Applying for College
This is the cumulative average of the final grades in all of your courses.
What is a grade point average (GPA)?
The first degree you’ll earn when you graduate from a 4 year University.
What is a Bachelor's Degree.
What grade do you need for the A-G Courses?
What is at at least a C
A grant or payment made to support a student's education, awarded on the basis of academic or other achievement
what does UB stand for?
What is Upward Bound
These are Activities/Enrichment pursued outside of your academic courses that colleges like to see.
What are extracurricular activities?
The name for the subject area you chose to study in college.
What is a Major
How many year do you need for History/Social Science courses?
What is 2 years
Money borrowed by students or parents to pay for college expenses that the student will eventually need to repay
What is a loan
How many times do students have to meet with their advisor?
For which universities do you need to write a personal insight essays?
What is a UC's
A student who lives at home and drives to college everyday
What is a commuter?
What is CSU/ UC
The acronym FAFSA stands for this
What is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid
What happens once a month on a weekend?
What is a Saturday Session
These are the two standardized tests that students can take for college admission.
What are the SAT and/or ACT exams?
Money to help pay for college is called.
What is Financial Aid.
Instead of taking a foreign language course what other way does it count for A-G?
What is taking an LOTE Exam
The fees charged by education institutions for instruction per year or per semester.
What is tuition?
What does UB offer during the summer for UB students
What is Summer Academy
The name of the series of classes you must take in order to be admitted to a CSU or a UC.
What is A-G requirements.
Where do most freshman typically live in?
What is the Dorms
True or False? You can take 2 physical science classes to meet the Science (D) requirement.
False One year must be physical science and one year of a biological science.
The difference between total college costs and the family's ability to pay. It is the amount of money the family needs for the student to be able to enroll at the college.
What is demonstrated financial need?