College Vocabulary #2
Yakima Valley College
What is a Community College?
ACT test measures what a student already knows.
What is an ACT test?
accumulated final grades
What is GPA?
a college or university that often operates as an educational nonprofit organization.
Private College
the diploma you get when you graduate from college
What is a Bachelors Degree?
a 2-year government-supported college that offers an associate degree
What is a credit hour?
test is used more as a predictor of what a student is capable of learning.
What is a SAT test?
a sum of money that you borrow to pay for expenses in college
What is a grant or loan?
a higher learning institution focussed on education and research.
University
Money I will use to help pay for college
What is Financial Aid?
a residence hall for college students that have many sleeping rooms
What is a dorm?
Classes to take in High School to get ready for college
What are AP CLASSES?
a specific area of study in which a student chooses to specialize.
What is a major?
part-time jobs for students to help with financial standing
What is work study?
a degree that is given to a student by a college or university usually after one or two years of additional study following a bachelor's degree.
What is a masters degree?
used by government to determine eligibility for grants, work-study, and loans to pay for college
What is FASFA?
a degree that is given to a student who has completed two years of study
What is an Associate Degree?
a secondary area of specialization beyond a college major.
What is a minor?
freshman, sophmore, junior, and senior college student
What is a undergraduate
someone who has earned a bachelor's degree and is pursuing additional education in a specific field.
What is a graduate student?