Tier 1 Colleges
The Teen Brain
The SATs/ACTs
Addicting Things
Applying to College
100

This Ivy League College is located in Cambridge, MA

What is Harvard?

100

It's the bone structure that protects the brain

What is the skull?

100

This college-entrance exam was once known as the Scholastic Aptitude Test

What is the SAT?
100

This social media app, developed by Mark Zuckerberg and others in college, is now owned by Meta

What is Facebook?

100

This is the most-widely used brand of application, known as the ___ App.

What is the Common?

200

It is the long form for MIT

What is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology?

200

The age at which car rental companies stop charging an additional fee for being an at-risk driver

What is 25?

200

The maximum score one can achieve on the SAT

What is 1600?

200

This substance, typically in drinks, is considered to be one of the most addictive substances consumed by teenagers and adults.

What is caffeine?

200

Applicants typically send these character descriptors in with their college applications.

What are recommendation letters?

300

It is the second oldest college in the world, located in England

What is Oxford University?

300

This is the neurotransmitter and hormone associated with excitement, learning and motivation.

What is dopamine?

300

The ACT has this subject section that the SAT does not

What is science?

300

This is the most-widely used social media app by US teens

What is TikTok?

300

This section offers college applicants an opportunity to describe themselves or a situation that impacted them

What is the essay?

400

These two Ivy League colleges are both located in NY

What are Cornell and Columbia?

400

The three executive skills: organization, __ management and study skills, are crucial for success in high school

What is time?

400

The maximum score one can achieve on the ACT

What is 36?

400

The average hours of sleep required by the average adolescent in order to function optimally

What is 9?

400

This type of application requires seniors to withdraw any other application if they are accepted into their first-choice college

What is Early Decision?

500

This elite college in California has an acceptance rating that is more competitive than some Ivy Leagues

What is Stanford?

500

Humans have the largest surface area of it of any mammal and it is the last part of the brain to develop

What is the prefrontal cortex?

500

This university was the first college to drop the SAT requirement back in 2001

What is the University of California?

500

This substance, found in everyday items, is considered by many medical professionals to be 7-8 times more addictive than heroin.

What is sugar?

500

What does FAFSA stand for?

What is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid?