Fit, Match, and Alignment
____ is when your GPA and ACT align with a college's admission expectations.
What is (academic) match?
This is a list of extra-curriculars that you submit with your college application.
What is an activity resume?
This is the amount of colleges/universities you should have on your Top College List.
What is five colleges/universities?
Grants and scholarships are considered _____ money, and don't need to be paid back.
What is free money?
This state is the home of the Mall of America.
What is Minnesota?
This is a tool on Naviance you can use to explore colleges based on your fit factors.
What is SuperMatch?
This yearly celebration is on May 1, the day high school seniors commit to a college.
What is National College Decision Day?
These are the three college match categories when making your top college list.
What is Likely, Target, and Reach?
This is the estimated cost of college that you see advertised online, and does not take financial aid into account.
What is sticker price?
This social media app has approximately 1.1 billion active users worldwide.
What is TikTok?
These are parts of us that can differentiate us from others. They inform how we experience the world and how the world experiences us.
What are identities?
If you believe your ACT score does not accurately reflect your academic abilities, you can consider applying to _____ schools.
What are test-optional schools?
This is a set of schools that reflects a variety of characteristics and considerations and does not rely too heavily on one particular fit factor or school.
What is a balanced list?
This type of borrowed money can be subsidized or unsubsidized.
What are federal loans?
This nickname for Milwaukee derives from the color of bricks produced in the 19th century.
What is Cream City?
These are a combination of talent, knowledge, and skills.
What are strengths?
This is when there isn't enough context in your college application, and the college asks for more information, such as your senior grades or ACT score.
What is deferral?
This amount of money is considered to be a "financially safe" college or university.
What is less than $10,000?
This percentage of all College Possible college students take out student loans.
What is 88%?
This blood type is known as the universal donor.
What is O-negative?
These are the four fit factors.
What are social fit, academic fit, financial fit, and x-factor?
This is the wordcount range for the Common App personal essay.
What is 250-650 words?
Students who apply to 5 colleges vs. 1 college are ___ times as likely to be accepted and enroll.
What is 2 times as likely?
This kind of free money is given by colleges for things like good grades, good ACT scores, athletic ability, artistic ability, or other strengths.
What are (institutional) merit scholarships?
This is the number of curves on a standard paper clip.
What is three?