Types of Institutions
This type of college is known for general studies and requires you to take classes in different core areas across different disciplines.
Liberal Arts College
Obtained after a Master's Degree, but not always necessary to get an Master's before receiving this degree.
What is a Doctoral Degree
The number of years gym is required for CPS students.
What is 4?
A record of all your grades which starts with your first semester of high school and will include attendance, graduation requirements met or missing, and class rank.
What is a Transcript?
Often offers a more affordable option for DREAMers, students with lower SAT/ACT scores, high EFC, who want to save 2-years on school before transferring to a 4-year college.
Community College
Known as the 4-year degree, it actually takes the average student 6 years to complete this degree...
What is a Bachelor's Degree
The number of credits a student can earn in one semester of high school with a regular schedule of classes.
What is 3.5?
When you convert all grades to points, based on appropriate scale, total them and then get the average of ALL classes on record, you get this.
What is a Cumulative GPA?
A letter written on behalf of a student by an adult for academic, character, or personal reference. Often used for colleges, jobs, summer programs and scholarships.
What is a Letter of recommendation?
This type of college or university relies heavily on state and federal aid to support its function and provide for students.
State/Public School
Common to community colleges and is known as the 2-year degree.
What is an Associate's Degree
This requirement takes place outside the classroom, but with a teacher in order to help students develop into well-rounded citizens.
Service learning hours
The average GPA required for most Student Athletes for scholarships.
What is 2.5?
Primary document that needs to be completed by students and parents starting October 1st of their senior year where income information is provided to determine what federal funds if any are available to students.
What is the FAFSA?
Gets funding from private sector to fund much of the aid offered to students. Tends to have a higher price tag than state institutions.
Private Universities
After your undergraduate degree, you can specialize or study at a professional school for another 2-3 years to obtain this degree.
What is a Master's Degree?
These three "additional" requirements are in addition to the credit and service learning requirements for CPS. One can view if completed on a transcript.
What are Constitution Test, Driver's Ed, and Consumer Education?
This scale belongs to this type of classes:
A= 6.0
B= 5.0
C= 4.0
D= 1.0 and F=0.0
What are IB/AP Classes
Online system where you complete general information and short essays, but then apply to different colleges by simply completing supplemental sections.
What is the Common Application
This type of College or University is considered for-profit. They offer degrees with varying accreditation. Students generally end up with high debt upon graduation.
Proprietary School
Used to get better entry level jobs in certain fields (manufacturing, nursing, etc) which can range from 6 months to 2 years.
What is a certificate?
When students failed enough classes to delay graduation, this happens.
What is Demotion
Solve for the semester GPA:
Math(H)= A French= B Art= A
Science= B History= A
English(H)= C Gym = C
What is 3.429?
Student's primary concentration of study in a college or university.
What is a major?