Financial Aid
This is the application students/families must complete to be considered for federal financial aid.
What is Free Application for Federal Student Aid?
This HBCU is the largest HBCU in the United States?
What is North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (A&T)
This is the person responsible for helping students to adjust to dorm life and enforcing dorm policies
Who is the Resident Assistant (RA)
Tarheels
What is UNC-Chapel Hill (UNC)?
This document, includes your grades, glass rank, and GPA
What is your transcript?
This type of financial aid that requires repayment, often with interest.
What is a loan?
Founded in 1789, this university is the oldest public university.
What is the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill (UNC)
This is the term for the pre-paid plan that allows students to eat at dining halls on campus
What is a meal plan?
Wolfpack
What is North Carolina State?
This is the universal application platform used by over 900 colleges and universities, where students can submit applications to multiple schools
This type of financial aid does not need to be repaid and is often based on financial need?
What is a grant?
This HBCU in Durham offers one of the nation's top law programs.
What is North Carolina Central University (NCCU)
This term refers to the social organizations on campuses, often identified by Greek letters, that focus on brotherhood, sisterhood, and service?
What are fraternities and sororities?
Eagles
What is North Carolina Central (NCCU)?
This is the minimum GPA to be considered for UNC system schools
What is a weighted 2.5
The total cost of attending a college or university, including tuition, room & board, and other expenses.
What is the Cost of Attendance (COA)?
Known for it's Blue Devil mascot, this private university in Durham is one of the top-ranked schools in the nation
What is Duke University?
This annual tradition at many colleges celebrates school spirit with a football game, parade and dance.
What is Homecoming?
What is UNC-Greensboro?
This standardized test includes sections on English, math, reading and science
What is the ACT?
This is the term for the contribution the government expects you and your family to make toward your education, based on the FAFSA.
What is the Expected Family Contribution (EFC)?
The number of public colleges/universities in the UNC Systems schools
This campus facility offers students help with writing papers, resumes and other documents?
What is the writing center?
Seahawks
What is UNC-Wilmington
This is the term for applying to a college early in the fall with a binding commitment to attend if accepted.
What is Early Decision?