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Financial Aid
College Preparation
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Workshops and Seminars
Upward Bound History
100
any grant or scholarship, loan, or paid employment offered to help a student meet his/her college expenses.
What is financial aid?
100
List three (3) materials needed to apply to college
What is SAT scores, recommendation letters, transcripts (grades), personal statement, application, application fee
100
The campus where the McNair Symposium was held.
What is College Avenue Campus?
100
a short summary of the applicant's personal and professional experiences and accomplishments and should be written with the specific academic program in mind
What is an academic resume?
100
How old Rutgers Upward Bound is
What is 48 years old
200
a grant or payment made to support a student's education, awarded on the basis of academic or other achievement.
What is a scholarship?
200
Name three (3) four-year colleges or universities in New Jersey not named Rutgers
What is Stockton College, Seton Hall University, Kean University, Princeton University, TCNJ, NJIT, St. Peters, Stevens Institute of Technology, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Drew University, Montclair State University, Monmouth University, New Jersey City University, Thomas Edison State College, St. Elizabeth, Centenary.
200
Three of the four cities that Rutgers campuses are spread across.
What is New Brunswick, Piscataway, Newark, and Camden
200
the act or process of planning and exercising conscious control over the amount of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency or productivity
What is time management?
200
True or False: Tutoring is mandatory for students that receive lower than a C+
What is True
300
Three types of student loans
What is Stafford loan, Perkins loan, PLUS loan, Consolidation loan, State loan, Institutional loan, and/or Private loan?
300
List three (3) things to consider to see if a college is a good fit for you
What is campus location (near home, a city), campus size (small, medium, large), programs of study/majors, sports/clubs, cost, diversity.
300
True or False: Both Mr. Whitney and Mrs. Wiley graduated from Rutgers University
What is True
300
someone who imparts wisdom to and shares knowledge with a less experienced colleague
What is a mentor
300
The Rutgers department that RUB and RUB-MS fall under
What is Student Access and Educational Equity?
400
FAFSA stands for _____
What is Free Application for Federal Student Aid?
400
True or False: Colleges only look at your grades and personal statements
What is False (letters of recommendation, extracurricular activities, etc.)
400
The TRiO programs at Rutgers
What are Upward Bound, Upward Bound-Math Science, McNair, Student Support Services.
400
This workshop addressed body image and its relationship to sexuality
What is Beauty and the Booty
400
The mission of Rutgers Upward Bound is
What is "provides young scholars with a series of specialized preparatory services including; tutoring, mentoring, advising, programming, college courses and on campus experiences with research faculty to increase student persistence and graduation from high school and admission to institutions of higher education."
500
The namesake for the U.S. Federal Pell Grant (who is it named after?)
Who is Senator Claiborne Pell?
500
Name (3) sources of information on colleges
What is a guidance counselor, a college tour, a school's website, current college students, Upward Bound staff.
500
The first Rutgers mascot
What is the Chanticleer (rooster)
500
The five words in the acronym S.M.A.R.T.
What is Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely
500
The five Summer Institute Weekly Themes for Upward Bound-Math Science
What are Life Science, Environmental Health & Science, Technology, Science & Research Initiatives, and Innovation?