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100

This is the cumulative average of the final grades in all of your courses.

What is a grade point average (GPA)?

100

This is an online college admission website specific to NDA students that can assist you in your college search.

What is Naviance?

100

Beyond the grades on the paper, colleges look for this while reviewing your transcript.

What are trends and rigor?

100

Colleges can search and access these to find out personal information about applicants.

What is social media (facebook, twitter, instagram, TikTok!!!!!, etc...).

100

What is the application that many colleges and universities use called?

What is the Common Application

200

These are Activities/Enrichment pursued outside of your academic courses that colleges like to see.

What are extracurricular activities?

200

This is a website that you must register with in order to take the SAT and SAT Subjects Tests, and research college/major information.

200

This is an activity where you volunteer your time to give back and to help others.

What is community service?

200

NDABalla@gmail.com and NDAPartyGirl@yahoo.com are examples of this.

What are inappropriate e-mail addresses used to communicate with colleges?

200

When is the UC and Cal State Application due?

What is Nov. 30?

300

These are the two standardized tests that students can take for college admission.

What are the SAT and/or ACT exams?

300

An organized event where many admissions representatives gather to advertise and recruit for the colleges/universities?

What is a college fair?

300

Successful completion of these courses and a strong score on an exam may allow a student to receive college credits.

What are Advance Placement (AP) courses?

300

These dates must be met in order to be considered for admission.

What are deadlines?

300

When are many Early Action and Early Decision Applications due?

What is Nov. 1?

400

It is important to cultivate positive relationships with your teachers because you will need them to support your application with these.

What are letters of recommendation?

400

This application is required in order to receive any sort of financial assistance

What is the FAFSA?

400

The attainment of positions within extracurricular activities demonstrates this positive attribute.

What is leadership?

400

Failyoure to due this with your aplicatoin and persinul statement is a shure fire way to move your application to the denyed pile.

What is proofread?

400

When can you submit your FAFSA?

What is October 1

500

This is a component of your college application that provides admissions counselor a deeper insight into who you are.

What is a personal statement?

500

This person is there to support and assist you through high school and the college admissions process.

Who is your school counselor?

500

Three positive ways to spend your summer vacation.

What are employment, service, or academic enrichment?

500

The attempt to use someone else's work or idea as your own.

What is plagiarism?

500

How is Early Decision different than Early Action?

Early Decision is a binding agreement with a university. If you are accepted, you are required to attend.