College Lingo
An academic period lasting 16 weeks.
What is a semester.
What type of school can you attend for only 2 years or receive an associate degree?
What is a community college.
What is the difference between college and University?
College only offers undergraduate programs, Universities, have both undergraduate and graduate schools.
A financial aid award that does not need to be repaid or earned through work.
What is a scholarship/grant.
This is place where the majority of students live while on campus?
What is Dorms
Your focus of study in college
What is a major.
What type of schools are Upenn, Harvard, and Princeton?
What are Ivy League schools.
What does the acronym CUNY stand for?
City Universities of New York.
Money that needs to be repaid with interest.
What is a loan.
True or False: It will take you at least 7 years to become a doctor after you graduate from high school?
What is True.
You must take this test for college admissions.
What is the ACT/SAT.
When you go to a four year college what degree do you receive when you graduate?
Bachelors
How many of our UD teachers went to Teacher's college/ Columbia University?
7
Paperwork you must fill out when needing financial assistance for college.
What is the FAFSA (Federal Application for Free Student Aid).
This is the secondary subject that you choose to study in college?
What is Minor.
What is another name for the principal in a college?
What is a Dean.
Lincoln, Howard, and Xavier are all examples of this type of school.
What are HBCU's (Historically Black College or University).
What is the difference between a degree and a major?
A Degree is the level of education that you have.
A Major is the area of study.
Need-based financial aid given to students who work part-time campus jobs.
What is work-study.
Both MIT and City College NY, known for their engineering programs, share this most ingenious mascot.
What is a Beaver
A process allowing high school students to take college-level courses that can be transferred to a college or university for credit.
Dual Enrollment
How many Ivy League schools are there? name them?
8: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, UPenn, Yale
How many credits do you typically need for a bachelors degree?
Around 120
These are financial resources given to assist someone in paying for college such as loans, scholarships, grants.
What is Financial Aid
Being part of the NCAA means you are...
What is a student athlete, Playing a college sport.