College Vocabulary

SAT and the ACT are:

• scholarships for college
• achievement tests that you must take to get into college
• advanced placement classes
• tests you take to graduate college

A scholarship is 

• money you pay back after you go to college
• money you earn that you don't have to pay  back to go to college
• an acceptance letter to college
• an advanced class

AP classes ....

• are classes you take in college
• are classes you take in high school that you can earn college credit for

Loans are

• money you take out to go to college that must be paid back
• money that organizations give you that you do not have to pay back
• money you get based on the grades you make
• money that you must earn through working on campus

Requirements that colleges set that you must meet to be accepted to their school are called:

• admissions
• financial aide
• transcripts
• GPA

What document contains all of your school records and is required to submit to a college when you apply?

• FASFA
• transcript
• GPA 
• resume

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

A weighed GPA includes

• extra points for taking Pre-AP and AP classes
• no Pre-AP courses
• your middle school GPA
• college credit courses only

A state school is typically

• less expensive than a private university
• more expensive than a private university
• is easier to get accepted to than other schools
• larger than a private school 

If you graduate from a college you are considered an:

• alumi
• freshman
• graduate student
• senior

You get what kind of degree from a community or junior college?

• Associate's degree
• Bachelor's degree
• Master's degree
• Doctorate 

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5