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These letters are acronyms for tests that are designed to measure a student's level of knowledge in basic areas such as math, science, English, and social studies. Colleges may require them before granting admission.
What is the ACT/SAT?
100
The standard application for financial aid, which includes grants, loans and work-study. It’s usually required for scholarships as well.
What is the FAFSA?
100
Dormitories, apartments, houses, and other living quarters provided for students by the college or university in which they are enrolled.
What is a Residence Hall?
100
A professor’s outline of the class highlighting assignments, test dates, policies and textbooks.
What is a Syllabus?
100
An employee who is available to assist you with clarifying life/career goals and developing educational plans. This person may be a counselor or faculty member (instructor/professor).
What is an Advisor?
200
The date, set by college admissions offices, after which applications for admission will not be accepted.
What is a Deadline?
200
A formula established by the U. S. Congress that calculates what the family can contribute to education.
What is the Expected Family Contribution (EFC)?
200
An upperclassman who lives in the dorm with younger students to provide support and advice.
What is a Resident Assistant/Advisor (RA)?
200
The course of study picked by a student.
What is a Major?
200
This term is used to refer to students who are the first in their immediate family to attend college: students whose parents have not attended a post-secondary educational institution.
What is First-Generation?
300
This is a program designed to allow high school students to take college courses before they graduate from high school.
What is a Dual Enrollment?
300
Programs that allow students to work, often on campus, as part of their financial aid package.
What is Work-study?
300
This kind of student does not live on campus.
What is a Commuter?
300
College courses are measured by these, and indicate approximate class time per week in that course.
What is a Credit Hour?
300
Colleges and universities use these examinations to place students in courses most often mathematics and foreign languages that match their proficiency. In some cases, a student’s level of competency on the test may exempt them from having to take a course required for graduation
What is a Placement Test?
400
This is a practice used by some institutions to review and complete applications as they arrive, rather than according to a set deadline.
What is Rolling Admissions?
400
A total amount of attending the college including tuition and fees, room and board, books, supplies, transportation, miscellaneous personal items, loan fees, study abroad costs, dependent care expenses, disability-related expenses and cooperative education program costs.
What is the Cost of Attendance?
400
This is a binding document that outlines the terms and conditions for the University and the student that plans to live on campus.
What is a Housing Contract?
400
Programs of 120 credits or more that provide extensive study in a specific area.
What is a Bachelor's Degree?
400
An office where you pay your tuition, fees and fines, or make payment arrangements including a deferred payment plan.
What is the Bursar's Office?
500
This is the percentage of accepted students who actually enter a college or university in the freshman class
What is Yield?
500
The legal, binding document that must be signed by the student borrower prior to loan funds being disbursed.
What is a Master Promissory Note (MPN)?
500
A campus living program providing additional educational and extracurricular experiences related to a specific theme
What is a Living Learning Community?
500
Permanent academic record. It may show courses taken, grades received, academic status, and honors received.
What is a Transcript?
500
Federal law which protects the privacy of student educational records. This gives parents certain rights regarding their child’s educational records.
What is FERPA (Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act)?