Financial Aid
Applications
College Verses High School
Terminology
Adulting 101
100

This application could earn you free money, federal student aid, or Pell Grant.

What is FAFSA

100

How many college applications should you be completing?

What is 5

100

What is the best way to communicate with your professor?

Check the syllabus, and meet them during their office hours, or send them an email.

100

You use this to request transcripts from your high school to send to higher institutions

What is Parchment

100

This one page summary of your education and work history helps you get a job.

What is a resume

200

This type of money you don't have to pay back

What is a grant or scholarship

200
You use this as your primary point of contact for ALL applications.

What is your personal e-mail

200

Parents have access to school records.

What is HS

200

This is where I purchase my cap and gown

What is Jostens

200

I can go to this type of school for welding, construction, and automotive.

What is a trade school

300

This is money you have to pay back

What is a loan

300

This application is used to secure the bag. :)

What is a job application

300

Teachers know when you are absent and usually provide you with make up work.

What is HS

300

This scholarship program allows you to earn your Associates degree for free at GRCC

What is Promise Zone

300

What is the most likely outcome if an employer discovers that you lied on your job application?

What is termination/getting fired

400

Actions or changes that can cause you to lose your financial aid

What is dropping or failing classes

400

This application is used to apply to multiple colleges at one time

What is the Common App 

400

Teachers usually don't seek you out and ask if you need help. It is up to you to ask for help.

What is college

400

I need 22 of these to graduate high school

What are credits
400

Affective communication, asking questions, spending cautiously, and practicing independence.

What is adulting

500

You must fill this out every year in order to receive financial aid

What is FAFSA

500

This is the term for the people that you list on an application that you can vouch your character.

Who are references

500

You get to arrange your own schedule and pick your own classes.

What is college

500

Colleges use these categories to help you choose what your major is.

What are Pathways

500

You have to file this annually to report your income to the federal government.

What are taxes