2-year college
This is the name of the degree you receive after graduating from a 2-year college
What is Associate’s degree?
This is the name of the degree you receive after graduating from a 4-year college
What is Bachelor’s degree?
This is the person I need to meet with before Feb 1 if I am interested in college squash.
Who is Guy?
This is the name of the only vocational public high school in Boston.
What is Madison Park?
True or false: SQB will help me research and submit my applications to a gap year program.
What is true?
Name three community colleges in the Greater Boston area
What is Bunker Hill, RCC, and Mass Bay
Name the two types of 4-year schools. Hint: One receives funding from the state and the other does not.
What is public school and private school?
True or false: The main consideration that determines if I can play squash in college is my US Squash rating.
What is false? You can play squash at many different levels, but your academic transcript is the most important thing
Name three vocational skills
What is automotive, culinary, electrical, cosmetology, carpentry, HVAC, construction, plumbing?
Name three activities you can choose to do during a gap year.
What is work, travel, volunteer, intern, 1-year training program, etc.
True or false: I can take courses at a 2-year school while in high school and receive college credit.
What is true?
There are three types of application deadlines: Regular Decision and two others. Name the other two.
Bonus 100 points if you know the deadline to decide what school to attend.
What is Early Action and Early Decision?
What is May 1st?
If I receive admissions support from a college squash coach, I usually need to apply in this admissions cycle.
What is Early Decision?
This school is located in the South End and has over 12 technical programs that allow you the flexibility to graduate with a certificate, associate’s or bachelor’s degree.
What is Ben Franklin Institute of Technology (BFIT)?
This program is a 1-year program that places you in a school to assist in the classroom and run after school programming.
What is City Year?
Name two jobs you can apply to with an Associate’s degree (we selected from the highest paying jobs!)
What is dental hygienist, air traffic controller, web developer, paralegal/legal assistant, MRI/radiology/psychical therapist assistant, registered nurse?
In order to apply to an MA state university, you a minimum of this GPA
What is 2.0?
This percent of squash schools meet full financial need.
What is 80% of schools?
Depending on the school and program, name three types of degrees you can receive at a technical, vocational or trade school
What is Bachelor’s degree, Associate’s degree and certificate degree?
This program is a career focused 1-year program in Boston where you take courses and learn workplace skills for 6 months and then are placed in a 6 month paid internship.
What is Year Up?
This program pays for you to go to community college for free, then automatically be accepted to a UMass or state school after you graduate.
What is Mass Transfer Program?
This is the name of the scholarship that every student is eligible to receive based on MCAS scores and provides money to go to any MA state school
What is Abigail Adams Scholarship?
These are the only three schools that provide squash scholarships.
What is Drexel, UVA and GW?
This is the average starting salary of a person who graduates from a technical or vocational school.
What is $40,000?
Name at least two 1-year programs in Boston that provide a structured work environment or a hybrid of work and courses/training
What is City Year, Year Up, Apprenti, DUET