SO YOU'RE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL
THE FORMS YOU FILL OUT AND SEND TO THE UNIVERSITY YOU WANT TO ATTEND
an application
THIS IS THE NAME OF THE UNIVERSITY GROUNDS AND PROPERTY
CAMPUS
THIS IS THE FIELD YOU CHOOSE TO FOCUS ON
A MAJOR
SO YOU'VE APPLIED TO SCHOOL AND ARE AWAITING THE ANSWER. BEFORE YOU ATTEND, YOU MUST DO THIS TO THE OFFER
ACCEPT
SOME UNIVERSITIES ARE SO BIG, THEY CANNOT PROCESS STUDENTS SIMPLY BY NAME. FOR THIS REASON THEY MAY ASSIGN YOU ONE OF THESE
A STUDENT NUMBER
THIS WORD DESCRIBES THE COURSES OR CLASSES THAT YOU MUST TAKE IN ORDER TO TAKE SOMETHING ELSE
REQUIRED
WHEN HOME IS TOO FAR AWAY, SOME STUDENTS CHOOSE TO LIVE AT THE UNIVERSITY ITSELF, IN THESE BUILDINGS
RESIDENCE
THIS IS THE FIELD YOU PUT SECONDARY EMPHASIS ON IN YOUR STUDIES
A MINOR
THIS ASPECT OF MATHEMATICS HAS PROVEN TO BE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY DOESN'T SAY MUCH FOR IT, BUT IF YOU CAN FIGURE OUT THE VALUE OF X FROM 68X+12=105, YOU MAY LIKE IT TOO
ALGEBRA
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO TEACH YOU IN UNIVERSITY
PROFESSORS
THIS IS THE GRADE USED TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOU QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM. IT IS MADE UP OF ALL YOUR GRADES COMBINED.
AVERAGE
IF YOU ARE NOT A CITIZEN OF THE UNIVERSITY'S COUNTRY, YOU MAY BE REQUIRED TO PAY THIS TYPE OF TUITION
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT TUITION
This is the person who supervises your dorm.
a Resident Assistant (RA)
THIS IS THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THE DEGREE OF MOST UNDERGRAD STUDENTS EARN
a BACHELOR degree
Time of day that you cannot make noise
Quiet Hours
This deaprtment decides who gets into university,
ADMISSIONS
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEND A YEAR STUDYING ABROAD, YOU WILL BE DOING THIS
AN EXCHANGE
IF YOU ARE NOT PAYING FOR YOUR SCHOOLING, YOU MUST HAVE WON ONE OF THESE EITHER FOR ACADEMIA OR SPORTS (IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE IN THE STATES SINCE NOBODY ELSE THINKS IT'S WORTHWHILE TO GIVE THEM OUT FOR SPORTS)
a SCHOLARSHIP
IN CANADA, THERE IS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THIS INSTITUTION AND UNIVERSITY. UNIVERSITY DEALS MORE WITH THEORY WHILE THIS PREPARES STUDENTS MORE PRACTICALLY. STUDENTS CAN ATTEND BOTH BUT NOT SIMULTANEOUSLY
COLLEGE
YOUR CLASSES ARE DIVIDED. IF YOU ARE IN ARTS, MOST OF YOUR CLASSES WILL BE CALLED THESE. THEY ARE NOT TUTORIALS WHERE YOU DISCUSS THE MATERIAL, THEY ARE NOT LABS WHERE YOU DO EXPERIMENTS. THEY ARE BLOCKS OF HOURS WHERE INFORMATION IS TOLD TO YOU.
LECTURES
This is how you are matched to a dorm roommate.
a roommate preference questionnaire
This is the place where most Chinese students go overseas to university
UK. Over 1/3 of Chinese students go to university in UK.
THIS WORD REFERS TO BOTH THE PERIOD OF TIME AND THE ACTIVITIES DESIGNATED TO FRESHMAN STUDENTS BEFORE THEY BEGIN CLASSES TO FAMILIARIZE THEM WITH THE SCHOOL
ORIENTATION
YOU ARE NOT LIKELY TO GET INTO A SCHOOL IF YOU DO NOT HAVE GOOD GRADES, IF YOUR APPLICATION WAS TERRIBLE OR IF YOU DON'T HAVE MANY EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. EVEN IF YOU HAVE THESE, IT MAY BE DIFFICULT IF THERE IS A LOT OF THIS
COMPETITION
UNIVERSITY IS HARD WORK. YOU WILL NEED A PLACE TO DRINK. A LOT. THIS COMMON NAME FOR THE DRINKING SPOT BORROWS ITS NAME FROM THE GATHERING PLACE OF WILD ANIMALS IN THE DESERT
a WATERING HOLE