CUNY Schools
Financial Aid
Trades
Resume Building
College General
100

Is a website that allows you to view your financial aid awards and register for classes.

What is CUNY First?

100
A grant that is awarded to you based on merit or opportunity. you have to apply for it, and it is used to pay for your tuition?

What is a Scholarship?

100
A credential that you can usually earn within 2 years or less that lets you partake in a specific trade.

What is a Certificate/Certification

100

This document highlights all of your work experience, and your current level of schooling so that employers can see your qualifications

What is a Resume?

100

This department is who you go to, to get recommendations and advice, about classes based on your major.

where is academic advisement?

200

This is the best tool you will have for tracking your academic progress while you're in college. It is a website that uses your CUNY first credentials.

What is Degree Works

200

this is a grant that you apply for that pays for school, and it is funded by New York State. You must be full-time and a New York state resident to qualify. 

What is TAP (Tuition Assistance Program)

200

A very popular Trade school known for its low-cost and variety of different trade pathways.

What is Co-Op Tech?

200

Things like "Leadership", "collaborator", "works well in a team", can be an example of what in a resume?

What are soft skills?

200

A document that a professor gives you at the start of the school year. It outlines all of the things you will do in class for the year.

What is a Syllabus?

300

Name at least 3 CUNY colleges

  1. Borough of Manhattan Community College

  2. Bronx Community College

  3. Guttman Community College

  4. Hostos Community College

  5. Kingsborough Community College

  6. LaGuardia Community College

  7. Queensborough Community College

  8. Baruch College

  9. Brooklyn College

  10. City College of New York

  11. College of Staten Island

  12. Hunter College

  13. John Jay College of Criminal Justice

  14. Lehman College

  15. Medgar Evers College

  16. New York City College of Technology (City Tech)

  17. Queens College

  18. York College



300

This is the name of the application of the PELL grant that gives you federal financial aid funding

What is FAFSA

300

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This program is a tech-based program that will help connect you with Jobs in IT.



What is PerScholas?

300

This document is something that highlights your education experience and academic projects.

What is a Curriculum Vitae (or CV)

300

The amount of credits that you need in order to graduate with a Bachelor's Degree

what are 120?

400

Name at least 2 support programs that exist in CUNY?

Acceptable answers (ASAP, SEEK, CD, ACE, CUNY Edge, CLIP, CUNY START)

400

This is a NY State grant for Non-documented College students.

What is Jose Peralta (DREAM ACT)

400

True or False: I can Use TAP to pay for Trade school.

What is False

400

This Document highlights why you are a good fit for the role and how you can make an impact at the company/agency. often written in the form of a letter.

What is a cover letter?

400

It is the subject that you declare for your degree.

What is a Major?

500

An online tool that people use to leave feedback about their professors based on the class they took with them.

What is Rate my professor?

500

You must enroll full-time (at least 12 credits each term) and complete 30 credits each year. Household income should be 125,000 or less to apply

What is Excelsior?

500

Jobs like Dental office Assistant, Paramedic, CNA and Phlebotomist fall under this trade category

What is Medical?

500

This document or section of a resume highlights all of the wonderful people who you can count on to say good things about you.

What is/are references?

500

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This office handles the financials

What is/where is the Bursar?