TRIO SSS
This is what the letters "SSS" stand for.
What is Student Support Services?
A student whose parent(s) did not earn a four-year college degree is considered this.
What is a first-generation college student?
These five letters stand for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
What is FAFSA?
This is what the letters "TCC" stand for.
What is Tarrant County College?
Cramming the night before an exam is usually more effective than studying consistently throughout the semester.
What is False?
These three groups are commonly eligible for TRIO SSS services.
Who are first-generation, income-eligible, and students with disabilities?
This annual celebration recognizes first-generation college students and occurs in November.
First-Generation College Celebration Day?
Completing this application may help students qualify for grants, loans, and work-study.
What is the FAFSA?
TCC serves students across this number of main campuses.
What is 6 campuses?
Building relationships with classmates can create a support network that contributes to academic success.
What is True?
This is the number of TRIO programs offered at TCC.
What is 3?
First-generation students are often the first in their families to achieve this milestone.
What is earning a college degree?
Unlike loans, these forms of aid usually do not have to be repaid.
What are grants?
These are the six primary TCC campuses.
What are Trinity River, Northeast, Northwest, South, Southeast, and Connect?
Asking questions in class is a sign that a student is unprepared.
What is False?
This is the number of students funded to be served annually by the TRIO SSS Program at Trinity River.
What is 140?
This TRIO program exists specifically to support many first-generation students in college.
What is Student Support Services (SSS)?
This is one reason students should complete the FAFSA early.
What is to maximize financial aid opportunities?
TCC's mascot is this animal.
What is TORO?
Time management is a skill that cannot be improved once you start college.
What is False?
This is the total number of federally funded TRIO programs that help students from middle school through graduate school achieve their educational goals.
What is 7?
Approximately this many undergraduate students in the United States are first-generation students.
What is 8.2 million students?
These are the three main types of federal aid students may receive after submitting the FAFSA.
What are grants, loans, and work-study?
Students who complete an associate degree at TCC often transfer to these institutions to earn a bachelor's degree.
What are four-year colleges and universities?
Students who use support services such as tutoring, academic coaching, and TRIO programs are often more likely to stay on track toward graduation.
What is True?