition for something else to happen. (A lower-level class must be taken to take higher level class….example:
Biology 1 before Biology 2)
What is a prerequisite?