College Vocabulary

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

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

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

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

• admissions
• financial aide
• transcripts
• GPA

Your main field of study of study when you are in college?

• Major
• Minor
• degree plan
• masters degree

Financial Aid

• money that is given or lent to students in order to help pay for their education

• money lent at interest

• a gift (as of land or money) for a particular purpose

Community College

• an independent school that sets its own policies and goals, and is privately funded.

• a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private universities.

• a 2-year government-supported college that offers an associate's degree

Free Application for Federal Student Aid; used to determine eligibility for financial aid

• admissions

• FAFSA

• orientation

• investment

funding that is intended to help students pay education related expenses

• admissions

• orientation

• degree

• financial aid

the qualification that is given to you when you have successfully completed college courses

• community college

• university

• tuition

• degree

• financial aid