AVID VOCAB FOR FINAL

AVID VOCAB FOR FINAL

By Tori Ball

​COLLEGE DEGREE'S:

When you graduate from college you receive college degrees. Depending on how long you go to college and the amount of credits you get, depends on the level of degree. ​

​I try to remember the order of college degrees Because they Kind of go in alphabetical order... Only one not in alphabetical order is Doctorates.... But that sounds like Doctor... which we know takes a long time to become a doctor

• ​Associates Degree (2 year Degree)

• Bachelors Degree (4 Year Degree) Most Common Degree

• Masters Degree ( Bachelors+ 2 more years = 6 Years)

• Doctorates Degree​ ( 8 Years or More) Highest Level

College Vocabulary (Random)-

Tuition- The cost for you to attend the school and take classes​

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Admissions- This is the place/action you take to apply and be admitted into the college. You fill out an application, and if you get ADMITTED, you go through the admissions office to continue on. ​​

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Undergraduate- What they call students who have not yet received their degree. They are Below "graduate" school... hence the name ​

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Professors- What you call a Teacher in College​

College Money- Financial Aid​

Financial Aid is any kind of money you can get to pay for your college tuition, This includes Loans, Grants, Scholarships, etc.

​FAFSA FORM- ( Financial Application for Federal Student Aid) is the Form you fill out to receive any kind of Money from anyone for college.

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Loan- Money that is given to you that you have to pay back... In college the government gives out loans and also private banks

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Grant- Money given to a student by the government for school that they do not have to pay back ​

College Terms

GPA- grade point average

SAT/ACT- college entrance exams

​Transcripts- History/Data of all your grades/classes from high school or college

​Major- Your main area of study in college

EX: if you wanted to be a biologist, your major would be Biology​

​Minor- A secondary area of study that you would like to learn more about, but not as much as your major.

EX: Major in Biology and your minor could be in Sports Medicine

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Not intersted in college??​

Trade School/Vocational School- A school where you go for a shorter amount of time than college and you focus on ONE skill or ONE set of skills needed for a certain job.

EX: You can go to trade school to be an electrician​ or a Pilot and learn how to do ONLY that job.