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College 101
Time Management
College Searches
Components to a College Application
College Campus
100
This degree program typically lasts 2 years.
What is an associates degree.
100
A common document that is handed out by college professors at the beginning of a class.
What is a course syllabus.
100
Name three colleges in the Worcester Area.
What is Worcester State, Holy Cross, WPI, Becker College, QCC, Anna Maria, Assumption College, etc.
100
A document that contains the record of all the courses you have taken for high school credit, your grades, and credits earned.
What is an Official Transcript.
100
Name five buildings on a college campus.
What is (answers will vary).
200
Colleges or universities that are not operated by the government.
What are Private Colleges.
200
Setting Goals, Making schedules, and revisiting and revising your plans are three different components.
What are steps to managing your time.
200
A cheaper, quicker, and highly vocational college.
What is a two-year college.
200
The three components to a college application.
What is Personal and Educational Data, Honors and Awards and Extracurricular, Personal, and Volunteer Activities?
200
Name Five Private College in New England.
What is (answers will vary).
300
The percentage rate identifying the number of students who start and finish degrees at the same institution.
What is a retention rate.
300
The most overlooked aspect of time management.
What is energy.
300
A school with about 2,000 to 15,000 students, provide two examples.
What is a medium size school... Quinsigamond Community College, Assumption College, Clark University, College of the Holy Cross, Bridgewater, Framingham, Fitchburg, Salem, Westfield, and Worcester State University, University of Massachusetts Boston, Dartmouth, and Lowell, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute etc.
300
Some programs, such as music, art, architecture, or theater programs, require these along with your application.
What are auditions and portfolios.
300
A college-based program for training commissioned officers of the United States armed forces, name two schools that offer this program.
What is ROTC, ex. WPI, Holy Cross, Worcester State, etc.
400
A college you guidance counselor is certain you can get into and where the cost is usually more affordable.
What is a safety school.
400
Ignoring the task, underestimating how long a task will take, telling yourself poor performance is okay, and becoming paralyzed when having to make choices are all forms of...
What are forms of procrastination.
400
The number of professors there are per student at the college or university. Usually is a good indicator on how large classroom sizes will be.
What is a Student Faculty Ratio.
400
Name three people that would be a good reference to write you a college recommendation.
What is Guidance Counselor Junior/Senior Year Teachers Coaches, Community Leaders, and Extracurricular Activity Coordinators Employer
400
Split into two types: fraternities (males) and sororities (females), both fraternities and sororities are private clubs that you must get accepted into.
What is Greek Life.
500
A measure of academic achievement calculated by dividing the grade achieved in a specific class by the total number of credits or hours of course work taken.
What is a GPA.
500
Being more productive, reducing your stress, and reaching your goals can all be done through...
What is effective time management.
500
The degree needed in order to enter a bachelor's degree program.
What is no degree needed. (Trick Question: an associates degree may be obtained by a student before entering a bachelor's degree program, however it is not required).
500
Priority deadlines are beneficial in order to ensure these two things.
What are on campus housing and better financial aid packages.
500
Name the three different college settings and provide an example of a college that would be located in this type of setting. Hints: 1.a geographic area that is located outside the cities and towns 2. a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city 3. characterized by higher population density and vast human features in comparison to areas surrounding it
What is 1. Rural: Nichols College 2.Suburban:Ana Maria, Assumption, College of the Holy Cross, WPI 3. Urban: Becker College, Clark University, Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester State University.