College Basics
College Life
Texas Colleges
Dream Jobs & Majors
100
College usually starts after this grade.
12th grade / Senior Year
100
Many college students live in these buildings on campus.
Dorms
100
This university is famous for its burnt orange color and longhorn mascot.
University of Texas Austin
100
If you want to write books or news articles, this might be your college major.
English or Journalism
200
This is the name of the paper you earn when you finish college.
A diploma or degree
200
This fun event happens before football games, with food, music, and fans.
Tailgating
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200
Texas A&M students are also called this, which means someone who supports the school in a loyal way.
Aggie
200
If you're great at drawing and want to create characters for movies or games, you might study this.
Animation, visual arts, or graphic design
300
This paper helps colleges learn about you—your grades, activities, and goals.
College application
300
Some students get free money to go to college by earning this.
A scholarship
300
This university in Waco has a green and gold bear as its mascot.
Baylor University
300
If you like helping sick people, you might study this to become a nurse or doctor.
Nursing, pre-med, biology
400
This is what it is called when many colleges from across the country come to ARS to talk to our Stars about college
College Fair
400
College teachers are called this, not “Mr.” or “Ms.”
Professor
400
This small, famous university in Houston has an “owl” as its mascot and is known for science and math.
Rice University
400
If you love space and planets, this is the science you could major in.
Astronomy
500
This is the money you pay to take classes in college.
Tuition
500
Even if no one in your family went to college, you can still be the first. That makes you what?
A first-generation college student
500
This university in Austin is a Historically Black University and was formed when two schools combined in 1952.
Huston-Tillotson University
500
If you want to build things like houses or bridges, you could have this career one day.
An engineer
