Application Process
This online platform lets students apply to multiple colleges at once.
What is the Common Application?
This form determines how much federal aid you can receive.
What is the FAFSA?
Many freshmen live in this building on campus.
What is a dormitory?
This is your primary field of study in college.
What is a major?
This person helps you choose classes and stay on track for graduation.
Who is an advisor?
This official record of your grades and classes is sent to colleges.
What is a transcript?
Money that does not need to be repaid, often awarded for academic achievement.
What is a scholarship?
This upperclassman provides guidance and support in your dorm.
Who is an RA (Resident Advisor)?
A smaller secondary area of study.
What is a minor?
A grant is a form of this kind of assistance that doesn’t have to be repaid.
What is financial aid?
This early application option lets you apply early without committing.
What is Early Action?
This is the total cost after grants and scholarships are subtracted.
What is the Net Price?
Before classes start, new students attend this event to learn about campus.
What is orientation?
The number of credits assigned to each course.
What are credit hours?
This process allows students to be reconsidered later in the admissions cycle.
What is being deferred?
If your application isn’t accepted right away, you might be placed here and admitted later.
What is the waitlist?
A program that allows students to earn money through part-time jobs.What is
Work-Study?
This office is where students pay their tuition bills.
What is the Bursar’s Office?
This lower-level course must be taken before advancing.
What is a prerequisite?
A fraternity or sorority is also called this type of organization.
What is a Greek organization?
This type of early application requires you to attend if accepted.
What is Early Decision?
Borrowed money that must be paid back with interest.
What is a student loan?
The official start of your college enrollment is called this.
What is matriculation?
A document given on the first day that outlines assignments and policies.
What is a syllabus?
This admissions system reviews applications as they arrive.
What are Rolling Admissions?