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100

Your main course of study

What is a Major?

100

The fees associated with college/university classes.

What is Tuition (fees/costs)?

100

Application platform for schools in the US used by more than 1000 member universities.

  What is the Common Application (Common App)?

100

Community college offering A-levels and a range of Associate Degrees.

What is Antigua State College (ASC)? 

100

A failing grade at IA is below _______ %

 What is 60? 

200

 A secondary course of study  that often complements a students major.

What is a Minor?

200

Money students get from a university that does not need to be paid back.

 What is a Scholarship / Grant?

200

Processes online applications for admission to the 21 universities in Ontario.

What is the Ontario Universities' Application Centre (OUAC)?

200

The school offering a specialized pre-med program that results in an Associate of Science in Health Sciences degree.

What is the American International College of Arts and Sciences (AICASA)?

200

2 IA graduates currently attend this prestigious Ivy League university.

 What is Columbia University?

300

A degree which undergraduate students take 3 or 4 years to obtain.

What is a Bachelor's (degree).

300

The place where a university/college can be found.

What is Location?

300

This platform must be used by students wishing to apply to nearly 400 universities in the UK

What is the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS?)

300

Located in Jabberwok, institution has a school of business, a school of art & design as well as engineering & technology.

What is Antigua and Barbuda International Institute of Technology (ABIIT)

300

The year the IB program was first introduced to IA to help students get accepted to universities of choice.


What is 2009?

400

A two year program offered especially by community colleges.

What is an Associates (degree)?

400

The range of students' countries of origin, cultural and ethnic identities, religious beliefs, income levels, physical ability etc

What is diversity?

400

An all-in-one university matching and information sharing and careers guidance platform that IA students do not take full advantage of?

 What is a BridgeU? 

400

This school is the only school in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States offering the highly prestigious IB Diploma Program.

What is Island Academy?

400

The Caribbean medical school at least 1 IB student has matriculated to since 2021

What St. George's University (SGU)?

500

A required document produced by a college counsellor about a student's academic history, achievements and extra-curricular and general college readiness.

What is a Recommendation Letter

500

The range of activities available to students outside of class time.

 What are Extra-curriculars / extra-curricular activities?

500

US college bound-students will need to pair their Common App account with this platform for Ms. Charles to send all required documents to universities. 

What is BridgeU?

500

This institution attracts international students wishing to pursue a 4 year MD postgraduate degree for careers in medicine.

What is American University of Antigua (AUA)? 

500

The school in Florida that has received the most applications from IA students since 2021

What is Florida Institute of Technology / Florida Tech?

600

A requirement that has to be satisfied before you can enroll in a specific course.

What is a pre-requisite?

600

3 categories of universities based on a student's academic profile and the school's entrance requirements and acceptance rate.

 What is Reach, Match and Safety?

600
For the release of their final official transcripts, students must complete their Applications section on this platform.

What is a BridgeU?

600

The newest campus of the Caribbean's most prestigious global university.

What is University of the West Indies, Five Islands Campus - UWI FIC? 

600

Largest IBDP class size number ever at IA.

What is 17?